[mythtv-users] mythtvsetup can't see dvb cards after kernel update

[John Pilkington]

On 30/06/12 20:40, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 06/30/2012 03:24 PM, John Pilkington wrote:
>> Hi:  I'm running 0.24.3 from ATrpms with kernel 3.3.3-1,fc16.x86_64.
>> During a brief upgrade to kernel 3.4.2-1 I had a failure in
>> simultaneous recordings and various frontend hangups.  I wondered if
>> my dvb cards had become out of order and ran mythtvsetup.  It 'could
>> not get card info', reporting FE_GET_INFO ioctl failed,
>> /dev/dvb/adapter3/frontend0, eno no such device.  dmesg | grep adapter
>> showed all the cards had been registered, and in the expected order.
>>
>> I have reverted to kernel 3.3.3-1 and all seems ok again.
>>
>> I suppose the mythtvsetup failure looks as if could be a permissions
>> problem.  Suggestions?  I'd like to try a later build of 0.25-fixes
>> than the one I now have on the laptop before updating this box.
>
> ls -ld /dev/dvb/adapter*{,/*}
>
> Mike

This is with the old kernel.  Will try to reboot tomorrow.  Thanks.

$ ls -ld /dev/dvb/adapter*{,/*}
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root      120 Jun 30 17:24 /dev/dvb/adapter0
crw-rw----. 1 root video 212,  0 Jun 30 17:24 /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0
crw-rw----. 1 root video 212,  1 Jun 30 17:24 /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0
crw-rw----. 1 root video 212,  3 Jun 30 17:24 /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
crw-rw----. 1 root video 212,  2 Jun 30 17:24 /dev/dvb/adapter0/net0
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root      120 Jun 30 17:24 /dev/dvb/adapter1
crw-rw----. 1 root video 212,  4 Jun 30 17:24 /dev/dvb/adapter1/demux0
crw-rw----. 1 root video 212,  5 Jun 30 17:24 /dev/dvb/adapter1/dvr0
crw-rw----. 1 root video 212,  7 Jun 30 17:24 /dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0
crw-rw----. 1 root video 212,  6 Jun 30 17:24 /dev/dvb/adapter1/net0
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root      120 Jun 30 17:24 /dev/dvb/adapter2
crw-rw----. 1 root video 212,  9 Jun 30 17:24 /dev/dvb/adapter2/demux0
crw-rw----. 1 root video 212, 10 Jun 30 17:24 /dev/dvb/adapter2/dvr0
crw-rw----. 1 root video 212,  8 Jun 30 17:24 /dev/dvb/adapter2/frontend0
crw-rw----. 1 root video 212, 11 Jun 30 17:24 /dev/dvb/adapter2/net0
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root      120 Jun 30 17:24 /dev/dvb/adapter3
crw-rw----. 1 root video 212, 13 Jun 30 17:24 /dev/dvb/adapter3/demux0
crw-rw----. 1 root video 212, 14 Jun 30 17:24 /dev/dvb/adapter3/dvr0
crw-rw----. 1 root video 212, 12 Jun 30 17:24 /dev/dvb/adapter3/frontend0
crw-rw----. 1 root video 212, 15 Jun 30 17:24 /dev/dvb/adapter3/net0

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