Re: AverTV DVB T USB2 {-2.5}

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On Sunday 17 December 2006 14:35, Vini Engel wrote:
> John Bowden said the following on 17/12/06 15:56:
> > On Saturday 16 December 2006 20:26, John Bowden wrote:
> >> On Saturday 16 December 2006 14:15, John Bowden wrote:
> >>> On Saturday 16 December 2006 10:41, Markku Kolkka wrote:
> >>>> John Bowden kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika lauantai, 16.
> >>>>
> >>>> joulukuuta 2006 00:58):
> >>>>> Now I have the manufacturers windoz driver disk. What would
> >>>>> the firmware file look like, (file extension?) and if its not
> >>>>> on the disk where can I find it?
> >>>>
> >>>> You can download it from
> >>>> http://www.linuxtv.org/downloads/firmware/
> >>>>
> >>>>> How do I tell FC to load it
> >>>>> preferably automatically at boot.
> >>>>
> >>>> Copy it to /lib/firmware.
> >>>
> >>> Did it the newbie way found a rpm on pbone.net after googleing ;-)
> >>>
> >>>>> Also where can I find
> >>>>> linux/Documentation/dvb/ would it be on my hard drive or on
> >>>>> Red Hats website?
> >>>>
> >>>> Install the kernel-doc package or see
> >>>> http://lxr.linux.no/source/Documentation/dvb/?v=2.6.18
> >>>
> >>> I had all ready installed that package. It was late last night and was
> >>> not thinking clearly. Not quite sure what directory they are in.
> >>>
> >>>> --
> >>>>  Markku Kolkka
> >>>>  markku.kolkka@xxxxxx
> >>>
> >>> After much tinkering I gave up at about 5am this morning and went to
> >>> bed, thinking a clear head would be more productive. Switched the
> >>> machine on this morning and hey presto the blue light on the us dvb box
> >>> came on. Fired up kaffeine and clicked on the dvb icon at the intro
> >>> window and it now sees the dvb box. Did a scan and found a long list of
> >>> channels. Yahoo! Now all I have to do is install the missing codacs to
> >>> view tv and listen to radio. ;-( --
> >>> registered Linux user number 414240
> >>> Guy Fawkes the only person to enter the Parliament with honest
> >>> intentions and he was going to blow them up !
> >>
> >> Unit is now working after some fun and games with codacs! Now it won't
> >> work in windows and I see it has changed from a800 to a801, which is
> >> probably whats confusing windows
> >> --
> >> registered Linux user number 414240
> >> Guy Fawkes the only person to enter the Parliament with honest
> >> intentions and he was going to blow them up !
> >
> > Latest update...
> > Linux seems to load a firmware to change the unit from a800 to a801,
> > which means windoz sees it as a new device during start up and can't find
> > any drivers for it (as its now a a801 not a800). I tried to manually
> > install the original ones off the disk and some updated ones off the
> > Avermedia's web site but windoz won't have it. I shut down the pc and
> > went and made a cup of tea. when I got back I noticed the usb box still
> > had its blue light on. It was still powered up! unplugging the usb cable
> > from the box powered it down and booting into windozs it worked again.
> > Rebooted into Fedora and it didnt work! Dmesg showed it had been
> > recognised and the firmware had been loaded, so rebooted back into Fedora
> > and its working. Just got to get the remote working now!
>
> Hey guys,
>
> I have the same DVB box but my one doesn't seem to work at all. The
> kernel modules get loaded fine and firmware is also being found by the
> modules. However the devices in /dev are not being created.
>
> I am running FC5 with Kernel 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5, I also tried on FC6 with
> the latest kernel default kernel and the devices were not created either.
>
> Would any of you have any ideas as to why it is not working?
>
> Thanks,
> Vini
Do you run windoz as well, does it have any problems with it? Is the blue 
light on the front of the box come on when running FC. What does dmesg say
-- 
registered Linux user number 414240
Guy Fawkes the only person to enter the Parliament with honest intentions and 
he was going to blow them up !


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