Am Donnerstag, 21. Juli 2005 11:51 schrieb Johannes Stezenbach: > Ralph Scharpf wrote: > > 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. > > ... > > > 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 > > ... > > > 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. > > These are more or less known (symptoms vary). Did the 261d firmware > work better for you? Many thanks for responding! First I though the 261f firmware is better. But in the meanwhile I am about to say it is just the same as 261d. What I can say is that 261d was not better than 261f. Have you an idea what is the problem (any details)? Can I help you in any way? Ralph
