TV on GNU/Linux...!
Yo!!! TV on my GNU/Linux installation is finally working!
But I deserve a kick in the butt. Thanks for Nitin who put
me on the right track for troubleshooting the issue. I
hate it when I do this.... I forgot to check syslog :(
Nitin suggested that I insmod the bttv driver and see if
syslog records any errors. So I got around to removing the
bttv module first, then inserted the module with the card=37
option. The module got inserted without any hitch and syslog
didnt report any errors. But what caught my eye was a line
which said "using tuner=-1". Now I was sure that I had given
tuner type=5 in modules.conf. So removed the tuner module as
well and then inserted it back by
insmod tuner type=5
Then I check syslog and aha! I see a line "tuner type forced
to 5 (PAL-BG...". Now I was pretty sure that xawtv would work.
I ran scantv and sure enough it picked up all the channels.
THen I ran xawtv. But this time there was no video, but only
audio... Thankfully xawtv gave a very informative warning
message that both DGA and GLX were not enabled in the xserver.
SO i had comment out a line that disable DGA and uncomment
a line to enable GLX in the xorg.conf (yup, me running xorg
6.8), restart the xserver and voila! Now, days of the Windows
installation on my PC are numbered... :-D
Boy! Am i happy.....
But I deserve a kick in the butt. Thanks for Nitin who put
me on the right track for troubleshooting the issue. I
hate it when I do this.... I forgot to check syslog :(
Nitin suggested that I insmod the bttv driver and see if
syslog records any errors. So I got around to removing the
bttv module first, then inserted the module with the card=37
option. The module got inserted without any hitch and syslog
didnt report any errors. But what caught my eye was a line
which said "using tuner=-1". Now I was sure that I had given
tuner type=5 in modules.conf. So removed the tuner module as
well and then inserted it back by
insmod tuner type=5
Then I check syslog and aha! I see a line "tuner type forced
to 5 (PAL-BG...". Now I was pretty sure that xawtv would work.
I ran scantv and sure enough it picked up all the channels.
THen I ran xawtv. But this time there was no video, but only
audio... Thankfully xawtv gave a very informative warning
message that both DGA and GLX were not enabled in the xserver.
SO i had comment out a line that disable DGA and uncomment
a line to enable GLX in the xorg.conf (yup, me running xorg
6.8), restart the xserver and voila! Now, days of the Windows
installation on my PC are numbered... :-D
Boy! Am i happy.....
posted by vikas at
6:42 PM
1 Comments:
You'll still need WinDoze for games, at least the really cool ones. Agreed Doom 3 does come for Linux but good luck picking that off the streets for Rs. 100/-
I still maintain that until the gaming scene improves for Linux, there's going to be a Windows partition on our PCs. Or some like me will just give up on Linux at office because it made no sense to reboot into winxp every evening.
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Sujith, at 3:34 PM
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