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1.1     ! holger      1: Troubleshooting - or the most common problems...
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        !             4: If you encounter any troubles building and installing the driver you might
        !             5: want to check that the following prerequisites are satisfied:
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        !             7: You must have the kernel sources for the kernel you are currently using
        !             8: installed, and symlinked to /lib/modules/$(KERNEL_VERSION)/build. This should
        !             9: be the default in proper installations with installed kernel source package.
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        !            11: If you are in doubt please get a fresh and clean kernel source tarball from
        !            12: http://www.kernel.org/, unpack, configure, install and boot this one before
        !            13: building the DVB driver. 80% of the bug reports on the linux-dvb mailing list
        !            14: have been related to not properly installed kernel source trees in the past.
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        !            16: For cards with MPEG decoder onboard make sure that CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is enabled
        !            17: in the config of your running kernel. If you get unresolved symbols named
        !            18: video_XXXX when loading the driver then you missed this option.
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        !            20: For some cards you need Input and Event Device Support enabled to get the
        !            21: IR receiver on the card running. Be sure to enable CONFIG_INPUT and
        !            22: CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV if you get unresolved symbols named input_XXX.
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        !            24: For bttv cards you need a recent bttv driver installed, this is either part
        !            25: of the kernel or available as standalone driver on Gerd Knorr's website
        !            26: (http://bytesex.org/). Also you need to explicitly enable i2c and i2c bitbanging
        !            27: support in your kernel for those cards.
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        !            29: If you are sure that all the issues above don't cause your problems you might
        !            30: want to ask on the linux-dvb mailing list for further assistance
        !            31: (http://www.linuxtv.org/mailinglists/).
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        !            33: good luck,
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        !            35: Holger
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