[mythtv-users] I'm not sure how to troubleshoot my TV tuner card...

[David Watkins]

On 12/02/2008, Topi Hukkanen <topi.hukkanen at gmail.com> wrote:
> I got a TechnoTrend TT-budget T-1500.
>
> I'm getting stuck on the mythtv setup part where it comes to adding the
> capture card... I don't know how.
>
> The only debug I know is...
>
> nibbles at nibbles-desktop:~$ grep -i dvb /var/log/messages
> Feb 12 20:24:58 nibbles-desktop kernel: [   26.827916] saa7146: register
> extension 'budget_ci dvb'.
> Feb 12 20:24:58 nibbles-desktop kernel: [   26.828015] DVB: registering new
> adapter (TT-Budget-T-CI PCI).
> Feb 12 20:24:58 nibbles-desktop kernel: [   26.861691] input: Budget-CI dvb
> ir receiver saa7146 (0) as /class/input/input4
> Feb 12 20:24:58 nibbles-desktop kernel: [   27.005399] DVB: registering
> frontend 0 (Philips TDA10046H DVB-T)...
> Feb 12 21:44:36 nibbles-desktop kernel: [   27.597060] saa7146: register
> extension 'budget_ci dvb'.
> Feb 12 21:44:36 nibbles-desktop kernel: [   27.597164] DVB: registering new
> adapter (TT-Budget-T-CI PCI).
> Feb 12 21:44:36 nibbles-desktop kernel: [   27.635002] input: Budget-CI dvb
> ir receiver saa7146 (0) as /class/input/input4
> Feb 12 21:44:36 nibbles-desktop kernel: [   27.657758] DVB: registering
> frontend 0 (Philips TDA10046H DVB-T)...
> Feb 12 21:48:55 nibbles-desktop kernel: [   27.354199] saa7146: register
> extension 'budget_ci dvb'.
> Feb 12 21:48:55 nibbles-desktop kernel: [   27.354596] DVB: registering new
> adapter (TT-Budget-T-CI PCI).
> Feb 12 21:48:55 nibbles-desktop kernel: [   27.393924] input: Budget-CI dvb
> ir receiver saa7146 (0) as /class/input/input4
> Feb 12 21:48:55 nibbles-desktop kernel: [   27.472990] DVB: registering
> frontend 0 (Philips TDA10046H DVB-T)...
> Feb 12 22:17:50 nibbles-desktop kernel: [   26.238712] saa7146: register
> extension 'budget_ci dvb'.
> Feb 12 22:17:50 nibbles-desktop kernel: [   26.238823] DVB: registering new
> adapter (TT-Budget-T-CI PCI).
> Feb 12 22:17:50 nibbles-desktop kernel: [   26.276060] input: Budget-CI dvb
> ir receiver saa7146 (0) as /class/input/input1
> Feb 12 22:17:50 nibbles-desktop kernel: [   26.821209] DVB: registering
> frontend 0 (Philips TDA10046H DVB-T)...
>
>

you run mythtv-setup and add capture card.

You should see a DVB0 device.  if you don't then there might be a
permission problem on /dev/dvb/