[ubuntu-uk] USB TV stick and installing the (latest?) kernel

[Andrew Golightly]

Firstly thanks John for the idea. It's exactly what I'm after.

But..

I downloaded and burnt the live iso to a cd. It boots ok into the 
initial menu. But on running it (1st option), I get the following error msg:

can't access tty: job control turned off

??
Andrew

john levin wrote:

> Andrew Golightly wrote:
>
>> Hey there,
>>
>> I've got a Freecom DVB-T USB stick, and am trying to get it going 
>> with Ubuntu. It seems that to get it going I need at least kernel 
>> 2.6.13. There is a posting here 
>> (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=118324&highlight=freecom) 
>> about it with, as yet, no solution.
>>
>> So what do you guys recommend? Is there something I can do to the 
>> current kernel (2.6.12-10)? Or do I start trying to build my own 
>> kernel (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelBuildpackageDetailedHowto)? I'm 
>> a newbie. So I'm trying to KISS. And do we know when the next kernel 
>> will be released?
>>
>
> Dapper (currently 'under construction'; will be released in April)
> has kernel 2.6.15 - you could download Dapper Flight 3 live cd to try 
> the TV stick.
>
> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/dapper/flight-3/
>
> HTH
>
> John
>
>