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

Tue Sep 27 22:53:21 UTC 2011

On 09/27/2011 06:33 PM, Mike's JdJ 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
>
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It says above you don't have the firmware loaded...That card does work 
(I don't have one) it seems...
You may get some information on this site..These are the people who 
write the drivers and firmware...

http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?cat=3