[mythtv-users] [SOLVED-ish] Thinking of moving on from MythTV ... I found the main problem, but still have 292e woes

Damian myth at surr.co.uk
Thu Apr 20 12:53:04 UTC 2017



On 20/04/2017 13:16, John Pilkington wrote:
> On 20/04/17 12:37, Damian wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 20/04/2017 12:20, Stephen Worthington wrote:
>>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 12:14:05 +0100, you wrote:
>>>
>>>>> No, nothing found at all.
>>>>>
>>>>> Unplugged the 292e, and plugged one of the old SD tuners in (same
>>>>> USB port and same aerial cable), deleted all tuners from MythTV
>>>>> again, added the new one and the scan worked fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> MythTV can see the tuner, but a scan produces nothing.
>>>> I vaguely recall that a firmware blob is required, usually provided
>>>> in an ubuntu package
>>>>
>>>> try this:
>>>>
>>>> sudo apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree linux-firmware
>>>>
>>>> reboot or unplug replug the tuner and try again.
>>>>
>>>> There will also be a line in dmesg if the tuner can’t find the
>>>> firmware.
>>>>
>>>> Andre
>>>>
>>>> PS I do have a T292e, I was just being lazy with the e
>>> This page gives details on the firmware required, and on what you
>>> should be seeing in the logs:
>>>
>>> https://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/PCTV_Systems_tripleStick_T2_(292e)
>>
>> Stephen,
>>
>> I've seen that page before, but didn't understand any of it! :-)
>>
>> It seems to say that drivers are included with kernel 3.16 and I'm way
>> above that.
>>
>> Then it mentions firmware, but I have no idea if I should be touching
>> that (and if so, how?) or leaving it alone as drivers etc should already
>> be on my system.
>>
>> Damian
>
> I wouldn't have expected Myth to have scanned without the firmware in
> place, but this does sound as if it could be the key.
>
> Have you tried, from a terminal,
>
> dmesg | grep firmware
>
> and
>
> dmesg | grep adapter
>
> and does it look as if the results are ok?
>
> John

Hi John,

I wouldn't know if the results of a "dmesg | grep" command looked 'ok' 
or not if my life depended on it! :-)

I could try to find time to put the stick back in and try those commands 
if that would be useful.

Thanks,
Damian


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