dxr3 modules problem in Ubuntu

[steveadlard]

Hi
       I am trying to install the em8300 driver for my DXR3 card with
Ubuntu 8.04 and I am having some issues. I have downloaded the source
code and run the make command which appears to have worked correctly. I
have also downloaded the em8300.uc file and copied it to
/lib/firmware/em8300.bin. I have used the mknod command to create the
four devices. When I try to run em8300setup I get an error 'Can't open
/dev/em8300-0' (even with sudo) and at this point I am stuck. I am
finding the documentation extremely difficult to follow as it discusses
what to do in several different situations and I am unsure what is what.

Could someone provide step-by-step instructions for how to install the
driver in Ubuntu for me? I have had this working previously in version 7
but I had help with that I do not have access to now. When I upgraded to
8 it all stopped working. I have some command line experience but I know
very little about Unix drivers. I think I am stuck at: 'load the
modules'. Thank you in advance for any help.

Steve Adlard

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[Nicolas Boullis]

Hi,

On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 06:37:38PM +0100, steveadlard@... wrote:

>
> Hi
>        I am trying to install the em8300 driver for my DXR3 card with
> Ubuntu 8.04 and I am having some issues. I have downloaded the source
> code and run the make command which appears to have worked correctly. I
> have also downloaded the em8300.uc file and copied it to
> /lib/firmware/em8300.bin. I have used the mknod command to create the
> four devices. When I try to run em8300setup I get an error 'Can't open
> /dev/em8300-0' (even with sudo) and at this point I am stuck. I am
> finding the documentation extremely difficult to follow as it discusses
> what to do in several different situations and I am unsure what is what.
>
> Could someone provide step-by-step instructions for how to install the
> driver in Ubuntu for me? I have had this working previously in version 7
> but I had help with that I do not have access to now. When I upgraded to
> 8 it all stopped working. I have some command line experience but I know
> very little about Unix drivers. I think I am stuck at: 'load the
> modules'. Thank you in advance for any help.

Sorry for the very late answer, I've been quite busy recently.

As far as I am concerned, I am a hacker with much less free time than
I'd like, so I'd rather spend my limited time hacking the driver than
improme the documentation. Hence, I gladly acknowledge that the
documentation is much lagging behind. (As far as I can tell, the
ALSA-style driver has never been documented.)

Any suggestion to improve the documentation is welcome.
(It's also true for any suggestion to improve the code, but my expeience
showed me that people are generally shy to touch kernel-level code,
although it is much easier than most people think...)

As for your problem, after building the modules with "make", you should
install them with "make install" (as root). The you should have them
loaded, either by "modprobe em8300" or, if your a Windows fan, by
rebooting your system (your hardware devices are scanned on the proper
drivers loaded on boot).


Cheers,

Nicolas



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[steveadlard]

Thanks for the response Nicolas. I used to develop code, but these days
I don't really do anything more technical than a bit of basic HTML. I
never had the time or the patience to get into Linux properly. I have
just installed Ubuntu to replace Windows on my media machine, I have
always had the dxr3 card working in Windows, but trying to understand
how to install the drivers in Ubuntu has really been difficult, and I
don't really have a lot of time to spare, really all I want to do is
watch a DVD :-).  I found the instructions really difficult to follow,
but that is because I don't have much experience with Ubuntu. The
instructions use lots of 'if you have this version then do this,' or 'if
you already have this do that', or 'with the latest version of the
driver you don't need this' and so on. I found it really hard to
understand which instructions were relevant to me and which I should
just ignore.

I will have another go this weekend, if I can find time, and let you
know what happens, if you don't mind. It is great that you have written
the driver at all, otherwise I would have gone back to Windows by now.
Thank you.

Steve



Nicolas Boullis wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 06:37:38PM +0100, steveadlard@... wrote:
>  
>> Hi
>>        I am trying to install the em8300 driver for my DXR3 card with
>> Ubuntu 8.04 and I am having some issues. I have downloaded the source
>> code and run the make command which appears to have worked correctly. I
>> have also downloaded the em8300.uc file and copied it to
>> /lib/firmware/em8300.bin. I have used the mknod command to create the
>> four devices. When I try to run em8300setup I get an error 'Can't open
>> /dev/em8300-0' (even with sudo) and at this point I am stuck. I am
>> finding the documentation extremely difficult to follow as it discusses
>> what to do in several different situations and I am unsure what is what.
>>
>> Could someone provide step-by-step instructions for how to install the
>> driver in Ubuntu for me? I have had this working previously in version 7
>> but I had help with that I do not have access to now. When I upgraded to
>> 8 it all stopped working. I have some command line experience but I know
>> very little about Unix drivers. I think I am stuck at: 'load the
>> modules'. Thank you in advance for any help.
>>    
>
> Sorry for the very late answer, I've been quite busy recently.
>
> As far as I am concerned, I am a hacker with much less free time than
> I'd like, so I'd rather spend my limited time hacking the driver than
> improme the documentation. Hence, I gladly acknowledge that the
> documentation is much lagging behind. (As far as I can tell, the
> ALSA-style driver has never been documented.)
>
> Any suggestion to improve the documentation is welcome.
> (It's also true for any suggestion to improve the code, but my expeience
> showed me that people are generally shy to touch kernel-level code,
> although it is much easier than most people think...)
>
> As for your problem, after building the modules with "make", you should
> install them with "make install" (as root). The you should have them
> loaded, either by "modprobe em8300" or, if your a Windows fan, by
> rebooting your system (your hardware devices are scanned on the proper
> drivers loaded on boot).
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nicolas
>
>
>  

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