My problem is that when I go to "Watch TV," it shows nothing but static.
I have a PVR-500 that is attached to cable(analog). I am using R5A16 version of knoppmyth and took these steps to try to get it working. This is from MANY different links on how to set this card up, each one having their own subtle differences; here is what I did:
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Note: the tuner.ko and tveeprom.ko that reside in the
/lib/modules/KERNEL-VER/v4l2/ directory causes issues with the PVR-500.

RENAME all the tuner.ko and tveeprom.ko and msp3400.ko to .DELETE

Make these changes to /etc/mythtv/modules/ivtv
#ivtv (PVR-500MCE)
alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
alias char-major-81-1 ivtv
alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv
alias tuner tuner-ivtv
alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv

Install new firmware by downloading this file:

ftp://ftp.shspvr.com/download/wintv-pvr ... .23035.zip

Unzip it and copy HcwMakoA.ROM to /lib/modules/.
Also copy HcwFalcn.rom to /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin.

If you also need the ivtv-fw-dec.bin firmware (used by the Hauppauge PVR-350 for

example), then download the recommended version from:

ftp://ftp.shspvr.com/download/wintv-pvr ... 54_inf.zip

Use the ivtvfwextract.pl perl utility in the driver source to extract the firmware :

utils/ivtvfwextract.pl pvr_1.18.21.22254_inf.zip


Now you should be able to run a depmod and load up the ivtv module:

# /sbin/depmod -ae
# /sbin/modprobe ivtv
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Errors from the backend log:

QSettings: error creating /.qt
QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty
2005-10-17 22:27:23.864 New DB connection, total:1
Starting up as the master server.
QSettings: error creating /.qt
QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty
2005-10-17 22:27:24.027 New DB connection, total:2
QSettings: error creating /.qt
QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty
2005-10-17 22:27:24.377 New DB connection, total:3
QSettings: error creating /.qt
QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty
2005-10-17 22:27:25.510 New DB scheduler connection
2005-10-17 22:27:25.517 mythbackend version: 0.18.120050510-1 www.mythtv.org
2005-10-17 22:27:25.520 Enabled verbose msgs: important general
2005-10-17 22:27:27.516 Reschedule requested for id -1.
2005-10-17 22:27:27.740 Scheduled 0 itmes in 0.2 = 0.22 match + 0.00 place
2005-10-17 22:27:27.744 Seem to be woken up by USER
2005-10-17 22:27:48.193 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-10-17 22:27:48.195 adding: mythtv as a client (events: 0)
2005-10-17 22:27:48.225 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-10-17 22:27:48.227 adding: mythtv as a client (events: 1)
2005-10-17 22:27:48.235 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-10-17 22:27:48.236 adding: mythtv as a client (events: 0)
2005-10-17 22:27:48.285 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-10-17 22:27:48.287 adding: mythtv as a client (events: 0)
2005-10-17 22:27:48.294 adding: mythtv as a remote ringbuffer
2005-10-17 22:27:48.303 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2005-10-17 22:27:48.421 Can't enable VBI recording
vbi: Invalid argument
2005-10-17 22:27:57.609 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None


What could I be doing wrong with this setup? If you need any log files, please let me know which ones to look at and what info to extract, I am pretty new at this stuff. This problem is just killing me and frusterating me to no end; thanks.

Solved...
took forever (7 days) but here it is:

untar kernel
tar jxvf /usr/src/KERNEL-VER

Note: the tuner.ko and tveeprom.ko that reside in the
/lib/modules/KERNEL-VER/v4l2/
and
/lib/modules/KERNEL-VER/ivtv
RENAME all the tuner.ko and tveeprom.ko and msp3400.ko to .DELETE

wget new driver:

tar -xvzf ivtv-0.4.0.tar.gz
cd ivtv-0.3.5f/driver
make
make install
cd ../utils
make
make install
reboot