[mythtv-users] Hauppauge HVR-2250 with Ununtu 11.04 64 bit desktop - missing capture card

Tue Sep 27 22:49:43 UTC 2011

On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Mike's JdJ <stepsisters at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I've been trying to get my Hauppauge WinTV-HVR
> 2250 to work with MythTV since 2010.  I have
> some "reality check" questions.
>
>
> 1.  Hauppauge WinTV-HVR 2250, Ubuntu 11.04 64 bit
> desktop,MythTV installed via Ubuntu Software Center,
> clear QAM cable; does this work?  I'm stymied with
> Capture Card Setup; I can't see the Hauppauge 2250.
>
>
> 2.  In searching through the wikis, mail list
> archives, and forums, some said that there can be
> a race condition between the tuner initializing
> and the back end starting.  Is this the case with
> the HVR-2250 PCIe card?  I am able to edit the
> mythtv-backend.conf file; any hints as to what
> the device names of the HVR-2250 might be?
>
>
> 3.  Should I use LowSky's Mythbuntu 10.04 HVR-2250
> tutorial with Ubuntu 11.04 64 bit and MythTV
> instead of using the Ubuntu Software Center?
>
>
> 4.  If I can get the 2250 card working on MythTV
> with two tuners on clear QAM cable, I would like
> to add a second 2250 card for two additional
> tuners for ATSC for terrestrial.  Has anyone
> successfully done this?
>
>
> Here are my specifics:
>
> Intel Core i7 processor
> 8 GigaBytes RAM
> GigaByte Z68MA-D2H-B3 Motherboard
>
> Ubuntu 11.04 64 bit desktop  Kernel Linux 2.6.38-11-generic
> MythTV  2:0.24.0+fixes 20110416.9ba3ece0 ubuntu1 (mythtv)
>
> Other attempts were made with different flavors
> of MythBuntu and different versions of Ubuntu.
> The tuner card did not appear.
>
> I want to use Ubuntu 11.04 64 bit desktop, rather
> than MythBuntu, as I will also be running SDR
> applications on the back end computer.
>
>
> lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core
> Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd
> Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller
> (rev 09)
> 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series
> Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
> 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset
> Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05)
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family
> High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
> 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family
> PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5)
> 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family
> PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b5)
> 00:1c.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family
> PCI Express Root Port 7 (rev b5)
> 00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family
> PCI Express Root Port 8 (rev b5)
> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset
> Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a5)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family
> LPC Controller (rev 05)
> 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family
> 4 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05)
> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family SMBus
> Controller (rev 05)
> 00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family
> 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 05)
> 02:00.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7164
> (rev 81)
> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)
> 04:00.0 USB Controller: Device 1b6f:7023 (rev 01)
>
> dmesg
> [    2.933022] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
> [    2.933025] hub 3-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
> [    2.962749] input: CHICONY HP Basic USB Keyboard as
> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.0/input/input2
> [    2.962815] generic-usb 0003:03F0:0024.0001: input,hidraw0:
> USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [CHICONY HP Basic USB Keyboard] on
> usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1/input0
> [    2.962827] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
> [    2.962828] usbhid: USB HID core driver
> [    3.171912] EXT4-fs (sda1): mounted filesystem with ordered
> data mode. Opts: (null)
> [   12.414198] <30>udev[294]: starting version 167
> [   12.420446] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
> [   12.438317] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
> [   12.468000] i915 0000:00:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level,
> low) -> IRQ 16
> [   12.468004] i915 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64
> [   12.496927] mtrr: type mismatch for e0000000,10000000 old:
> write-back new: write-combining
> [   12.496928] [drm] MTRR allocation failed.  Graphics
> performance may suffer.
> [   12.497136] i915 0000:00:02.0: irq 42 for MSI/MSI-X
> [   12.497139] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 1
> (10.10.2010).
> [   12.497140] [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query.
> [   12.522596] vgaarb: device changed decodes:
> PCI:0000:00:02.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=io+mem:owns=io+mem
> [   12.530408] Adding 8305568k swap on /dev/sda5.  Priority:-1
> extents:1 across:8305568k
> [   12.547423] type=1400 audit(1317157921.102:2):
> apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/sbin/dhclient"
> pid=460 comm="apparmor_parser"
> [   12.547471] type=1400 audit(1317157921.102:3):
> apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace"
> name="/sbin/dhclient" pid=394 comm="apparmor_parser"
> [   12.547885] type=1400 audit(1317157921.102:4):
> apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load"
> name="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action" pid=460
> comm="apparmor_parser"
> [   12.547935] type=1400 audit(1317157921.102:5):
> apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace"
> name="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action" pid=394
> comm="apparmor_parser"
> [   12.548199] type=1400 audit(1317157921.102:6):
> apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load"
> name="/usr/lib/connman/scripts/dhclient-script" pid=460
> comm="apparmor_parser"
> [   12.548238] type=1400 audit(1317157921.102:7):
> apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace"
> name="/usr/lib/connman/scripts/dhclient-script" pid=394
> comm="apparmor_parser"
> [   12.549534] type=1400 audit(1317157921.102:8):
> apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/sbin/ntpd"
> pid=530 comm="apparmor_parser"
> [   12.549558] type=1400 audit(1317157921.102:9):
> apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace"
> name="/usr/sbin/ntpd" pid=531 comm="apparmor_parser"
> [   12.684977] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
> [   12.719767] fbcon: inteldrmfb (fb0) is primary device
> [   12.719823] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device
> 160x64
> [   12.719844] fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
> [   12.719844] drm: registered panic notifier
> [   12.719975] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for
> 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
> [   12.720087] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 22
> (level, low) -> IRQ 22
> [   12.720159] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: irq 43 for MSI/MSI-X
> [   12.720177] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64
> [   13.044456] saa7164 driver loaded
> [   13.044521] saa7164 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level,
> low) -> IRQ 16
> [   13.045293] CORE saa7164[0]: subsystem: 0070:8851, board:
> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2250 [card=7,autodetected]
> [   13.045299] saa7164[0]/0: found at 0000:02:00.0, rev: 129,
> irq: 16, latency: 0, mmio: 0xfb400000
> [   13.045304] saa7164 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
> [   13.131467] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
> [   13.252695] saa7164_downloadfirmware() no first image
> [   13.252707] saa7164_downloadfirmware() Waiting for firmware
> upload (NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw)
> [   13.299148] type=1400 audit(1317157921.852:10):
> apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load"
> name="/usr/sbin/tcpdump" pid=745 comm="apparmor_parser"
> [   13.299221] type=1400 audit(1317157921.852:11):
> apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load"
> name="/usr/share/gdm/guest-session/Xsession" pid=738
> comm="apparmor_parser"
> [   13.353073] r8169 0000:03:00.0: eth0: link down
> [   13.353078] r8169 0000:03:00.0: eth0: link down
> [   13.353444] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
> [   13.368336] input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse as
> /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input3
> [   13.434198] saa7164_downloadfirmware() Upload failed. (file
> not found?)
> [   13.434201] Failed to boot firmware, no features registered
> [   13.546414] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
> [   15.020543] r8169 0000:03:00.0: eth0: link up
> [   15.020977] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
> [   18.163543] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts:
> errors=remount-ro,commit=0
> [   25.240901] eth0: no IPv6 routers present

You do not have the firmware installed. Fix that. I believe it needs
to be in /lib/firmware

John