[mythtv-users] Problems with NOVA-TD USB Stick

Gordon McCrae gordon-mccrae at bluebottle.com
Sat May 10 12:57:43 UTC 2008


Nicolas Will wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-05-10 at 10:01 +0100, Gordon McCrae wrote:
>   
>> I have existing NOVA-T USB Sticks working fine on my existing OpenSuSE 
>> 10.3 based backend server.
>>
>> The existing cards work fine and produce output such as this when the 
>> system boots:
>>
>> Apr 29 18:17:47 server kernel: usb 4-6: new high speed USB device using 
>> ehci_hcd and address 4
>> Apr 29 18:17:47 server kernel: usb 4-6: new device found, idVendor=2040, 
>> idProduct=7060
>> Apr 29 18:17:47 server kernel: usb 4-6: new device strings: Mfr=1, 
>> Product=2, SerialNumber=3
>> Apr 29 18:17:47 server kernel: usb 4-6: Product: Nova-T Stick
>> Apr 29 18:17:47 server kernel: usb 4-6: Manufacturer: Hauppauge
>> Apr 29 18:17:47 server kernel: usb 4-6: SerialNumber: 4028656163
>> Apr 29 18:17:47 server kernel: usb 4-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 
>> choice
>>     
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> Old v4l-dvb driver code.
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>> Apr 29 18:17:47 server kernel: dvb-usb: found a 'Hauppauge Nova-T Stick' 
>> in cold state, will try to load a firmware
>> Apr 29 18:17:47 server kernel: dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 
>> 'dvb-usb-dib0700-01.fw'
>>     
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> Very old and problematic firmware.
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>> Apr 29 18:17:47 server kernel: dib0700: firmware started successfully.
>> Apr 29 18:17:48 server kernel: dvb-usb: found a 'Hauppauge Nova-T Stick' 
>> in warm state.
>> Apr 29 18:17:48 server kernel: i2c-adapter i2c-6: SMBus Quick command 
>> not supported, can't probe for chips
>> Apr 29 18:17:48 server kernel: dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 
>> transport stream to the software demuxer.
>> Apr 29 18:17:48 server kernel: DVB: registering new adapter (Hauppauge 
>> Nova-T Stick).
>> Apr 29 18:17:48 server kernel: i2c-adapter i2c-7: SMBus Quick command 
>> not supported, can't probe for chips
>> Apr 29 18:17:48 server kernel: DVB: registering frontend 2 (DiBcom 
>> 7000PC)...
>> Apr 29 18:17:48 server kernel: MT2060: successfully identified (IF1 = 1220)
>> Apr 29 18:17:48 server kernel: dvb-usb: Hauppauge Nova-T Stick 
>> successfully initialized and connected.
>>
>> However, when I plug in a Nova-TD stick, all I get is:
>>
>> May 10 08:47:01 server kernel: usb 4-6: new high speed USB device using 
>> ehci_hcd and address 5
>> May 10 08:47:01 server kernel: usb 4-6: new device found, idVendor=2040, 
>> idProduct=9580
>> May 10 08:47:01 server kernel: usb 4-6: new device strings: Mfr=1, 
>> Product=2, SerialNumber=3
>> May 10 08:47:01 server kernel: usb 4-6: Product: NovaT 500Stick
>> May 10 08:47:01 server kernel: usb 4-6: Manufacturer: Hauppauge
>> May 10 08:47:01 server kernel: usb 4-6: SerialNumber: 4028639788
>> May 10 08:47:01 server kernel: usb 4-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 
>> choice
>> May 10 08:55:43 server kernel: usb 4-6: USB disconnect, address 5
>>     
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> Again, old driver and firmware.
>
> You have to upgrade them both.
>
> All the good information in order to do that and get good hardware
> support is here:
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> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-NOVA-TD-Stick
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>> There are numerous posting on the web, some stating that the -TD sticks 
>> work with Linux, some that they stopped working last January, others 
>> this year saying they work fine. 
>>     
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> It works fine. There was just a "glitch" in the USB2 code of 2.6.24
> kernels that made it difficult for a while, but it has been fixed. Make
> sure you get a recent kernel if you are running 2.6.24.
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>> The link from the MythTV site for the 
>> -TD card seems to indicate support is there.
>>     
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> Support for DVB stuff should be checked on the appropriate web site.
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> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php
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>> Does anyone have any experience with this?
>>
>> I've explicitly bought this stick so that I can put together a test 
>> bench for Myth 0.21, as my previous upgrade went really badly
>>     
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> Run a better distro, or do not break your installation beyond states
> that allow proper upgrades.
>
> Nico
>   
Will try compiling the V4L stuff then. The firmware is actually a later 
one, just named that way to conform with existing V4L installation.

Won't be changing distro, tried most of the others and more than happy 
to stay will SuSE, but thanks for the quick feedback.

Cheers
Gordon

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