plz help a linux newbie !!!

[tech_cheetah]

hi friends
i am a new linux user.I have recently installed Fedora Core 4 on my pc and facing some problems.Plz help me to fine tune my pc.

1.I have Pixel View PlayTV Pro - tv tuner card.But when i try to configure the default tv player in FC4(TVtime Player),it shows no input signal.I have set the tv standard as PAL (which is the one in India) and the frequency table to Europe( Since these are the closest one,and i even tried all other options as well).But still no result.I tried searching the hardware browser provided in linux.It shows two things- Bt878 video capture and Bt878 audio capture device in PCI slots.In short i have tried all things i can do (checking all the configuring options on the menu of the tv player),But no result.I guess if i have to download any linux driver or something for my tv card!!!

2.I have installed mplayer( Since there is no mpg player provided with FC4) but it works in terminal only.When i downloaded the skins from the respective site,they did not work out,even when i placed the skins in `/.mplayer/Skin/ directory.I even created a link to mplayer,named it gmplayer and run gmplayer from terminal.It then messaged that mplayer compiled without gui support.I even tried these options

mplayer -skin myskin
gmplayer -skin myskin

But still no support of gui !!!
Is there separate installation for GUI version of mplayer?

3.I have seen some softwares with .tar.bz extension.After unzipping them,they show folders like usr,share,lib etc. So i want to know if i put the contents of these folders in the respective folders at the / ,will the thing work ?

[vignesh]

3.I have seen some softwares with .tar.bz extension.After unzipping them,they show folders like usr,share,lib etc. So i want to know if i put the contents of these folders in the respective folders at the / ,will the thing work ?

Those are the source code of the application.You have to compile and install it
./configure
make
make install

About mplayer try typing mplayer in the run command box.

[ujjwal]

mplayer is the command line video playing tool, and gmplayer is the GUI frontend to it. It seems that the version of mplayer you installed was not compiled with gmplayer, and hence you only have the command line tool. Symlinking gmplayer to mpayer is not going to help at all. It is possible that gmplayer is provided in a seperate package, do check the site from where you downloaded it. You could also try looking for another package or compiling the software from source.

About the tar.bz2 software, most often these are source tarballs, which should be installed by the way vignesh mentioned, but from your description, they sound more like binary packages. If you are sure they are official packages and are meant for your distribution, you can simple extract them at the / (root) location.

[Vishal Gupta]

I hv 3 RPM files for installing MPlayer:

mplayer-common-1.0pre2-1.i386.rpm
mplayer-gui-1.0pre2-1.i386.rpm
mplayer-skin-default-1.0-2.noarch.rpm

And I hv to give following command to install MPlayer successfully:

rpm -Uvh mplayer-common-1.0pre2-1.i386.rpm mplayer-gui-1.0pre2-1.i386.rpm mplayer-skin-default-1.0-2.noarch.rpm

[bharat_r]

I'm also having problem no 1 in knoppix.

[whim_gen]

@Vishal:
Dude u dont have to type such a long list
Try this

rpm -Uvh mplayer*.rpm

Just go to the directoru where u have installed mplayer rpm's and do as suggested above.

[sba]

Originally Posted by tech_cheetah

1.I have Pixel View PlayTV Pro - tv tuner card.But when i try to configure the default tv player in FC4(TVtime Player),it shows no input signal.I have set the tv standard as PAL (which is the one in India) and the frequency table to Europe( Since these are the closest one,and i even tried all other options as well).But still no result.I tried searching the hardware browser provided in linux.It shows two things- Bt878 video capture and Bt878 audio capture device in PCI slots.In short i have tried all things i can do (checking all the configuring options on the menu of the tv player),But no result.I guess if i have to download any linux driver or something for my tv card!!!

type "lspci" and then "lsmod" (without quotes) in a console window as root. then post the output here.

[gauravnawani]

Originally Posted by tech_cheetah

hi friends
i am a new linux user.I have recently installed Fedora Core 4 on my pc and facing some problems.Plz help me to fine tune my pc.

1.I have Pixel View PlayTV Pro - tv tuner card.But when i try to configure the default tv player in FC4(TVtime Player),it shows no input signal.I have set the tv standard as PAL (which is the one in India) and the frequency table to Europe( Since these are the closest one,and i even tried all other options as well).But still no result.I tried searching the hardware browser provided in linux.It shows two things- Bt878 video capture and Bt878 audio capture device in PCI slots.In short i have tried all things i can do (checking all the configuring options on the menu of the tv player),But no result.I guess if i have to download any linux driver or something for my tv card!!!

2.I have installed mplayer( Since there is no mpg player provided with FC4) but it works in terminal only.When i downloaded the skins from the respective site,they did not work out,even when i placed the skins in `/.mplayer/Skin/ directory.I even created a link to mplayer,named it gmplayer and run gmplayer from terminal.It then messaged that mplayer compiled without gui support.I even tried these options

mplayer -skin myskin
gmplayer -skin myskin

But still no support of gui !!!
Is there separate installation for GUI version of mplayer?

3.I have seen some softwares with .tar.bz extension.After unzipping them,they show folders like usr,share,lib etc. So i want to know if i put the contents of these folders in the respective folders at the / ,will the thing work ?

Actualy Pixel view will just work. You have already done the important changes. Have you let is scan the channes after that?
One more thing please dont play with much post processing on it other than adaptive sampling, it will be more likely to crash.

If you still cant get it working mail me(Bharat_r you can too) I will send you mine tvtime configuration file which you can copy on to your home directory and check.


