Peter D. wrote: > Hi, > > This might be an RTFM, but I would appreciate a pointer to the correct > Friendly Manual(s). ;-) > > I have bought a new DVB-T card that is _almost_ the same as > other cards that are known to work. Maybe this is a new card? > > Attempt one. Hope that Mandrake 10.0 with kernel 2.6.3 would > recognize it. No. > > Attempt two. Hope that Mandriva (Mandrake 10.2) with kernel > 2.6.11 would recognize it. Nope. > > Attempt three. Mandriva cooker kernel 2.6.12. No joy. > > Attempt four. http://www.soyeb.homeip.net/kworld has simple > step by step instructions - but I can't make them work. Soyeb > has a _very_ similar card. My circuit board looks slightly different > and "lspci -v" reports a latency of 32 as opposed to 64. At the > fifth step of his instructions there was an error; Does It look like http://members.optusnet.com.au/~drinnen/kworld_card_big.jpg ? Got this card delivered on Monday, I had a vanilla 2.6.12 tarball from kernel.org, applied the patch listed for 2.6.12 at http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Kworld_V-Stream_Xpert_DVB-T/Software_%26_Patch I've currently got the digital tv working fine under myth tv but no sign of the remote..... (The driver is in the dvb drivers right, goes to the evdev module right? no sign the modules I've got inserted finding it though). > Card details; > pcb "DVBT PCI SS Ver:E" > CX-23883-19 > subdevice 0x08a6 > Samsung tuner > CX-22702, PCI bus interface? > MT352 inside the tin can. > > Now what? > > What is the jumper for? > > With the stock Mandriva kernel "lspci -s 9 -v" gives; > > >>00:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant CX22702 DVB-T 2k/8k (rev 05) >> Subsystem: KWorld Computer Co. Ltd.: Unknown device 08a6 >> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17 >> Memory at df000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] >> Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data >> Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2 >> >>00:09.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23883 Broadcast Decoder (rev 05) >> Subsystem: KWorld Computer Co. Ltd.: Unknown device 08a6 >> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17 >> Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] >> Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2 > > > Here is a piece of syslog (watch the line wrap); > > >>Jun 30 17:48:50 c17 drakxtv[7598]: ### Program is starting ### >>Jun 30 17:48:51 c17 drakxtv[7598]: modified file /etc/modprobe.conf >>Jun 30 17:48:51 c17 drakxtv[7598]: to put in /etc/modules cx88-blackbird, cx8800 >>Jun 30 17:48:51 c17 drakxtv[7598]: modified file /etc/modules >>Jun 30 17:48:51 c17 drakxtv[7598]: to put in /etc/modprobe.preload cx88-blackbird, cx8800, sis-agp >>Jun 30 17:48:51 c17 drakxtv[7598]: modified file /etc/modprobe.preload >>Jun 30 17:48:51 c17 drakxtv[7598]: [drakxtv] guess country=>AU, norm=>PAL, area=>australia >>Jun 30 17:48:55 c17 drakxtv[7598]: running: /sbin/modprobe bttv >>Jun 30 17:48:56 c17 kernel: bttv: driver version 0.9.15 loaded >>Jun 30 17:48:56 c17 kernel: bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture >>Jun 30 17:48:56 c17 drakxtv[7598]: launched command: xvt -T 'Scanning for TV channels ...' -e scantv -n PAL -C /dev/v4l/vbi -c /dev/v4l/video -f australia -o /home/psd/.xawtv >>Jun 30 17:48:56 c17 drakxtv[7598]: created file /home/psd/.xawtv >>Jun 30 17:48:56 c17 drakxtv[7598]: ### Program is exiting ### > > > /home/psd/.xawtv is empty. > > Thank you. >
