[mythtv-users] PCTV 292e not being detected by mythtv-setup

[Simon Paterson]

On 20/03/15 22:40, Tim Draper wrote:
> good point; i do use the closed source TBS drivers. I forgot it interfered with /lib/modules/.../ would this be one to refer to TBS rather than linux-media?
> maybe theres a way around it - simply copy the required mods /lib/modules/.../ from an untainted-by-TBS fedora host, for the 292e modules?
>
> Would the opensource TBS drivers work around this or do they still have the same problem?
Hopefully I'll know more in a day or two once I've looked my setup here, 
but I'd say TBS are to _blame_ by shipping outdated drivers in their 
source bundle. From what I briefly saw, there could be abi / version 
issues between the various snared / dependant modules (tuner, demod, 
etc), with just copying the binary modules. I'm thinking to instead 
identify what modules my existing cards need, and compare / copy those 
from the kernel source into the tbs tree, then build / install the tbs 
tree again.

An alternate path, which I didn't realise existed until after I started 
this, is the open-source drivers for TBS cards 
https://github.com/ljalves/linux_media/wiki. The table there states 
support for the 6981 is 'working / in kernel'. Presumably that means 
merged into the mainline kernel source, but I haven't checked when / 
what kernel version that is from. Others on the list may know more about 
this..

Anyway, I'll know more once I have had time this weekend to look at my 
setup.