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Howto install ivtv on ubuntu dapper for a 500mce

uname -r
KVER=`uname -r | cut -c 1-6`
apt-get install linux-source-$KVER linux-headers-`uname -r`
tar xvjf /usr/src/linux-source-*.tar.bz2 -C /usr/src/
ln -s /usr/src/linux-source-$KVER /usr/src/linux
ln -s /usr/src/linux /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
nano -w /usr/src/linux/Makefile
cd /usr/src/linux
cp /boot/config-`uname -r` /usr/src/linux/.config
make oldconfig
make prepare0
make scripts
ls -l /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
rm /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
ln -s /usr/src/linux /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
cd /share/ivtv
wget http://dl.ivtvdriver.org/ivtv/archive/0.4.x/ivtv-0.4.6.tar.gz
tar xvfz ivtv-0.4.6.tar.gz
cd ivtv-0.4.6
make
make install
If you see any line ending with HIDE in the output of make install, you will need to run the command(s) that it suggests.
make install
cp /lib/modules/2.6.15/ivtv/* /lib/modules/2.6.15-27-k7/kernel/drivers/media/video/
depmod -a
wget http://dl.ivtvdriver.org/ivtv/firmware/firmware.tar.gz
tar zxvf firmware.tar.gz
cp v4l-c* /lib/firmware
cd utils/
wget ftp://ftp.shspvr.com/download/wintv-pvr_150-500/inf/pvr_2.0.24.23035.zip
wget ftp://ftp.shspvr.com/download/wintv-pvr_250-350/inf/pvr_1.18.21.22254_inf.zip
unzip pvr_2.0.24.23035.zip
./ivtvfwextract.pl pvr_1.18.21.22254_inf.zip
cp HcwMakoA.ROM /lib/firmware/v4l-cx25840.fw
cp HcwFalcn.rom /lib/firmware/v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw
mv /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-dec.bin /lib/firmware/
mv /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin /lib/firmware/
cp ../v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg /lib/firmware/
ln -s /lib/firmware/ivtv-fw-dec.bin /lib/firmware/v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw
ls -ltra /lib/firmware/
echo “ivtv” |sudo tee -a /etc/modules
echo “alias char-major-81-0 ivtv” |sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/aliases
echo “alias char-major-81-1 ivtv” |sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/aliases
depmod
modprobe ivtv
dmesg

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