[mythtv-users] Can't Open HDTV Card
Gray
grayman2 at cfl.rr.com
Thu Dec 28 03:31:30 UTC 2006
Even more info.. Maybe this will help others in determining my problem:
[mythtv at localhost ~]$ lspci
bash: lspci: command not found
[mythtv at localhost ~]$ /sbin/lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?)
(rev c1 )
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev
c1)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev
c1)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev
c1)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev
c1)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev
c1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev
a4)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev
a4)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev
a4)
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet
Controller (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev
a3)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): nVidia Corporation nForce2 FireWire (IEEE
1394) Co ntroller (rev a3)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
01:04.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001
Gigabit Ether net Controller (rev 13)
01:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04)
01:08.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy MIDI/Game port
(rev 04)
01:08.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (rev
04)
01:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video
and Audio Decoder (rev 05)
01:0a.1 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and
Audio Decode r [Audio Port] (rev 05)
01:0a.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and
Audio Decode r [MPEG Port] (rev 05)
01:0b.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3112
[SATALink/SATARaid] Se rial ATA Controller (rev 02)
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce
6600/GeForce 6600 GT] (rev a2)
On Wed, 2006-12-27 at 21:26 -0500, Gray wrote:
> More info:
>
> I looked up to verify that I was correct which standard I should be
> using and I should be using the ATSC as shown here:
>
> http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB
>
> DVB-S (Digital Broadcasting over Satellite)
> DVB-S2 (Digital Broadcasting over Satellite Version 2)
> DVB-C (Digital Broadcasting over Cable Networks)
> DVB-T (Digital Broadcasting over Terrestrial RF - i.e. with a normal TV
> antenna)
> ATSC (The U.S. standard for Digital Broadcasting over Terrestrial
> Networks)
>
> My card is a Fusion Gold 5 Plus ATSC standard card which worked fine
> with window scanning broadcast digital stations.
>
> What linux command can I run that would show what my computer has
> recognized as my tuner card? Somewhere in my device files I should find
> something with the "Divco" or "Fusion" in them?
>
> Gray
>
>
> On Wed, 2006-12-27 at 21:10 -0500, Gray wrote:
> > Thanks for the reply I am really lost here.
> >
> > On Mon, 2006-12-25 at 20:57 -0500, Boleslaw Ciesielski wrote
> > {
> > >If you have trouble then perhaps you should test your card outside of
> > > myth first. Install the dvb-apps package from Fedora Extras and see
> > > http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page for more info (in
> > > particular "First steps with a DVB card").
> > }
> >
> > Should I be using the DVB format.. Maybe that is my problem? I am not
> > selecting this as a dvb format because it thought that was the European
> > standard and not for the Americas. Also when setting up video cards in
> > the Mythsetup it shows my card as an option under the ATSC selection?
> >
> > Basically I used the HOW TO for fedora 5 to load Mythtv and Mysql. I
> > kept having issues getting Mysql to work the way it should with Mythtv
> > but I feel that I have that resolved in that the backend is opened and I
> > dont get any errors when going to the frontend anymore.
> >
> > My problem is when I scan for stations I get absolutely none? I am
> > confused because it seems that the European community use DVB set up and
> > I think for the Americas I should be using ATSC settings for receiving
> > Digital Broadcast channels. My Zap2it seems to load properly (not sure
> > how to prove)
> >
> > I don't know what files or where to begin to see/verify how much of my
> > set up correct/or not. I just know I don't get any scanned channels and
> > I used to get a "can't open card" message when I would try to set up the
> > channels. I don't get that anymore but I still don't get any channels.
> >
> > Because I don't know what to provide to help anyone to help me I got
> > what I think may help
> >
> > ------------
> > This is my lsmod lisings looking at cx88 driver information.. notice it
> > has a lot of dvb driver<< is this good? I would think i would need
> > something else.. Someone set me straight on this please.
