Christian Schmitt wrote: > However I still have one major issue: The correspondig entrys in the > /dev/dvb directory disappear from time to time and it is rather tricky > to get them back :-) > I use udev and when I boot my computer, the driver gets loaded by > hotplug/coldplug. But It happens more often than not, that I get no > dvb entry in /dev which makes my card unusable. I was not able to find > out when exactly this problem occurs, but it's hard work to get the > entry back. I have to reboot my machine several times and if I am > lucky, the entry appears again after several reboots. Then I can start > kaffeine or xine and watch TV for hours without any problem, but when > I stop watching TV and close the program, the /dev/dvb directory might > disappear again after some time. I had this problem already with the > skystar2 driver, but it also occurs with the flexcop driver as well. If the entries in /sys/class/dvb/ are there then it is an udev problem. Maybe your udev is too old? If /sys/class/dvb/ is empty then post what dmesg has to say during bootup. Johannes