[mythtv-users] (Presumed) Firmware problem with Hauppage HVR-2250

[Leif Pihl]

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TMP: 
See various information listed below.
This is a summary of the 1st guy's (John P. Poet) advise as to what needs to be done.
See also separate E-mail from Gary Buhrmaster.  
LP


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Here's the INITIAL response, asking for the output from "dmesg | grep saa7164" ... 

On Sep 11, 2013, at 3:33 PM, John P Poet wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Leif Pihl <leifpihl at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm having trouble, we presume with the app-loaded firmware, on a Hauppage HVR-2250 (dual HD) Tuner card.
> <snip>
> 
> Post the output from "dmesg | grep saa7164"
> 
> John



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On Sep 11, 2013, at 3:56 PM, Leif Pihl wrote:
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> This should be correct.
> Took picture, then re-typed it on this PC.
> Typos are mine. 
> 
> [   12.087920] saa7164 driver loaded 
> [   12.087959] saa7164 0000:02:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002) 
> [   12.091020] CORE saa7164[0]: subsystem: 0070:8851, board: Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2250 [card=7,autodetected]
> [   12.091027] saa7164[0]/0: found at 0000:02:00.0, rev: 129, irq: 16, latencyL 0, mmio: 0xf7800000
> [   12.265452] saa7164_downloadfirmware() no first image 
> [   12.265466] saa7164_downloadfirmware() Waiting for firmware upload (NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw)
> [   12.278206] saa7164_downloadfirmware() Upload failed. (file not found?)


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On Sep 11, 2013, at 4:01 PM, John P Poet wrote:
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> It cannot find the NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw firmware file.  On most distributions, you should put it in /lib/firmware.
> http://www.steventoth.net/linux/hvr22xx/firmwares/4019072/
> 
> John


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On Sep 11, 2013, at 4:05 PM, John P Poet wrote:
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> After you put the firmware in place, you can reload the driver by doing:
> modprobe -r saa7164
> modprobe saa7164
> 
> And then check the output from dmesg to see if it is working.
> 
> John


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LP 

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