Arrgh. Sorry. It appears this was the result of providing the incorrect frequency to the tuner. Crystal Palace is apparently just out of range of here, and there is a better one to use which seems to detect the channels OK now. Cheers, Elliot. Elliot Mackenzie wrote: > If I run a scan as follows: > ./scan dvb-t/uk-CrystalPalace > > I get a list of _write_dst errors in dmesg and get "tuning failed" > during the scan. > > The results of the scan are as follows: > ====== > scanning dvb-t/uk-CrystalPalace > using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' > initial transponder 505833333 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 > >>> tune to: > 505833333:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_NONE:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE > > WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!! > >>> tune to: > 505833333:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_NONE:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE > (tuning failed) > WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!! > ERROR: initial tuning failed > dumping lists (0 services) > Done. > ====== > > The errors in dmesg (occurring during a scan) look like: > ====== > write_dst: _write_dst error (err == -5, len == 0x08, b0 == 0x07) > ...<repeated lots of times>... > ====== > > Any ideas what this means? > > Card details: > ====== > Twinhan DVB-T Mini Ter > > bttv: driver version 0.9.15 loaded > bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture > bttv: Bt8xx card found (0). > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:14.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 10 (level, > low) -> IRQ 10 > bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:00:14.0, irq: 10, latency: 32, mmio: > 0xde003000 > bttv0: detected: Twinhan VisionPlus DVB [card=113], PCI subsystem ID > is 1822:0001 > bttv0: using: Twinhan DST + clones [card=113,autodetected] > bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00f500ff [init] > bttv0: using tuner=4 > bttv0: add subdevice "dvb0" > bt878: AUDIO driver version 0.0.0 loaded > bt878: Bt878 AUDIO function found (0). > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:14.1[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 10 (level, > low) -> IRQ 10 > bt878(0): Bt878 (rev 17) at 00:14.1, irq: 10, latency: 32, memory: > 0xde004000 > DVB: registering new adapter (bttv0). > dst_get_device_id: Recognise [DTTDIG] > DST type : terrestrial > DST type flags : 0x10 firmware version = 2 > DVB: registering frontend 0 (DST DVB-T)... > ====== > > Any assistance appreciated. > > Kind regards, > Elliot. > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb