[mythtv-users] Can't see my tuner card?

[Batshua bat Yehonatan]

Just to confirm I did this right, this is what lspci gives me:

03:00.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23887/8 PCIe
Broadcast Audio and Video Decoder with 3D Comb (rev 04)
Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. Device 2259
 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort-
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
 Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18
Region 0: Memory at f7800000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2M]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: cx23885
Kernel modules: cx23885

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 6:24 AM, Batshua bat Yehonatan <batshua at gmail.com>wrote:

> Since then I downloaded and installed V4L and it now shows up in lspci.
>
> Of course, NOW I can't find channels … (dvbscan is saying "Failed to open
> frontend").
>
> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 2:41 AM, Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk>wrote:
>
>> Igor Cicimov wrote:
>>
>>> Your card is definitely not recognized by the kernel. Looks like lots of
>>> people have problems with this card especially with the newer versions that
>>> are actually 1255 not 1250. read this:
>>>
>>> http://www.mythtvtalk.com/**installation-issue-wintv-hvr-**1250-a-13951/<http://www.mythtvtalk.com/installation-issue-wintv-hvr-1250-a-13951/>
>>>
>>
>> That is for a different problem - it is *NOT* relevant to the OPs problem.
>>
>> From the opening post in that forum thread :
>>
>>> - and when: sudo lspci
>>> I get:
>>> 03:00.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. Hauppauge
>>> Inc. HDPVR-1250 model 1196 (rev 04)
>>>
>>
>> The OP in this thread does not get anything from lspci.
>>
>> So far he's determined that his card is not recognised in his system - in
>> any available slot. Since it's recognised in a friend's system, that
>> suggests the card is working.
>> I'd suggest the next step is to try a different card (any card, not
>> specifically a tuner) in his system to make sure the slot itself is working.
>>
>>
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