ATI TV Wonder & RedHat 9

[jpoage]

Hello there! I'm having some trouble with installing xawtv. I'm a Linux newb so beware. I went to bttv's website and downloaded the 0.7.X drivers, but I have no idea what to do from there. I've read the README, but I'm a dope and have no idea what to do from here. How do I check if I have the right driver? I've looked at the "cardlist" file and it lists my card at #63, so it's supported.
I also downloaded xawtv 3.88. I also read the README for xawtv. In it, it says run "configure," which I had no problem with. Then it says to run "make," which I get all kind of errors. I don't know if it's because I don't have the right driver or what.

Can someone nudge me in the right direction?

 

[poorboy]

If you're getting into ./configure and make && make install commands, that means your building the drivers from source code. The errors you get are probably related to not having the necessary libraries and files installed.

First thing to do is to check RH9 Package Manager / CDs for binary drivers and application to install using rpm. Much easier

If that's no go, post the errors and we'll see what's up.


<i>Knock Knock, Neo</i>

 

[jpoage]

Thanks ... I'll give that a try.

 

[jpoage]

In file included from console/fbtv.c:31:
libng/grab-ng.h:28:1: warning: "bool" redefined
In file included from console/fbtv.c:24:
/usr/include/curses.h:137:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
In file included from console/fbtv.c:40:
common/midictrl.h:6:28: sys/asoundlib.h: No such file or directory
In file included from console/fbtv.c:40:
common/midictrl.h:10: parse error before "snd_seq_t"
common/midictrl.h:10: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union
common/midictrl.h:13: parse error before '*' token
common/midictrl.h:13: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `ev'
common/midictrl.h:13: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
common/midictrl.h:14: parse error before '}' token
console/fbtv.c: In function `main':
console/fbtv.c:732: invalid use of undefined type `struct midi_handle'
console/fbtv.c:783: invalid use of undefined type `struct midi_handle'
console/fbtv.c:784: invalid use of undefined type `struct midi_handle'
console/fbtv.c:784: invalid use of undefined type `struct midi_handle'
console/fbtv.c:785: invalid use of undefined type `struct midi_handle'
console/fbtv.c:785: invalid use of undefined type `struct midi_handle'
console/fbtv.c:897: invalid use of undefined type `struct midi_handle'
console/fbtv.c:897: invalid use of undefined type `struct midi_handle'
console/fbtv.c:897: invalid use of undefined type `struct midi_handle'
libng/list.h: At top level:
console/fbtv.c:341: storage size of `fb_midi' isn't known
make: *** [console/fbtv.o] Error 1

That's the errors I get when trying to run the make command.

 

[poorboy]

In file included from console/fbtv.c:40:
common/midictrl.h:6:28: sys/asoundlib.h: No such file or directory

That's the kicker there. You need to install the alsa development packages. They're probably called alsa-dev or libalsa-dev or similar. The warning before that probably isn't a show-stopper, but check the email lists to find out.

<i>Knock Knock, Neo</i>