Re: AverTV DVB T USB2 {-2.5} {-2.5} {-2.6}

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On Monday 18 December 2006 12:20, John Bowden wrote:
> On Monday 18 December 2006 01:01, Vini Engel wrote:
> > On Monday 18 December 2006 03:00, John Bowden wrote:
> > > 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
> >
> > No I don't run windows and the blue light never comes on.
> >
> > This is what my dmesg says, there are also some usb messages that I
> > couldn't find as I got these ones from the message log file and not the
> > dmesg.
> >
> > dvb-usb: found a 'AVerMedia AverTV DVB-T USB 2.0 (A800)' in cold state,
> > will try to load a firmware
> > dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-avertv-a800-02.fw'
>
> When you boot FC before you log in do a reboot and then log in. You should
> find the blue light comes on and stays on even when machine is shut down.
> You should only need to do this once as long as the machine is left plugged
> into the mains and the mains is switched on. Then after doing the second
> boot it gives this:
>
> dvb-usb: AVerMedia AverTV DVB-T USB 2.0 (A800) successfully initialized
> and connected.
> usbcore: registered new driver dvb_usb_a800

So what you are saying is that my AverTV box will only work if I start up my 
machine with it connected to the USB port. If I just plug it won't work 
straight away, is it correct?

Regards,
Vini

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