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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Yeah,<br>
<br>
I treat mine as an appliance and only upgrade when I need to and
not always to the latest kernel due to this issue.<br>
I am on <br>
root@mythtv:~# uname -a<br>
Linux mythtv 4.19.0-11-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.146-1 (2020-09-17)
x86_64 GNU/Linux<br>
root@mythtv:~# lsb_release -a<br>
No LSB modules are available.<br>
Distributor ID: Debian<br>
Description: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)<br>
Release: 10<br>
Codename: buster<br>
<br>
The last time I had this issue I emailed them and they sent me an
updated driver blob and it worked.<br>
<br>
I do have a install for a local radio station to pick up the news
it is<br>
root@auriga:~# uname -a<br>
Linux auriga 5.10.0-32-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.223-1 (2024-08-10)
x86_64 GNU/Linux<br>
root@auriga:~# lsb_release -a<br>
No LSB modules are available.<br>
Distributor ID: Debian<br>
Description: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)<br>
Release: 11<br>
Codename: bullseye<br>
<br>
Here are the build steps I use<br>
<br>
root@auriga:~# cat tbsdriver//readme.txt<br>
make sure that you have installed gcc then use these commands<br>
<br>
we have 6902 card<br>
07:00.0 Multimedia controller: TBS Technologies DVB Tuner PCIe
Card<br>
Subsystem: Device 6902:0002<br>
Physical Slot: 2<br>
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 56, IOMMU group
32<br>
Memory at fbfc0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]<br>
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3<br>
Capabilities: [70] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+<br>
Capabilities: [90] Express Endpoint, MSI 00<br>
Capabilities: [100] Device Serial Number
00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00<br>
Kernel driver in use: TBSECP3 driver<br>
Kernel modules: tbsecp3<br>
<br>
We are using module tbsecp3<br>
<?>make rmmod<br>
<?>modprobe tbsecp3<br>
<br>
driver list<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.tbsdtv.com/download/index.html?path=6&id=27">https://www.tbsdtv.com/download/index.html?path=6&id=27</a><br>
unzip tbs-open-linux-drivers_v20230829.zip<br>
<br>
apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)<br>
<br>
# wget
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.tbsdtv.com/download/document/linux/media_build-2022-04-24.tar.bz2">http://www.tbsdtv.com/download/document/linux/media_build-2022-04-24.tar.bz2</a><br>
# sudo rm -rf /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/media/<br>
#tar jxvf media_build-2022-04-24.tar.bz2<br>
#cd media_build <br>
#./install.sh <br>
#reboot<br>
<br>
<br>
On 30/01/2026 06:07, Klaas de Waal wrote:<br>
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<div>Note that the latest Linux kernel that the TBS drivers
support is 6.12. If you have a distribution with a newer
kernel you need to install a 6.12 or earlier kernel first.</div>
<div>I have always built the TBS driver from the instructions
found on the TBS website. I can elaborate on this if needed.<br
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<div>I get it compiled on Fedora 43 but only with a 6.12 kernel
and with a few patches to avoid failure due to duplicate
symbols. I do not know if these patches are also needed on
other Linux distributions.</div>
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<div>Hope this helps,</div>
<div>Klaas.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 at 22:28,
myth via mythtv-users <<a
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style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hello,<br>
<br>
I am trying to bring my tuner card back to life!<br>
It is a TBS 6284 PCIe quad tuner and I am failing when trying
to rebuild the drivers (a procedure that is needed every time
an update brings me a new kernel).<br>
<br>
<br>
I have successfully rebuilt 2 or 3 times since Jan 2025 (when
I obtained a new backend machine and the quad card) but this
time I am utterly failing.<br>
<br>
<br>
Using the instructions from <a
href="https://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/TBS_driver_installation"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/TBS_driver_installation</a><br>
I think the problem comes during the make step as follows:<br>
<br>
dad@fatty:~/tbsdriver/media_build$ make -j4<br>
make -C /home/dad/tbsdriver/media_build/v4l<br>
make[1]: Entering directory
'/home/dad/tbsdriver/media_build/v4l'<br>
./scripts/<a href="http://make_myconfig.pl" rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">make_myconfig.pl</a><br>
scripts/<a href="http://make_makefile.pl" rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">make_makefile.pl</a><br>
[ ! -f "./config-mycompat.h" ] && echo "/* empty
config-mycompat.h */" > "./config-mycompat.h" || true<br>
<br>
make -C firmware prep<br>
perl scripts/<a href="http://make_config_compat.pl"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">make_config_compat.pl</a>
/lib/modules/6.17.0-8-generic/build ./.myconfig
./config-compat.h<br>
make[2]: Entering directory
'/home/dad/tbsdriver/media_build/v4l/firmware'<br>
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'prep'.<br>
make[2]: Leaving directory
'/home/dad/tbsdriver/media_build/v4l/firmware'<br>
make -C firmware<br>
creating symbolic links...<br>
make[2]: Entering directory
'/home/dad/tbsdriver/media_build/v4l/firmware'<br>
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'default'.<br>
make[2]: Leaving directory
'/home/dad/tbsdriver/media_build/v4l/firmware'<br>
ln: will not overwrite just-created './vdec.c' with
'../linux/drivers/media/platform/amphion/vdec.c'<br>
ln: will not overwrite just-created './venc.c' with
'../linux/drivers/media/platform/amphion/venc.c'<br>
make[1]: *** [Makefile:264: links] Error 123<br>
make[1]: Leaving directory
'/home/dad/tbsdriver/media_build/v4l'<br>
make: *** [Makefile:26: all] Error 2<br>
dad@fatty:~/tbsdriver/media_build$<br>
<br>
Presumably failing to create some symbolic links - that seem
unrelated!<br>
This is the first time a rebuild has failed in this way<br>
<br>
<br>
I realise that this is unrelated to myth itself but I am
hoping that someone can help me out please or suggest where to
look next.<br>
<br>
<br>
Thanks to everyone that continues to contribute to the ongoing
development of this marvelous collection of software plus all
those on this list who patiently answer.<br>
<br>
<br>
-Sean<br>
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