[vdr] Re: Problem with linvdr-0.6 on NForce box

[Thomas Koch <tom@harhar.net>]

Am 11.05.2004 um 12:27 schrieb Eckard Brauer:

> I have a Shuttle XPC box equipped with NForce chipset for linvdr.  
> Problem is,
> that the NForce net and audio drivers
> (http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/nforce/1.0-0261/NVIDIA_nforce-1.0 
> -0261.tar.gz)
> don't come with the kernel and so are not included into linvdr.
This problem is already in the FAQ of LinVDR:

http://linvdr.org/wiki/index.php?pagename=LinVDR-FAQ

> Last weekend I decided to recompile the linvdr kernel (in fact I tried  
> to
> upgrade to 2.6.5) with the .config in /boot/, but I didn't have the DVB
> firmware compiled into the kernel modules for the DVB card, so no  
> chance.
>
> My question(s): Is there a way to either:
>
> (1) include nforce drivers into linvdr, if the problem is also  
> relevant for
> others,
No chance, since the NVidia license don't allow to distribute binarys.

> (2) get a link for DVB firmware download (I'd prefer this, it would  
> also allow
> to do more kernel modifications too), or
This is also documented on the LinVDR Website:

http://linvdr.org/wiki/index.php?pagename=LinVDR-Development

> (3) get compiled nforce modules?
This is not possible (at least for me, license... you now) see above.

Maybe you should take a closer look on the LinVDR Website!!

Tom.



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