Madwifi and Ivtv [Solved]

skinney · 2007-04-07 21:00:51

Hi, im a pretty new Arch user and i come from Opensuse, Fedora and Ubuntu.
Now im having issues with Ivtv and Madwifi so i'd hoped you could help.

First, madwifi. Madwifi does load (something i can see in lsmod) but the interface ath0 won't be created... I'll let lsmod and rc.conf speak for themselves here...

Second, Ivtv. Ivtv loads once i added it to the Module section of rc.conf. But here it won't load the firmware.

ivtv dmesg:
ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
ivtv: version 0.10.1 (tagged release) loading
ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.20-ARCH SMP preempt mod_unload 686
ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info between
ivtv: the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
ivtv: any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ====================

So what do i need to do here? :S

lsmod:

Module                  Size  Used by
ipv6                  252736  12 
ntfs                  219540  1 
ext3                  119688  1 
jbd                    55336  1 ext3
nvidia               6828532  32 
agpgart                26200  1 nvidia
ext2                   57352  1 
mbcache                 7044  2 ext3,ext2
ppdev                   7556  0 
lp                      9604  0 
snd_seq_oss            29184  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      6528  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                46672  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          6796  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            39072  0 
snd_mixer_oss          14464  1 snd_pcm_oss
ath_pci                88480  0 
rtc                    10416  0 
parport_pc             35940  1 
parport                31176  3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
k8temp                  4608  0 
wlan                  190404  1 ath_pci
ath_hal               190032  1 ath_pci
pcspkr                  2816  0 
psmouse                35336  0 
serio_raw               5636  0 
snd_hda_intel          16280  5 
snd_hda_codec         157440  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm                68484  4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer              18820  3 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    43492  17 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
ppp_generic            23444  0 
slhc                    6272  1 ppp_generic
sg                     26652  0 
soundcore               6496  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          7816  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_nforce2             5120  0 
ivtv                  127504  0 
i2c_algo_bit            7304  1 ivtv
cx2341x                10884  1 ivtv
tveeprom               13840  1 ivtv
i2c_core               17792  5 nvidia,i2c_nforce2,ivtv,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom
videodev               25216  1 ivtv
v4l2_common            22656  3 ivtv,cx2341x,videodev
v4l1_compat            13956  2 ivtv,videodev
tsdev                   6336  0 
evdev                   8192  4 
usbhid                 34592  0 
hid                    25088  1 usbhid
ff_memless              5256  1 usbhid
forcedeth              40200  0 
xfs                   546504  2 
sr_mod                 14372  0 
cdrom                  34464  1 sr_mod
ehci_hcd               30092  0 
sd_mod                 16768  9 
ohci_hcd               18948  0 
usbcore               115464  4 usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
sata_nv                14980  6 
ata_generic             5380  0 
pata_amd               10380  0 
libata                 94100  3 sata_nv,ata_generic,pata_amd

rc.conf:

#
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
#

#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCALIZATION
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
#
LOCALE="nb_NO.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
TIMEZONE="Europe/Oslo"
KEYMAP=no-latin1
CONSOLEFONT=lat9w-16
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Scan hardware and load required modules at bootup
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
# Module Blacklist - modules in this list will never be loaded by udev
MOD_BLACKLIST=()
#
# Modules to load at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a module with a ! to blacklist it
#
MODULES=(forcedeth ivtv) 
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
HOSTNAME="Skin"
#
# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available
# interfaces.
#
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
#   - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
#   - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
#
# Note: to use DHCP, set your interface to be "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
#
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="dhcp"
ath0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(lo eth0 ath0)
#
# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
#   - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#
ROUTES=(!gateway)
#
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up.  These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network-profiles
#
#NET_PROFILES=(main)

#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond dbus hal @alsa @cups @lircd @mysqld gdm)


# End of file

btw, if you find something in my rc.conf that can be improved i'd love to hear suggestions. Also, if you had some links to tutorials or tips/tricks sites for arch, please give them to me

Thanks for all help!

Last edited by skinney (2007-04-07 23:35:07)

rayjgu3 · 2007-04-07 21:41:02

skinney wrote:

btw, if you find something in my rc.conf that can be improved i'd love to hear suggestions. Also, if you had some links to tutorials or tips/tricks sites for arch, please give them to me
Thanks for all help!

is there a reason you have both interfaces enabled eth0&ath0?
does ifconfig -a give you ath0?
with my wireless card i had some issues with it till i put modules in initrd no more problems with wifi being recognized

skinney · 2007-04-07 22:48:29

no, ifconfig -a does not give me ath0... When i boot i get an error "ath0: error fetching interface information: Device not found" but i do find ath_pci mentioned in dmesg... its strange...

skinney · 2007-04-07 23:20:24

found a solution to my madwifi problem... I just removed a countrycode option from modprobe.conf and everything worked

still can't figure out ivtv though

EDIT: silly me, it seemed that my tv card wasnt properly connected to its pci port... no wonder... thanks to everyone anyways:D

Last edited by skinney (2007-04-07 23:35:40)

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#1 2007-04-07 21:00:51

Madwifi and Ivtv [Solved]

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Re: Madwifi and Ivtv [Solved]

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Re: Madwifi and Ivtv [Solved]

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