Ok, I am about to rant a little. I hate modules! Or maybe it is just the modules on my machine.<\/p>\n
I recently installed Debian Unstable onto my machine. I used the stock 2.6 kernel, and the only thing I needed to do to get my USB TV adaptor to work was to copy the firmware file to the correct location.<\/p>\n
That got me up and running with xine. Now, today I wanted to use dvbstream to record the GP. It failed. I remembered reading on Hugo’s website (www.carfax.org.uk<\/a>) about adding an option to one of the dvb modules that stopped it from being automatically unloaded, or something. I found the details quite easily, but then I need to find exactly where to stick this information. It was by now about five minutes to go before the start of the GP.<\/p>\n It would appear that Debian is in the process of upgrading how modules are configured as there seems to be two places holding configuration files. Frankly, I don’t care how they are handled, as long as it works. With minutes to go, I was not in the mood to learn. Naturally, with sods law in motion, the first place I tried failed to work. I finally managed to get it to work by adding a file called dvb<\/strong> in \/etc\/modprobe.d<\/strong>. The file contained the single line<\/p>\n I hope I remember this for the next time I re-install!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ok, I am about to rant a little. I hate modules! Or maybe it is just the modules on my machine. I recently installed Debian Unstable onto my machine. I used the stock 2.6 kernel, and the only thing I … Continue reading options dvb_core dvb_shutdown_timeout=0<\/pre>\n