> >
> > [root at localhost ~]# lsmod | grep cx88
> > cx88_alsa 14025 0
> > cx88_blackbird 18885 0
> > cx2341x 11461 1 cx88_blackbird
> > cx8800 34381 1 cx88_blackbird
> > snd_pcm 76485 4
> > cx88_alsa,snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> > cx88_dvb 15973 0
> > cx8802 13253 2 cx88_blackbird,cx88_dvb
> > cx88xx 61541 5
> > cx88_alsa,cx88_blackbird,cx8800,cx88_dvb,cx8802
> > ir_common 28229 1 cx88xx
> > cx88_vp3054_i2c 4929 1 cx88_dvb
> > mt352 6981 1 cx88_dvb
> > dvb_pll 14917 1 cx88_dvb
> > or51132 10309 1 cx88_dvb
> > video_buf_dvb 7109 1 cx88_dvb
> > i2c_algo_bit 9033 2 cx88xx,cx88_vp3054_i2c
> > nxt200x 13765 1 cx88_dvb
> > tveeprom 14800 1 cx88xx
> > isl6421 2753 1 cx88_dvb
> > snd 52933 16
> > cx88_alsa,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_device,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
> > compat_ioctl32 1729 1 cx8800
> > videodev 23233 3 cx88_blackbird,cx8800,cx88xx
> > zl10353 5829 1 cx88_dvb
> > v4l1_compat 12613 2 cx8800,videodev
> > cx24123 12361 1 cx88_dvb
> > v4l2_common 22465 5
> > cx88_blackbird,cx2341x,tuner,cx8800,videodev
> > video_buf 25157 7
> > cx88_alsa,cx88_blackbird,cx8800,cx88_dvb,cx8802,cx88xx,video_buf_dvb
> > lgdt330x 8541 1 cx88_dvb
> > cx22702 6597 1 cx88_dvb
> > btcx_risc 5321 4 cx88_alsa,cx8800,cx8802,cx88xx
> > i2c_core 21697 17
> > i2c_ec,tuner,cx88_dvb,cx88xx,mt352,dvb_pll,or51132,i2c_algo_bit,nxt200x,tveeprom,isl6421,zl10353,cx24123,nvidia,lgdt330x,cx22702,i2c_nforce2
> > [root at localhost ~]#
> >
> > ----------------------
> >
> > This is from my dmesg file starting with "tuner" looking stuff. I
> > didn't copy the whole file.
> >
> > cx2388x v4l2 driver version 0.0.6 loaded
> > usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> > hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
> > hub 3-0:1.0: 3 ports detected
> > CORE cx88[0]: subsystem: 18ac:d500, board: DViCO FusionHDTV 5 Gold
> > [card=31,autodetected]
> > TV tuner 64 at 0x1fe, Radio tuner -1 at 0x1fe
> > ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC1] enabled at IRQ 16
> > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:0a.2[A] -> Link [APC1] -> GSI 16 (level,
> > high) -> IRQ 225
> > cx88[0]/2: found at 0000:01:0a.2, rev: 5, irq: 225, latency: 32, mmio:
> > 0xd7000000
> > cx88[0]/2: cx2388x based dvb card
> > DVB: registering new adapter (cx88[0]).
> > DVB: registering frontend 0 (LG Electronics LGDT3303 VSB/QAM
> > Frontend)...
> > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:0a.0[A] -> Link [APC1] -> GSI 16 (level,
> > high) -> IRQ 225
> > cx88[0]/0: found at 0000:01:0a.0, rev: 5, irq: 225, latency: 32, mmio:
> > 0xd5000000
> > tuner 2-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (cx88[0])
> > tda9887 2-0043: tda988[5/6/7] found @ 0x43 (tuner)
> > tuner 2-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (cx88[0])
> > tuner 2-0061: type set to 64 (LG TDVS-H06xF)
> > cx88[0]/0: registered device video0 [v4l2]
> > cx88[0]/0: registered device vbi0
> > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:08.0[A] -> Link [APC3] -> GSI 18 (level,
> > high) -> IRQ 177
> > Installing spdif_bug patch: Audigy 2 ZS [SB0350]
> > ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCM] enabled at IRQ 21
> > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0d.0[A] -> Link [APCM] -> GSI 21 (level,
> > high) -> IRQ 201
> > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:0d.0 to 64
> > ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.1 (PCI): IRQ=[201]
> > MMIO=[d9003000-d90037ff] Max Packet=[2048] IR/IT contexts=[4/4]
> > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:08.2[B] -> Link [APC4] -> GSI 19 (level,
> > high) -> IRQ 209
> > ohci1394: fw-host1: OHCI-1394 1.1 (PCI): IRQ=[209]
> > MMIO=[d8008000-d80087ff] Max Packet=[2048] IR/IT contexts=[4/8]
> > cx2388x blackbird driver version 0.0.6 loaded
> > cx2388x alsa driver version 0.0.6 loaded
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 2006-12-25 at 20:57 -0500, Boleslaw Ciesielski wrote:
> > > Gray wrote:
> > > > Are you viewing broadcast HDTV? Maybe I have settings wrong? I think I
> > > > would pick ATSC and b-cast? According to the How to I should not need
> > > > any special drivers for my Fusion card? I am at a loss as to what I
> > > > should check?
> > >
> > > If you have trouble then perhaps you should test your card outside of
> > > myth first. Install the dvb-apps package from Fedora Extras and see
> > > http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page for more info (in
> > > particular "First steps with a DVB card").
> > >
> > > If you still can't get it to work, you can ask on the linux-dvb mailing
> > > list (same www site).
> > >
> > > You didn't say what you have tried already, so it's hard to help...
> > >
> > > Bolek
> > >
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