> Einar Bjarni Halld?rsson wrote: >>>>>Einar Bjarni Halld?rsson wrote: >>>>>>Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>>I finally got my hands on a DVB card, and have started what is >>>>>> becoming >>>>>>a very interesting proccess of getting it to work. Had to jump >>>>>> through >>>>>>a >>>>>>couple of hoops to get the dst module to recognize it as a DVB-T and >>>>>>not >>>>>>a DVB-S (the default KnoppMyth R5A16 install wouldn't budge on this >>>>>>issue). Since then I've tried kernels 2.6.10 , 2.6.11.11 and >>>>>> 2.6.12-rc5 >>>>>>with the CVS version of dvb-kernel, but with similar results. The >>>>>> card >>>>>>get's recognized as a DVB-T and the CI module is recognized, but when >>>>>> I >>>>>>try to get dvbscan to do it's thing, I get "tuning failed" and a >>>>>> bunch >>>>>>of error messages in dmesg. >>>>>> >>>>>>I've seen people have similar problems in the mailing list archives, >>>>>>but >>>>>>I was wondering if there is any progress in finding a solution. >>>>>Which card model do you have ? >>>>> >>>>I have a TwinhanDTV Ter-CI >>>You have the Manufacturer and the Card type, but no Card model.. >>>The card model starts with VP-XXXXXX >>> >> >> The card is a VP-3040 >> > > The VP-3040 is a bit different kind of card, as per my knowledge it has > a detachable add-on CA board, and can have TS188 as well as TS204 too. > It has a separate add-on CA board that uses it's own PCI slot and is connected to the DVB card via flat cable. > I need to add some more code to correctly identify this board.. > Temporarily you can try force it to use TS188 (DST_TYPE_HAS_NEWTUNE) or > TS204 (without the NEWTUNE option) and see how it goes.. > How can I do that? It seems the dst_type_flags parameter has been removed from the dst module. If you mean I should hard-code it into the source, then I'm going to need some info on where it's set. > Possibility is that probably the Tuner type will be the other case what > is exactly for you at the momemt and hence communication errors.. > > Let me know how this goes .. You will need some more patches, i will > post it a while later in the night .. In the meantime you can check out > which tuner type works appropriate for you .. (You should not see any > i2c communication errors, except in the case of a very weak signal, if > you gone through the right steps) > I will test anything you throw at me, and let you know how it goes. I stuck the card into a Windows machine to make sure all external factors were in order, and I got a clear picture there. Now I'm eager to get things going in Linux. > Manu > >
