On Wednesday 23 March 2005 22:00, Karsten Dello wrote: Sorry about not reading the whole thread. > > Looks like the driver loaded correctly. Please cross check > > whether the firmware is installed correctly and that the driver > > doesn't complain about missing firmware or failed upload. > > Seems to be okay > - at least there are no complaints in syslog or dmesg. > > > So the problem might be that the scan has a timeout. > > That would explain why vdr works but scan can't find anything, > wouldn't it? If scan failed and vdr works (you can watch tv) it would somehow indicate a problem in the section filtering, which is the part of data handling that delivers data that is not audio, video or any other major part of the stream > > Please try to duplicate the entries in the initial config file, > > this should give the tuner more time to lock. > > That's the sad part: doesn't work for me, <reading whole thread to get some background> First off why should the tuner have more time to lock? What's the maximum wait time for a lock in scan? ------- Topics from previous messages ------------ Alexis de Lattre wrote: > So : > - with the CVS drivers, the firmware can't be uploaded ; > - with the DVB drivers in 2.6.11.4, the firmware is uploaded OK but the > card doesn't work :-( Are you sure that the 2.6.11 drivers actually report a failed transfer? IIRC, Johannes cleared up those messages after 2.6.11.. Karsten Dello wrote: > i have the following files in /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware. > according to /etc/hotplug/firmware.agent that location seems to be okay. Could we get the relevant section from dmesg/syslog? Kenneth