[Pkg-mythtv-maintainers] Bug#441275: Bug#441275: ivtv-source: ivtv-fb and the X driver ivtvdev don't work any more

[Jonas Meurer]

reassign 441275 xserver-xorg-video-ivtv 0.10.6-1
thanks

On 08/09/2007 Ian Campbell wrote:
> > Hey, since I upgraded my kernel to 2.6.22, my Xserver doesn't start on
> > TVout anymore.
> > 
> > I don't know whether this is a bug in ivtv-fb or in the Xserver driver
> > ivtvdev (I'm using 0.10.6-1).
> 
> I have a sneaking suspicion you might need a newer Xserver driver. I've
> put some work-in-progress packages of the newer version 1.0.0~svn4027-1
> at <http://www.hellion.org.uk/ivtv/debian/> could you give them a go?

You're correct. Thanks a lot. The new packages of ivtvdev fix this
problem.

This email should reassign the bug from ivtv-source to
xserver-xorg-video-ivtv.

> A quick heads-up: if you use mythtv in the PVR-350 hardware decode mode
> (as opposed to just using the fb output and software decode) then you
> will probably find it won't work since the API used for hardware decode
> in the driver which is part of 2.6.22 is different to the one used in
> the old out of tree drivers and myth hasn't yet been updated.

Thanks for the warning, but I don't use mythtv at all. Normally I use only
the TVout to run a second Xserver there (and redirect videos to my 
television).

greetings,
 jonas