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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 01/06/14 19:00, Gavin Whitehead
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 01/06/2014 08:26, Mike Bibbings
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 29/05/2014 10:38, Scott
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<div dir="ltr">I also use a TBS6981 dual dvb-s2 and the open
source drivers are included in the current kernel. All you
need to do to get it working is get the firmware from the
TBS site and copy it to /lib/firmware/
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<div>I spent a lot of time trying to make the TBS drivers
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<div class="">On 29/05/14 07:35, Josu Lazkano wrote:<br>
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Hello,<br>
<br>
I want to upgrade mythbackend with a double DVB-S2
device, I want to<br>
use the PCIe interface for it.<br>
<br>
I search some cheap devices:<br>
<br>
- DVBSky S952: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVBSky_S952"
target="_blank">http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVBSky_S952</a><br>
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- TeVii S480: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/TeVii_S480"
target="_blank">http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/TeVii_S480</a><br>
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Anyone has this devices? Any recommendation?<br>
<br>
I want to add it in a HP ProLiant MicroServer (150
W).<br>
<br>
Regards.<br>
<br>
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I use the TBS 6981, originally with the TBS linux
drivers, but am now using the open source drivers in
the latest kernels (3.12 and on from memory).<br>
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The TBS linux drivers do work, but use a very old
version of the media software stack, which can cause
problems if you have devices from other suppliers.<span
class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Mike</font></span>
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Scott, I've just upgraded from Xubuntu 12.04 to 14.04 and
tried to get my TBS 6981 to work with the kernel drivers
(3.13.0.x). No luck. /var/log/syslog reported that the the
'on demand' firmware didn't load.<br>
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Can you let me know what steps you went through to get this
working? And what Os are you running?<br>
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Gavin<br>
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This page gives the instructions for the "dvb-fe-cx24117.fw"
firmware file in /lib/firmware/ :<br>
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href="https://github.com/ljalves/linux_media/wiki/CX24117-firmware">https://github.com/ljalves/linux_media/wiki/CX24117-firmware</a><br>
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I'm reasonably sure that I had done these things.<br>
I believe the TBS 6891 uses the cx23885 chipset/firmware, not the
cx24117.<br>
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The files '<span class="pln">v4l</span><span class="pun">-</span><span
class="pln">cx23885</span><span class="pun">-</span><span
class="pln">avcore</span><span class="pun">-</span><span
class="lit">01.fw</span><span class="pln"></span>' and '<span
class="pln">v4l</span><span class="pun">-</span><span
class="pln">cx23885</span><span class="pun">-</span><span
class="pln">enc</span><span class="pun"></span><span class="lit">.fw</span>'
were already in /lib/firmware (from the 12.04 installation using
the TBS drivers) and I copied '<code>dvb-fe-cx24117.fw</code>' to
/lib/firmware having followed the instructions at <a
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://github.com/ljalves/linux_media/wiki/CX24117-firmware">https://github.com/ljalves/linux_media/wiki/CX24117-firmware</a>.<br>
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Is there more to installing the firmware than just 'sudo cp <span
class="pln">v4l</span><span class="pun">-</span><span
class="pln">cx23885</span><span class="pun">-</span><span
class="pln">avcore</span><span class="pun">-</span><span
class="lit">01.fw</span><span class="pln"> /lib/firmware'?</span><br>
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I will try again (though not until next weekend)<br>
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Thanks for the advice,<br>
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<small><small>Gavin,<br>
I presume you did a reboot after copying the firmware to
/lib/firmware.<br>
<br>
If you open a terminal and do 'dmesg | grep frontend' you should
see something similar to:<br>
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<small><small>[ 13.184611] cx23885_dvb_register() allocating 1
frontend(s)<br>
[ 13.187238] i2c i2c-6: cx24117: Attaching frontend 0<br>
[ 13.187245] cx23885 0000:02:00.0: DVB: registering adapter 4
frontend 0 (Conexant CX24117/CX24132)...<br>
[ 13.187458] cx23885_dvb_register() allocating 1 frontend(s)<br>
[ 13.187464] i2c i2c-6: cx24117: Attaching frontend 1<br>
[ 13.187468] cx23885 0000:02:00.0: DVB: registering adapter 5
frontend 0 (Conexant CX24117/CX24132)...<br>
</small></small><br>
<small><small>Note your adapter numbers (4 & 5 in my case) may
be different (0 &1) if no other dvb devices on mythbuntu.<br>
<br>
You should also see something like this if you do 'dmesg |grep
firmware' :<br>
<br>
[ 11.957967] usb 1-2: r8712u: Loading firmware from
"rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin"<br>
[ 13.169187] cx25840 7-0044: loaded v4l-cx23885-avcore-01.fw
firmware (16382 bytes)<br>
[ 35.470272] i2c i2c-6: cx24117_load_firmware: FW version
1.44.95.2<br>
[ 35.470285] i2c i2c-6: cx24117_firmware_ondemand: Firmware
upload complete<br>
<br>
Both v4l-cx23885... and cx24117 firmwares are used<small>,
ignore rtlwifi... bit I am using wifi on the server.</small><br>
<br>
The above were done on a fresh install of Myhthbuntu 14.04, with
mythtv master (0.28-pre).<br>
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<small>Mike</small><br>
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