[CentOS] Centos 5.1, mythtv, saa7134_dvb?

Akemi Yagi amyagi at gmail.com
Mon Dec 31 14:37:18 UTC 2007


On Dec 31, 2007 6:04 AM, Mogens Kjaer <mk at crc.dk> wrote:
> Johnny Hughes wrote:
> > Mogens Kjaer wrote:
> >> I'm trying to set up my Centos 5.1 box at home to run mythtv.
> >>
> >> The DVB-T card requires saa7134 and saa7134_dvb.
> >>
> >> These are not in the Centos kernels.
> >>
> >> Centosplus has saa7134, but not saa7134_dvb.
> >>
> >> Do I have to compile the kernel myself, or is there a trick?
> >>
> >> Mogens
> >
> > I thought I enabled everything that was there in relation to dvb in the
> > latest CentOSPlus kernel for 5.1.
> >
> > If there is something in that kernel that I can turn on without patches
> > and you find it, if you tell me what it is I will enable it in the next
> > build of the centosplus kernel.  That does not help you in this
> > instance, but it might in the future.
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> I'll try rebuilding the centosplus kernel and enabling the modules
> necessary.
>
> Is it possible to build just the modules, or do I have to
> build everything?

I do not know the answer but you can try building the module first -
much faster than building the whole kernel anyway.  I also suggest
filing a request at bugs.centos.org.  This will help remind Johnny
when he does centosplus for the next release.

Akemi



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