[mythtv-users] s2-liplianin or v4l-dvb drivers

Emmanuel eallaud at gmail.com
Tue Aug 24 01:40:24 UTC 2010


Yianni Vidalis a écrit :
> I am just writing this so that others that might have similar problems 
> benefit.
>
> My previous backend was debian 5 (2.6.26 kernel), and the dvb-s2 card 
> is a Skystar HD2. When I bought it, the only available drivers (mantis 
> module) were from the s2-liplianin repository and I had no problems.
> At the same I had (still have actually) an opensuse 11.1 slave 
> backend, with a lifeview trio PCI card (Analog, DVB-T and DVB-S - 
> which I don't use). For consistency reasons, I installed the 
> s2-liplianin drivers there, although the card was recognised with no 
> problem with the stock kernel.
>
> Upgrading the SB to opensuse 11.2 (2.6.31 kernel) started showing some 
> problems with the dvb-t part of the card, i.e. after long inactivity 
> the dvb-t channels were untunable. The pc had to be powered off, not 
> just restarted, because upon restart dmesg would complain that the 
> tda10046 chip was unresponsive. However, because there are just 4 of 
> those channels that I don't watch a lot, I didn't pursue the matter 
> further.
>
> Then I decided to move the master backend to opensuse 11.2. After a 
> lot of bumps (already posted some) I am up and running. BUT, the 
> skystar has started showing similar symptoms, requiring restarts of 
> the pc (no shutdowns, though).
>
> Googling this, I found other people facing similar problems with the 
> liplianin drivers and mythtv, so I switched to the v4l-dvb branch 
> first on the MB and then on the SB, and I can say after some hours 
> that the problem is gone. I don't think it's too early to tell because 
> the systems would become unresponsive after so much as 1 hour of 
> inactivity.
You might want to post this to the linux-media list so people can fix 
that or put a warning at least.
Bye
Manu


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