Re: matrox marvel and xubuntu 7.10
Darron Broad <[email protected]>
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In message <[email protected]>, "Marko M" wrote: lo. >Hi to U2. > >Unfortunately, answer is no. The driver_fb won't compile against >2.6.22 kernel, because there was a lot of changes in the kernel since >2.6.19. Last summer i created a patch http://dev.kewl.org/tmp/MatroxMarvel/driver_fb.diff to allow the capture feature of my matrox marvel to work in kernel 2.6.20 or was that 2.6.21? MJPEG capture appeared to work ok, albeit grainy, but that may have been the source, however, the console turned green and unintelligible. AFAIK, the console problem is a known one but I have no idea how to rectify that. Someone can test the patch with 2.6.22 and see if it works? >Latest kernel that will work would be 2.6.19, till somebody invests >some time and knowledge in rewriting the driver. >Speaking of which... could someone open a donation account, so we >could raise money for the driver development? How that would work? How >could we guaranty to donors that money will be spent for what they >have been raised? Could someone please help on this matter. Maintaining the driver to compile is one thing, understanding the hardware internals another. Creating patches isn't so hard but anything else requires much more time and I doubt if anyone would volunteer. Cya! >On Jan 8, 2008 6:51 PM, Alan Higginson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi marvel-gurus, >> I'm a relatively new linux user attempting to get a Marvel G200 working in >> xubuntu 7.10 and I'm not having much luck. xawtv won't run so I tried >> v4l-conf and it complains that it it can't find /dev/video0. I'm pretty sure >> that's because I don't have the right drivers loaded. >> >> My assumption: in order to get any tv in/out functionality I need to install >> the driver_fb module. Is this true? >> >> Also, before I waste hours of my life recompiling kernels (which I've never >> done successfully before) I need to ask: Will the driver_fb for kernel >> 2.6.19 work with kernel 2.6.22? >> >> Thanks for any assistance you can provide, >> Alan >> >> ________________________________ >> HO HO HO, if you've been naughty this year, email Santa! Visit asksanta.ca >> to learn more! >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. >> It's the best place to buy or sell services for >> just about anything Open Source. >> http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace >> _______________________________________________ >> Marvel-linux mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/marvel-linux >> >> > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. >It's the best place to buy or sell services for >just about anything Open Source. >http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace >_______________________________________________ >Marvel-linux mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/marvel-linux > -- // / {:)==={ Darron Broad <[email protected]> \\ \ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace