Hi everybody, I first posted this message in german. Sorry for that. Was a mistake. I have a discussion of the problems explained below since some weeks inside vdr-portal. There also a lot other people with the same problems and nobody could give us hints so far. So I decided to try to contact the doers of dvb modules and firmware. If you are interested you may find the discussion at http://www.vdrportal.de/board/thread.php?threadid=35877&sid=&threadview=0&hilight=&hilightuser=0&page=1 I am using kernel 2.6.11 and firmware revision f. The drivers are those shipped with kernel. I am using a Technotrend DVB-S premium card, revision 1.5 with mit VGA-output (christmas offer from 2004 at dvbshop.net). The mainboard is an Elitegroup KT-600A. The software I am using - as most others - is vdr. The version of vdr I am using is 1.3.24. I also tried 1.2.6 and 1.3.17. Here are my problems: 1. Sometimes there is only a black screen delivered from vdr. Often I am able to use vdr as usual (start recording, start playback, OSD etc.) but there is no picture of current TV program at all. Sometimes vdr even doesn't react to anything. 2. The are some situations where a still picture is shown with a small bar on upper border that changes. Sometimes I could get rid of the problems by restarting vdr. Somtimes I have to reload the module dvb-ttpci. Sometimes the still picture effect solves itself. In neither case the vdr watchdog is released. When I run the femon plugin in such a situation I see that S/N and SNR are well and the status signals (Lock etc.) too. When unmounting the satellite cable all signals go down to 0 and the status displays become red. After reconnecting everything is ok again and I get immediatly a picture. So I think it is no issue of satellite system itself. The CPU temperatue in my system is around 45?C. So the air inside case should be around 30?C which is acceptable. When having a look inside my syslog I find the following entries from dvb-ttpci : ------- schnipp ------------- Jul 20 16:42:29 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle Jul 20 16:42:29 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmderror -110 Jul 20 16:42:29 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110 Jul 20 16:42:30 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle Jul 20 16:42:30 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmderror -110 Jul 20 16:42:30 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110 Jul 20 16:42:31 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle Jul 20 16:42:31 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmderror -110 Jul 20 16:42:31 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110 Jul 20 16:42:32 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle Jul 20 16:42:32 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_request error -110 Jul 20 16:42:32 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: StopHWFilter error cmd 0b08 0001 0006 ret ffffff92 resp aa60 c7bb pid 16 Jul 20 16:42:33 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle Jul 20 16:42:33 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_request error -110 Jul 20 16:42:33 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: StopHWFilter error cmd 0b08 0001 0005 ret ffffff92 resp 0344 0000 pid 17 Jul 20 16:42:34 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle Jul 20 16:42:34 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmderror -110 Jul 20 16:42:34 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110 Jul 20 16:42:35 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle Jul 20 16:42:35 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_request error -110 Jul 20 16:42:35 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: StopHWFilter error cmd 0b08 0001 0004 ret ffffff92 resp 0344 0000 pid 0 Jul 20 16:42:36 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle Jul 20 16:42:36 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmderror -110 Jul 20 16:42:36 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110 Jul 20 16:42:37 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle Jul 20 16:42:37 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_request error -110 Jul 20 16:42:37 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: StopHWFilter error cmd 0b08 0001 0003 ret ffffff92 resp 0344 0000 pid 20 Jul 20 16:42:38 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle Jul 20 16:42:38 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmderror -110 Jul 20 16:42:38 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110 Jul 20 16:42:39 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle Jul 20 16:42:39 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: ARM crashed @ card 0 Jul 20 16:42:39 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: warning: timeout waiting in LoadBitmap: 0, 1 Jul 20 16:42:39 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -1 Jul 20 16:42:39 freud last message repeated 4 times Jul 20 16:42:39 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_request error -110 Jul 20 16:42:39 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: StopHWFilter error cmd 0b08 0001 0000 ret ffffff92 resp 0344 0000 pid 18 Jul 20 16:42:39 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: StopHWFilter error cmd 0b08 0001 0001 ret ffffffff resp 0344 0000 pid 18 Jul 20 16:42:39 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: StopHWFilter error cmd 0b08 0001 0002 ret ffffffff resp 0344 0000 pid 18 Jul 20 16:42:39 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: StartHWFilter error buf 0b07 0010 0012 b96a ret ffffffff handle c5f3 Jul 20 16:42:39 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: gpioirq unknown type=0 len=0 Jul 20 16:42:39 freud kernel: StopHWFilter tried to stop invalid filter ffff, filter type = 1 Jul 20 16:42:39 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: Crystal audio DAC @ card 0 detected Jul 20 16:42:40 freud kernel: dvb-ttpci: warning: timeout waiting in LoadBitmap: 0, 1 -------- schnipp ------------- I would like to find out whether these problems are known or if I have a bad piece of hardware. I also would be willing to offer my hardware for a certain time when it would help t osolve the problems. Perhaps all developers have different cards. Thanks Ralph
