[mythtv-users] Problems with Hauppauge Nova-TD Dual Channel Diversity USB Stick (aka Elgato TD Diversity)

[John Pilkington]

On 08/02/13 09:12, Another Sillyname wrote:
> I've had a to post a new ticket as the old one is locked.
>
> http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/11403
>
> On 8 February 2013 08:54, Another Sillyname <anothersname at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Right Chaps
>>
>> It does appear to be that bug (I'll be re-opening it shortly)
>>
>> Running femon allowed me to get the device recognised but I can't get
>> a 'stable' lock with any permutation of LNA on or off and femon
>> running or not running while running the backend and then frontend
>> trying to tune into a channel.

To answer the question you ask on the ticket:  running femon is just a 
workaround for getting the tuner recognised initially.  After that it 
all works as normal, without femon, at least in my experience.  The 
existing ticket was closed because it's seen as an upstream problem, but 
it still causes anguish.

And I should add to my comments on the 290e that the kmdl I'm using with 
the el6 kernel was last updated for driver changes in Nov 2011.  I would 
expect recent mainstream kernels to work without add-ons.

HTH

John P