Re: recompile 3rd party modules before reboot?

[Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com>]

 Hi.

On Thu, 6 Mar 2014 19:13:33 +0100
Dexter Filmore <Dexter.Filmore@gmx.de> wrote:

> I use deb7 as a media center base (DVB-S2-PVR with TVheadend and xbmc), but 
> the DVB-S2 module (Technotrend TT-connect S2-3600) needs the tvlinux modules 
> in order to not have the kernel scream and die when talked to.
> Now, each time the kernel gets an upgrade I:
> -disable tvheadend 
> -reboot
> -recomplie linuxtv drivers
> -reboot again
> -set tvheadend to autostart and start it manually for this time.
> 
> Now, a lot nicer would be to compile linuxtv before rebooting, but how do I 
> point it at the new kernel?

You have two options:

1) Recompile before reboot by hand.

Install module-assistant, use '-l' switch to build module for new
kernel version.

2) Recompile (hopefully) after reboot, but before boot ends (DKMS).

Install dkms, hope for the best.

Reco