Generally to install rpm which are a part of a single install, copy them in to a folder. Open up terminal, go to that folder and issue rpm -ivh *.rpm
incase you are upgrading from the rpms then issue rpm -iUvh *.rpm
Just make sure that you dont have any old rpms in that folder that you dont want to install.

Tar/gz file are almost every time are source files, new users should stick to rpms, debs and the likes. Of course if you wan to adventure then you can first copy then to a reasonable folder like downloads.

open up a terminal go there and Issue
tar -zxvf [filename].tar.gz (or it may be tgz)
in case its bz2 or tat.bz then
tar -jxvf [filename].tar.bz etc

Then go to that directory and always read the README file and the INSTALL file they will give you what need to be done correctly.

For movies download mplayer rpms which vishal_have mentioned above and install them.

[vandit]

Hey I am also a newbie in linux.... in knoppix the sound doesn't come... my mobo is asus P4P800 with onboard sound... it doesnt work in my older comp.with intel 810e and my friends P3 same plz help

[vignesh]

Try configuring it by going to Kmenu->ControlCenter->pheripherals->soundcard detection.

[tech_cheetah]

well friends thnx for ur help
i m now trying to get the mplayer from freshrpms website along with the skin.Hope that works ,since it is made for FC4.
I will try "type "lspci" and then "lsmod" (without quotes) in a console window as root. then post the output here."

[vignesh]

Add the -nodeps after the rmp file if you have trouble with dependencies.

[tech_cheetah]

dear sba here is the output

[root@localhost ~]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82815 815 Chipset Host Bridge and Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82815 815 Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 (rev 02)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM SMBus (rev 02)
00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev b2)
02:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Aureal Semiconductor Vortex 2 (rev fa)
02:0b.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
02:0b.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)

[root@localhost ~]# lsmod
Module Size Used by
nls_utf8 2113 1
parport_pc 28933 1
lp 13001 0
parport 40585 2 parport_pc,lp
autofs4 29253 2
rfcomm 42333 0
l2cap 30661 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 56133 4 rfcomm,l2cap
sunrpc 167813 1
vfat 13377 3
fat 54621 1 vfat
dm_mod 58101 0
video 15941 0
button 6609 0
battery 9413 0
ac 4805 0
md5 4033 1
ipv6 268097 8
uhci_hcd 35152 0
bt878 10457 0
bttv 161393 1 bt878
video_buf 23749 1 bttv
i2c_algo_bit 9289 1 bttv
v4l2_common 5825 1 bttv
btcx_risc 4937 1 bttv
tveeprom 13017 1 bttv
videodev 9537 1 bttv
i2c_i801 8781 0
i2c_core 21569 4 bttv,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom,i2c_i801
snd_au8830 61665 1
gameport 18633 2 snd_au8830
snd_ac97_codec 75961 1 snd_au8830
snd_seq_dummy 3653 0
snd_seq_oss 37057 0
snd_seq_midi_event 9153 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 62289 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm_oss 51185 0
snd_mixer_oss 17857 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 100169 3 snd_au8830,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 33605 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 9669 1 snd_pcm
snd_mpu401_uart 10049 1 snd_au8830
snd_rawmidi 30305 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 8781 4 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd 57157 13 snd_au8830,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_ pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401 _uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore 10913 1 snd
floppy 65269 0
ext3 132553 1
jbd 86233 1 ext3

[vignesh]

What are these supposed to be ?

[ujjwal]

Well, it looks like the modules/drivers for your card are loaded up alright! I don't have much idea about what is needed to set up a TV Tuner card in linux, but do check this article, if you haven't already -

And also search www.tldp.org , there is a lot of good info there.

[tech_cheetah]

no man that link didn't prove to be of any help to me.

[tech_cheetah]

i started this thread on 18th Aug.
Today is 26th Aug.
For past 8 days i have been trying to get my tuner work in linux.
but the only success i have got is that the tvtime now plays "only" the channel which was played on windows xp last time.
and thats after i added following in module.conf file
option bttv card=37

i tried
$tvtime-scanner
but it only shows one channel on different frequencies(the one i played last on xp)
Plz help me
i am providing the details as below

Card name ixelView Play TV Pro2 (PV M4500 w/fm,rc)

$lspci -v
02:0b.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 9
Memory at ef000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2

02:0b.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 9
Memory at ee800000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2

$dmesg
bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:02:0b.0, irq: 9, latency: 32, mmio: 0xef000000
bttv0: using: Prolink PixelView PlayTV pro [card=37,insmod option]
bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=009fc0ff [init]
i2c-algo-bit.o: (0) scl=1, sda=1
i2c-algo-bit.o: (1) scl=1, sda=0
i2c-algo-bit.o: (2) scl=1, sda=1
i2c-algo-bit.o: (3) scl=0, sda=1
i2c-algo-bit.o: (4) scl=1, sda=1
i2c-algo-bit.o: bt878 #0 [sw] passed test.
bttv0: using tuner=-1
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found
bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9887 @ 0x86... not found
bttv0: registered device video0
bttv0: registered device vbi0
bttv0: registered device radio0
bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok
bt878: AUDIO driver version 0.0.0 loaded
bt878: Bt878 AUDIO function found (0).
PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:0b.1 (0004 -> 0006)

[tech_cheetah]

When i run java programs in FC4 in terminal it shows errors,even though i had compiled and run these programs successfully in windows XP.
Especially in programs of inheritance, i get error.
I am using J2SDK 1.4 on windows and the default one on FC4.
Can anyone tell me why there is difference on the two OS when JAVA is platform independent ?