[mythtv-users] irgap not found with pvr-350 remote

[Andreas Sahlbach]

Hi!

I recently set up my myth box again (got a headcrash on my hard disk. This
time I'll make a full backup, I swear!). I also have a pvr-350, but I'm
using gentoo instead. So far my lirc is not configured yet, but it is
basically working.

Even with a PVR-350 you need bttv. I'm not sure how this stuff really works,
but I guess the bttv is some kind of basic driver for the tuner stuff and
ivtv is using it somehow. On my system the bttv module is loading without
problems. I had a similar problem in the past, but I think it was related
with an improper kernel/module compilation. What kernel are you using?

BTW: Using irrecord to test if the IR is actually working is indeed the best
way to do so. The missing gap error is kind of a general error. It just
shows that the IR is not working at all.

I'm currently using kernel 2.4.26, plain ivtv 0.9 without patches (not the
gentoo ebuild) and lirc 0.7.0 pre4.

I was not successful in using kernel 2.6.x. ivtv has no real support for it
yet. I tried the kraxel-patches-ivtv-1.x patches, but they seem to have a
bug for PAL setup, because they were muting my PVR after every channel
switch.

Ciao,

Andreas


Am 15.04.2004 16:55 schrieb "Khanh Tran" unter <khanh at slc.edu>:

> Thanks for the help, but I couldn't get lirc to compile on SuSE9 when
> selecting Hauppauge in setup (lirc_i2c module).  So, I went the SuSE
> package route, as suggested on the lirc mailing list.  I can at least
> load the module, but then I get the error as quoted below.
> 
> Any more thoughts?
> 
> -Khanh
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harry Orenstein [mailto:ho_9 at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 9:44 AM
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] irgap not found with pvr-350 remote
> 
>> From: "Khanh Tran" <khanh at slc.edu>
>> Reply-To: khanh at khanh.net, Discussion about mythtv
>> <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>> Subject: [mythtv-users] irgap not found with pvr-350 remote
>> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 20:00:06 -0400
>> 
>> hello all...
>> 
>> I've got a new (off eBay) PVR-350.  I'm trying to get lirc to irrecord
>> some codes, however I keep getting an error:
>> 
>> irrecord: gap not found, can't continue
>> 
>> It should be noted that when loading the kernel modules for lirc_dev
>> and lirc_i2c I get in /var/log/messages:
>> 
>> Apr 14 18:38:35 tv kernel: lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver
>> registered, at major 61 Apr 14 18:38:36 tv kernel: bttv: driver version
> 
>> 0.7.104 loaded Apr 14 18:38:36 tv kernel: bttv: using 4 buffers with
>> 2080k (8320k
>> total) for capture
>> Apr 14 18:38:36 tv kernel: bttv: Host bridge is PCI device 1039:0651
>> (Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]) Apr 14 18:38:36 tv insmod:
>> /lib/modules/2.4.21-199-default/kernel/drivers/media/video/bttv.o:
>> init_module: No such device
>> Apr 14 18:38:36 tv insmod: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by
>> incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
>> You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg Apr 14
> 
>> 18:38:36 tv insmod:
>> /lib/modules/2.4.21-199-default/kernel/drivers/media/video/bttv.o:
>> insmod bttv failed
>> 
>> Since I'm using a PVR-350, I'm guessing BTTV isn't what I want.  I've
>> got the ivtv drivers installed and so far I can cat /dev/video0 to a
>> file and it looks good.
>> 
>> -khanh
>> 
>>