[mythtv-users] SAA7146 'budget' PCI

[mat]

>> On Thu, April 8, 2010 10:26 am, mat wrote:
>>> Hi there MythTv'ers,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to get a Philips Semiconductors SAA7146 based 'budget' PCI
>>> card
>>> working alongside my NOVA-T-500-DualTuner in MythTV 0.21 on Debian Etch
>>> (kernel 2.6.22.19)
>>>
>>> It appears I require a firmware file, this  I have:
>>>
>>> dvb-fe-tda10046.fw (24478)
>>> dvb-fe-tda10045.fw (30555)
>>>
>>> in /lib/firmware
>>>
>>> If I modprobe budget_ci budget_core tda tda1004x, then the device node
>>> gets created just fine but the logs don't mention the above firmware.
>>> My
>>> understanding is that a cold-boot is required to load the firmware
>>> again,
>>> which suggests to me that the firmware is loaded and all is cool.
>>> Except
>>> it's not as MythTV "cannot access card", when I attempt to set it up
>>> with
>>> the Mythtv-setup.
>>>
>>> Is there a way of forcing the firmware to be reloaded?
>>> Is it even neccesary, as the dev node is created?
>>> How can I determine why Myth fails to access card?
>>>
>>> I was hoping that I could try some stuff here at work (via ssh, no X).
>>>
>>> I would really like to get this working as the Analog TV's been
>>> switched
>>> of here now, so my server will get some more usage.
>>>
>>> Any ideas, gratefully recieved.
>>
>> An obvious one, have you checked the permissions on the device?
>>
>> Robert.
>

I've made some progress. If I do:

scan adaptor0

I get:

scanning adapter0
using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
ERROR: initial tuning failed
dumping lists (0 services)
Done.

any ideas?

mat