[mythtv-users] [SOLVED-ish] Thinking of moving on from MythTV ... I found the main problem, but still have 292e woes

[Damian]

On 20/04/2017 12:20, Stephen Worthington wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 12:14:05 +0100, you wrote:
>
>>> No, nothing found at all.
>>>
>>> Unplugged the 292e, and plugged one of the old SD tuners in (same USB port and same aerial cable), deleted all tuners from MythTV again, added the new one and the scan worked fine.
>>>
>>> MythTV can see the tuner, but a scan produces nothing.
>> I vaguely recall that a firmware blob is required, usually provided in an ubuntu package
>>
>> try this:
>>
>> sudo apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree linux-firmware
>>
>> reboot or unplug replug the tuner and try again.
>>
>> There will also be a line in dmesg if the tuner can’t find the firmware.
>>
>> Andre
>>
>> PS I do have a T292e, I was just being lazy with the e
> This page gives details on the firmware required, and on what you
> should be seeing in the logs:
>
> https://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/PCTV_Systems_tripleStick_T2_(292e)

Stephen,

I've seen that page before, but didn't understand any of it! :-)

It seems to say that drivers are included with kernel 3.16 and I'm way 
above that.

Then it mentions firmware, but I have no idea if I should be touching 
that (and if so, how?) or leaving it alone as drivers etc should already 
be on my system.

Damian