[mythtv-users] Which drivers for HD-5500 ATSC and NTSC?

Thomas Kessler electronikjunkie at gmail.com
Tue Apr 10 18:31:41 UTC 2007


Alright, now I compiled and install kernel 2.6.19-7. Here's some results:

thomaskessler at housemusik:~$ dmesg|grep cx
[   34.090842] cx2388x dvb driver version 0.0.6 loaded
[   34.090906] CORE cx88[0]: subsystem: 7063:5500, board: pcHDTV HD5500 HDTV
[card=47,autodetected]
[   34.117308] cx2388x v4l2 driver version 0.0.6 loaded
[   34.245137] cx88[0]/2: found at 0000:00:0e.2, rev: 5, irq: 19, latency:
64, mmio: 0xf7000000
[   34.245156] cx88[0]/2: cx2388x based dvb card
[   34.866716] cx2388x alsa driver version 0.0.6 loaded
[   34.886128] DVB: registering new adapter (cx88[0]).
[   34.886438] cx88[0]/1: CX88x/0: ALSA support for cx2388x boards
[   34.890987] cx88[0]/0: found at 0000:00:0e.0, rev: 5, irq: 19, latency:
64, mmio: 0xf5000000
[   34.920632] tuner 1-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (cx88[0])
[   34.922876] tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (cx88[0])
[   34.933225] cx88[0]/0: registered device video0 [v4l2]
[   34.933249] cx88[0]/0: registered device vbi0
[   35.383875] cx2388x blackbird driver version 0.0.6 loaded

thomaskessler at housemusik:~$ ls -l /dev/dvb/adapter0
total 0
crw-rw---- 1 root video 212, 4 2007-04-10 14:27 demux0
crw-rw---- 1 root video 212, 5 2007-04-10 14:27 dvr0
crw-rw---- 1 root video 212, 3 2007-04-10 14:27 frontend0
crw-rw---- 1 root video 212, 7 2007-04-10 14:27 net0

Here's what I get from mythtv-setup now:

thomaskessler at housemusik:~$ sudo mythtv-setup
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
  Major opcode:  147
  Minor opcode:  3
  Resource id:  0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
  Major opcode:  147
  Minor opcode:  3
  Resource id:  0x0
Failed to open device
2007-04-10 14:28:12.560 Using runtime prefix = /usr/local
2007-04-10 14:28:12.563 DPMS is active.
2007-04-10 14:28:12.576 New DB connection, total: 1
2007-04-10 14:28:12.580 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2007-04-10 14:28:12.581 Total desktop dim: 1280x1024, with 1 screen[s].
2007-04-10 14:28:12.583 Using screen 0, 1280x1024 at 0,0
2007-04-10 14:28:12.590 Current Schema Version: 1176
2007-04-10 14:28:12.602 Total desktop dim: 1280x1024, with 1 screen[s].
2007-04-10 14:28:12.603 Using screen 0, 1280x1024 at 0,0
2007-04-10 14:28:12.605 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T.)
2007-04-10 14:28:12.618 Using the Qt painter
mythtv: could not connect to socket
mythtv: No such file or directory
2007-04-10 14:28:12.631 lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
2007-04-10 14:28:12.632 Joystick disabled.
2007-04-10 14:28:13.566 Loading from:
/usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T./base.xml
2007-04-10 14:28:13.583 Loading from:
/usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/default/base.xml
2007-04-10 14:28:36.144 New DB connection, total: 2
2007-04-10 14:28:36.145 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2007-04-10 14:28:36.145 DiSEqCDevTree, Warning: No device tree for cardid 1
2007-04-10 14:28:36.150 New DB connection, total: 3
2007-04-10 14:28:36.150 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2007-04-10 14:28:36.151 DiSEqCDevTree, Warning: No device tree for cardid 2
2007-04-10 14:28:36.758 Couldn't get handle
                        eno: No such file or directory (2)
2007-04-10 14:28:36.758 GetSTBListPrivate -- begin
2007-04-10 14:28:36.758 GetSTBListPrivate -- got lock
2007-04-10 14:28:36.758 GetSTBListPrivate -- end
2007-04-10 14:28:36.763 DiSEqCDevTree, Warning: No device tree for cardid 0
2007-04-10 14:28:39.665 DiSEqCDevTree, Warning: No device tree for cardid 3
2007-04-10 14:28:45.719 DiSEqCDevTree, Warning: No device tree for cardid 3
2007-04-10 14:28:45.723 DiSEqCDevTree, Warning: No device tree for cardid 4
2007-04-10 14:28:45.728 New DB connection, total: 4
2007-04-10 14:28:45.728 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2007-04-10 14:29:10.127 ~ScanProgressPopup()
2007-04-10 14:29:12.059 New DB connection, total: 5
2007-04-10 14:29:12.060 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2007-04-10 14:29:13.133 No Storage Group directories are defined.  You must
add at least one directory to the Default Storage Group where new recordings
will be stored.

And I'm still getting this from dmesg:

[  696.002456] KERN_WARNING lgdt330x: lgdt3303_read_status: Modulation set
to unsupported value

I've tried everything, I'm lost...

On 4/10/07, Thomas Kessler <electronikjunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I guess I should have giving more info. With Feisty, I do these commands
> at boot:
>
> sudo modprobe -r cx88-blackbird
> sudo modprobe -r cx88-dvb
> sudo modprobe -r saa7134-dvb
> sudo modprobe cx88-alsa
> sudo modprobe cx88-dvb
> sudo chmod -R 777 /dev/dvb/adapter0
> sudo chmod -R 777 /dev/video*



I installed mythtv from svn 12618. I was able to get ATSC to scan and work
> fine in mythfrontend. After this I went back into mythtv-setup to setup the
> NTSC side of my HD-5500. I go to the input section, NTSC televison section,
> and fetch the channels from Zap2It. The channel data populates correctly.
> When I go to exit mythtv-setup it complains that "Card 0 (type ) is set to
> channel 3, and it does not exist". Dmesg shows this:
>
> [ 1731.426100] lgdt330x: lgdt3303_read_snr: Modulation set to unsupported
> value
> [ 1731.428173] KERN_WARNING lgdt330x: lgdt3303_read_status: Modulation set
> to unsupported value
>
> Mythfrontend crashes when trying to view NTSC. After this happened I
> erased the mythconverg database and started over. Now ATSC doesn't even scan
> channels. I get no signal when scanning and mythtv-setup shows an error like
> this:
>
> DiSEqCDevTree, Warning: No device tree for cardid 1
> DVBSignalMonitor(0)::constructor(-1,Warning, can not measure Signal Strength): Remote I/O error
>
> Which kernel should I be using? What version of Mythtv works with this
> card? Is there a special order to load the modules? If someone has a working
> configuration please help me...
>
> TK
>
> On 4/10/07, Mario Limonciello <mario.mailing at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Tom,
> >
> > The PVR-350 should be supported out of the box, and have the modules
> > preloaded.
> >
> > For the HD-5500, you will have to load the cx88-dvb module (and put this
> > in /etc/modules).
> >
> > Mario
> >
> >  On 4/10/07, Thomas Kessler <electronikjunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Does anyone know which drivers I need to have loaded in order for both
> > > ATSC and NTSC of my HD-5500 to work? I'm running Ubuntu Feisty and
> > > kernel 2.6.20-14-generic. Also is there any driver conflicts/modules I
> > > should remove? What version of MythTV do I need to install? I also have a
> > > PVR-350, so the IVTV drivers will be loaded too. I've been trying forever to
> > > get this card to work properly and really need some advice...
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > >
> > > Tom
> > >
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