KMC-8800 help

smerlok · Post by **smerlok** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:28 pm

This is my experience: I have bought a card kodicom 8800 8 channels 240fps, when I have mounted it but ubuntu has not left because of a kernel panic, therefore I have tried with several others distro until opensuse 10.1 I have used modprobe bttv gbuffers=16 card=102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102 like read in the forum but:

zoneminder does not work
xawtv does not work and -hwscan give me only /dev/video(0-3)
kdetv succeeds to visualize only the first channel correctly.

the driver bttv correctly create /dev/video(0-7) and /dev/vbi(0-7)
I have tried also with 77,77,77… but the situation does not change

so, the card seems to work good, but how can get video from all channels?

anyone can help me?

Thanks

R2D2 · Post by **R2D2** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:55 pm

Hi,
I've had some Problems with Ubuntu --> Look

I solved this by changeing the Distro.

I've also wrote some HowTo's:
Installing ZM 1.22.3 on Sabayon Linux 3.2
Installing ZM 1.22.2 on Mandriva 2007.0 free

btw: debian based Linux Distributions are not really recommended for ZoneMinder.

smerlok · Post by **smerlok** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 9:29 am

ok i've tried sabayion but the situation is the same. only kdetv seems to work but give only the first channel. how have you configured the card? what options for modprobe? what devices in zoneminder?

Thanks

R2D2 · Post by **R2D2** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 11:47 am

smerlok wrote:ok i've tried sabayion but the situation is the same. only kdetv seems to work but give only the first channel. how have you configured the card? what options for modprobe? what devices in zoneminder?

Thanks

Type this in a console:

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# modprobe bttv gbuffers=16 card=102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102

# echo "options bttv gbuffers=16 card=102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102" >> /etc/moddprobe.conf

# echo "kernel.shmall = 134217728" >> /etc/sysctl.conf

# echo "kernel.shmmax = 134217728" >> /etc/sysctl.conf

# reboot

That's all.

btw: Are you sure we talk about this Card?

smerlok · Post by **smerlok** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:22 pm

this is the card

it's not the same but use bt878.

have someone this working with zoneminder?

R2D2 · Post by **R2D2** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:39 pm

It's the same like my one, i suggest you got it from here.

I did this settings i told you above, and it works.

recidivo · Post by **recidivo** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:46 am

R2D2 wrote: # echo "options bttv gbuffers=16 card=102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102" >> /etc/moddprobe.conf

Hi! it' s right moddprobe.conf or you add a "d"?

I tried with only one "d " and work now.

R2D2 · Post by **R2D2** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:26 am

recidivo wrote:
R2D2 wrote: # echo "options bttv gbuffers=16 card=102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102" >> /etc/moddprobe.conf

Hi! it' s right moddprobe.conf or you add a "d"?

I tried with only one "d " and work now.

Sorry, you are right.
This was an error in writing.

recidivo · Post by **recidivo** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:01 pm

I' m trayng to install this card in ubuntu machine but I can' t find modprobe.conf

I created a file called bttv.modprobe in modprobe.d directory and putting the string:

options bttv gbuffers=16 card=102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102

and after "update modules"

but now I can' t have permission for next step in sysctl.conf

mmm the machine with mandrake live cd installed in hardisk can' t power off, trying to hack with acpi=force and disabling DRi module on xorg.conf (radeon 7500 video board) but nothing!

I hope a live distro with ubuntu and ZM become early...