[mythtv-users] tuner numbering

Hika van den Hoven hikavdh at gmail.com
Thu Feb 27 20:57:00 UTC 2014 

Hoi Daryl,

Thursday, February 27, 2014, 9:47:31 PM, you wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hoi Daryl,
>>
>> Thursday, February 27, 2014, 9:20:10 PM, you wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 1:20 PM, Roger Siddons <dizygotheca at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 27 Feb 2014 16:38:01 -0000, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Because it had no positive effect, I've removed the "10-" from the
>>>>> "digital-card.rule" and it would seem to me that:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Interesting. All the guides I've seen suggest putting rules at low numbers
>>>> but, after trying it, I agree that it doesn't appear to make any difference.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$ ls -l /dev/dvb*
>>>>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Feb 27 09:33 /dev/dvbHP1250 ->
>>>>> dvb/adapter6/frontend0
>>>>>
>>>>> the above query says that the modprobe option and the symlink script
>>>>> are functional for the HP1250 and not for the PC800i.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No. That's probably being created by your capture-card.rules, as Hika
>>>> pointed out.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Clutching at straws here, but does the module blacklist that I have
>>>>> implemented have anything to do with this:
>>>>>
>>>>> #Modules from PCTV tuner that interfere with stb control
>>>>> blacklist rc_pinnacle_pctv_hd
>>>>> ir_lirc_codec
>>>>>
>>>>> Above is the only thing I've done to that card specifically.   Daryl
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Not sure, but it won't affect your Leadtek Winfast PxDVR3200
>>>>
>>>> What I have just discovered is that running 'udevadm test' with a wildcard
>>>> '*' only seems to report the first adapter found - adapter0 in your case. I
>>>> assumed it would test all adapters. I guess we're not seeing anything
>>>> because the Leadfast is sitting on your other adapter, as that old symlink
>>>> suggests (6? You probably still have some -nr options configured) and the
>>>> 2nd rule isn't yet working because of the incorrect device id.
>>>>
>>>> So;
>>>>
>>>> 1. Fix your device id: 0x08802 -> 0x8802
>>>> 2. Try
>>>>
>>>> udevadm test $(udevadm info -q path -n /dev/dvb/adapter6/dvr0)
>>>> and
>>>> udevadm test $(udevadm info -q path -n /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0)
>>>>
>>>> 3. I'm not sure how your capture-cards.rules ended up but it also seems to
>>>> be detecting 'dvb' devices. It would be advisable to disable it (rename it
>>>> to capture-cards.disabled) whilst you're running these tests. Remember to
>>>> enable it again before you reboot though...
>>>>
>>>> 4. As you're on Mythbuntu I'm pretty sure you have /bin/sh installed. Even
>>>> if it wasn't, we would still see the rule reported in
>>>> "udev_rules_apply_to_event"; it just won't create the DEVLINKS
>>>>
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>>> Hoi Hika, I did try your suggestions and still no symlinks.
>>
>>> Hi Roger, I commented out the changes Hika suggested, corrected the
>>> device ID, disabled my capture-card.(rules), and still the udevadm
>>> tests show no symlinks:
>>
>>> DEVNAME=/dev/dvb/adapter6/dvr0
>>> DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.0/0000:02:00.0/dvb/dvb6.dvr0
>>> DVB_ADAPTER_NUM=6
>>> DVB_DEVICE_NUM=0
>>> DVB_DEVICE_TYPE=dvr
>>> MAJOR=212
>>> MINOR=2
>>> SUBSYSTEM=dvb
>>> TAGS=:udev-acl:
>>> UDEV_LOG=6
>>> USEC_INITIALIZED=26583154
>>> run: 'udev-acl --action=add --device=/dev/dvb/adapter6/dvr0'
>>> daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$
>>
>>> DEVNAME=/dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0
>>> DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.4/0000:04:01.2/dvb/dvb0.dvr0
>>> DVB_ADAPTER_NUM=0
>>> DVB_DEVICE_NUM=0
>>> DVB_DEVICE_TYPE=dvr
>>> MAJOR=212
>>> MINOR=6
>>> SUBSYSTEM=dvb
>>> TAGS=:udev-acl:
>>> UDEV_LOG=6
>>> USEC_INITIALIZED=28980305
>>> run: 'udev-acl --action=add --device=/dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0'
>>
>>> Both still showing:
>>
>>> parse_file: reading '/etc/udev/rules.d/digital-card.rules' as rules file
>>> udev_rules_new: rules use 273360 bytes tokens (22780 * 12 bytes),
>>> 45302 bytes buffer
>>> udev_rules_new: temporary index used 77500 bytes (3875 * 20 bytes)
>>> udev_device_new_from_syspath: device 0x7ff54ddc02d0 has devpath
>>> '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.4/0000:04:01.2/dvb/dvb0.dvr0'
>>> udev_device_new_from_syspath: device 0x7ff54ddd29a0 has devpath
>>> '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.4/0000:04:01.2/dvb/dvb0.dvr0'
>>> udev_device_read_db: device 0x7ff54ddd29a0 filled with db file data
>>> udev_device_new_from_syspath: device 0x7ff54ddd2fc0 has devpath
>>> '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.4/0000:04:01.2'
>>> udev_device_new_from_syspath: device 0x7ff54ddd3ae0 has devpath
>>> '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.4'
>>> udev_device_new_from_syspath: device 0x7ff54ddd4090 has devpath
>>> '/devices/pci0000:00'
>>> udev_rules_apply_to_event: GROUP 44
>>> /lib/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules:46
>>> udev_rules_apply_to_event: RUN 'udev-acl --action=$env{ACTION}
>>> --device=$env{DEVNAME}' /lib/udev/rules.d/70-udev-acl.rules:74
>>> udev_event_execute_rules: no node name set, will use kernel supplied
>>> name 'dvb/adapter0/dvr0'
>>> udev_node_add: creating device node '/dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0',
>>> devnum=212:6, mode=0660, uid=0, gid=44
>>> udev_node_mknod: preserve file '/dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0', because it
>>> has correct dev_t
>>> udev_node_mknod: preserve permissions /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0, 020660,
>>> uid=0, gid=44
>>> node_symlink: preserve already existing symlink '/dev/char/212:6' to
>>> '../dvb/adapter0/dvr0'  (or "adapter6" in the other case)    Daryl
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>>
>> Did you only try that test command or did you also try a reboot?
>>
>>
>> Tot mails,
>>   Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>>
>> "Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
>> Zonder leven is er geen hoop
>> Het eeuwige dilemma
>> Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"
>>
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> Only test command.
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I've no experience with that test command, but the ultimate test is a
reboot and checking the contents of /dev/dvb/*

Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

"Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
Zonder leven is er geen hoop
Het eeuwige dilemma
Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"

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