How can I install the driver to get my AverTV Hybrid Volar HX working on brand new Ubuntu 11.10 computer? I'am a newby in linux world but Ubuntu looks great. Please give me a hand!
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At first install tvtime from Software Center.– AlokFeb 10, 2012 at 11:53
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done! system doesn't found a video source– berndFeb 10, 2012 at 18:54
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This is for 64 bit drivers, but probably the same solution applies to the 32-bit version by just using x86 instead of x64 in filenames. The solution is inspired in the great work by the guys of linuxtv.org
- Create a directory called AverTVVolarHX in your home
- Download C038A827H826_Installer_x64_0.10-Beta_091126.zip from AverMedia WebSite to that directory
- Create in same directory patch file aver.patch:
diff -Nr -u0 original/installer/installer.sh modified/installer/installer.sh --- original/installer/installer.sh 2009-11-13 11:47:33.000000000 +0100 +++ modified/installer/installer.sh 2011-08-28 20:58:38.000000000 +0200 @@ -177,13 +176,0 @@ - if [[ "$kversion" != "2" || "$kpatchlevel" != "6" ]]; then - dialog --backtitle "$BACKTITLE" \ - --title "Kernel version error" \ - --msgbox "Installer cannot determine kernel version or the running kernel is not 2.6.x kernel. \n\ -Installer will abort now. -" \ - 10 $WIDTH - log "generate_kdep_string: wrong kernel version ${kversion}.${kpatchlevel}.${ksublevel}. Abort." - log_from_file $ksrc/Makefile #s016 - log_from_file $kobj/Makefile #s016 - exit - fi - @@ -994,3 +980,0 @@ - # check if root - log "check if root: EUID=$EUID" - if [[ "$EUID" != "0" ]]; then @@ -998,9 +981,0 @@ - dialog --backtitle "$BACKTITLE" \ - --title "ERROR: " \ - --msgbox \ - "You must be root to run installer. \ -\nPlease login as root or use 'su' or 'sudo' to abtain root privilege. \ -\nInstaller will now abort." 10 $WIDTH - clear - exit - fi diff -Nr -u0 original/installer/src/aver/osdep.c modified/installer/src/aver/osdep.c --- original/installer/src/aver/osdep.c 2009-11-13 11:54:56.000000000 +0100 +++ modified/installer/src/aver/osdep.c 2011-08-28 20:19:19.000000000 +0200 @@ -89 +88,0 @@ -#include <linux/smp_lock.h> @@ -435 +434 @@ - init_MUTEX(tmp); + sema_init(tmp, 1); @@ -439 +438 @@ - init_MUTEX_LOCKED(tmp); + sema_init(tmp, 0); @@ -1069,0 +1069 @@ +static DEFINE_MUTEX(dvbdev_mutex); @@ -1072 +1072 @@ - lock_kernel(); + mutex_lock(&dvbdev_mutex); @@ -1077 +1077 @@ - unlock_kernel(); + mutex_unlock(&dvbdev_mutex); diff -Nr -u0 original/installer/src/aver/osdep_dvb.c modified/installer/src/aver/osdep_dvb.c --- original/installer/src/aver/osdep_dvb.c 2009-11-13 11:54:57.000000000 +0100 +++ modified/installer/src/aver/osdep_dvb.c 2011-08-28 20:19:36.000000000 +0200 @@ -79 +78,0 @@ -#include <linux/smp_lock.h> @@ -233 +232 @@ - init_MUTEX(&p->feedlock); + sema_init(&p->feedlock, 1); diff -Nr -u0 original/installer/src/aver/osdep_th2.c modified/installer/src/aver/osdep_th2.c --- original/installer/src/aver/osdep_th2.c 2009-11-13 11:54:57.000000000 +0100 +++ modified/installer/src/aver/osdep_th2.c 2011-08-28 20:20:00.000000000 +0200 @@ -78 +77,0 @@ -#include <linux/smp_lock.h> @@ -80,0 +80 @@ +#include "osdep.h" @@ -90 +90 @@ - lock_kernel(); + SysLockKernel(); @@ -100 +100 @@ - unlock_kernel(); + SysUnlockKernel(); diff -Nr -u0 original/installer/src/aver/osdep_v4l2.c modified/installer/src/aver/osdep_v4l2.c --- original/installer/src/aver/osdep_v4l2.c 2009-11-13 11:54:58.000000000 +0100 +++ modified/installer/src/aver/osdep_v4l2.c 2011-08-28 20:20:19.000000000 +0200 @@ -75,0 +76,2 @@ +#define VFL_TYPE_VTX 3 + @@ -84 +85,0 @@ -#include <linux/smp_lock.h> - Open terminal
$ cd ~/AverTVVolarHX $ unzip C038A827H826_Installer_x64_0.10-Beta_091126.zip $ cd H826D_Installer_x64_0.10-Beta $ tail -n +115 AVERMEDIA-Linux-x64-H826D-0.10-beta.sh | bzip2 -d | tar xf - $ patch -l -p1 < ../aver.patch $ cd installer $ ./installer.sh - During the installation choose Expert Installation, select /home/<youruser>/AverTVVolarHX as the directory for expert installation and finish installation (it just will output the module sources to /home/<youruser>/AverTVVolarHX/H826D-expert-install)
- Now you need an hex editor, e.g. ghex, which is in the default repositories. Hex edit file /home/<youruser>/AverTVVolarHX/H826D-expert-install/aver/osdep_dvb.o_shipped and replace param_array_get and param_array_set by param_array_ops
- Create in directory /home/<youruser>/AverTVVolarHX/H826D-expert-install installer.sh:
#!/bin/bash -i # get absolute path of this script BASE=`(cd \`dirname $0\`; pwd)` TARGET_DIR=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb if [[ "$EUID" != "0" ]]; then echo -e "You must be root to run installer. \nPlease login as root or use 'su' or 'sudo' to obtain root privileges. \nInstaller will now abort." exit fi cd "$BASE" make || { echo "make failed"; exit 1; } echo -e "\nCopying h826d.ko to $TARGET_DIR/h826d.ko" cp -r h826d.ko $TARGET_DIR/ || { echo "copy failed"; exit 1; } echo -e "\nCopying averusbh826d.ko to $TARGET_DIR/averusbh826d.ko" cp -r averusbh826d.ko $TARGET_DIR/ || { echo "copy failed"; exit 1; } echo -e "\nRunning depmod -a" depmod -a || { echo "depmod failed"; exit 1; } echo -e "\nCleaning" make clean || { echo "make clean failed"; exit 1; } echo -e "\nCompleted" - Finally run installer.sh
$ cd /home/<youruser>/AverTVVolarHX/H826D-expert-install $ chmod +x installer.sh $ sudo ./installer.sh
The H826D-expert-install directory is the only thing you need for future recompilations, so save it somewhere else. The other files and dirs can now be safely deleted.
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1Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference.– fossfreedom ♦Feb 18, 2012 at 11:14