Spectra-8 Card on Fedora Core 2

[skydiver]

I am trying to get a Spectra-8 card to work under Fedora Core 2 (kernel v. 2.6.6-1.435) with ZM 1.19

The instruction on the www.bytesex.org site for the bttv-0.9.15 drivers is cryptic to say the least. I tried downloading the "patch-2.6.6-kraxel" file and after installing the kernel rpm but when I tried applying the patch it has many errors.

I upgraded my Core 1 install to Core 2 to get the support for V4L2 (I never got the card to work uner FC1 due to the latest yum updated kernel was 2.4.22 and the patches availiable on the bytesex site started at 2.4.25).

I have ZM installed and ready go as soon as soon as I get the PCI video capture card installed and figured out. When I physically installed the card, kudzu detected and installed the Brooktree Video Card four times (once for each controller chip on the card).

I installed xawtv to test for video input. Here is the results from xawtv -hwscan:
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This is xawtv-3.88, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.6-1.435)
looking for available devices
port 56-56
type : Xvideo, image scaler
name : SIS 300/315/330 series Video Overlay

/dev/video0: OK [ -device /dev/video0 ]
type : v4l2
name : BT878 video (ProVideo PV951)
flags: overlay capture tuner

/dev/video1: OK [ -device /dev/video1 ]
type : v4l2
name : BT878 video (ProVideo PV951)
flags: overlay capture tuner

/dev/video2: OK [ -device /dev/video2 ]
type : v4l2
name : BT878 video (ProVideo PV951)
flags: overlay capture tuner

/dev/video3: OK [ -device /dev/video3 ]
type : v4l2
name : BT878 video (ProVideo PV951)
flags: overlay capture tuner
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Here is the output from xawtv when I try xawtv -d /dev/video0 (I get a video window that opens then imediately closes):


This is xawtv-3.88, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.6-1.435)
X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
Major opcode of failed request: 144 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 5 (X_GLXMakeCurrent)
Serial number of failed request: 464
Current serial number in output stream: 464
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Any help getting this up and going would be greatly appreciated.

Scott

[skydiver]

Is there anyone here that can either help me with this problem or refer me to somewhere where I can optain help?

Scott

[zoneminder]

I've never tried to use the cards under a 2.6 kernel, and I don't think I'm inclined to try after reading the problems that several people have had with V4L un 2.6 kernels. One thing I would say is that for 2.4 kernels it is critical that you have a bttv driver that is patched, so I would go back to that step. It's also important that correct bttv options are passed in modules.conf.

Sorry I can't be more helpful.

Phil,

[victor_diago]

im using bt878 cards in 2.6 without any problem.

just unmark the "allow capture errors to be fatal" ZM_STRICTxxx

this will make everything work properly... im using 2.6 in 24/7 servers.

also, i have never used the patch, and i tell you to just use the code from the official kernel, it works for me with a bttv bt878 4 input card.

victor diago

[oskin]

Try here this solution (final patch in the last posting): http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3424

[skydiver]

Thanks for the help, I will try the suggested solutions.

Victor, what distro are you using the bttv cartd on 2.6 kernel? I think that the kudzu discovery of a Brooktree Video Device (x4) is conflicting with the bttv drivers.

I am going to try to get back to a clean setup and start over. For what it is worth, the whole reason that I updated from FC1 2.4.22 to FC2 2.6 was that I couldn't get the bttv drivers to work. The site with the bttv drivers only had kernel patches for the 2.4 kernel that started at 2.4.25. The FC1 updates stopped at 2.4.22, hence my upgrade to FC2. I thought that the V4L2 built into the kernel would simplify installation....

I am still a bit of a newbie when it come to kernel patching and compiling so I can't thank everyone enough for the help. I will rpeort back with the final resolution.

Scott