You should be able to see dvb nodes in your /dev even if the module isn't loaded. If you don't see them use for most distro's : # cd /dev # ./MAKDEV dvb This wil create an /dev/dvb directory with nodes inside for you. If you don't have the /dev/MAKDEV either consult your distro how to do this, or do it by hand: # cd /dev # mkdir -m 755 -p dvb/adapter0 # cd dvb/adapter0 The use mknod to make device nodes like this: # mknod audio0 212 1 This is a list of the nodes: crw-rw---- 1 root video 212, 1 Jul 24 14:14 audio0 crw-rw---- 1 root video 212, 6 Jul 24 14:14 ca0 crw-rw---- 1 root video 212, 4 Jul 24 14:14 demux0 crw-rw---- 1 root video 212, 5 Jul 24 14:14 dvr0 crw-rw---- 1 root video 212, 3 Jul 24 14:14 frontend0 crw-rw---- 1 root video 212, 7 Jul 24 14:14 net0 crw-rw---- 1 root video 212, 8 Jul 24 14:14 osd0 crw-rw---- 1 root video 212, 0 Jul 24 14:14 video0 > For mplayer, you need to copy channels.conf from your ~/.szap dir to your ~/.mplayer dir. /Marc On Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 09:52:55PM -0400, Luis Alberto Zarrabeitia wrote: > Hello. > I recently purchased a Twinhan VP1020A card (DVB-S), and it is listed > as supported in the linuxtv site. However, I have not succeeded in > making it work. > > I saw some posts on this list very similar to what I am experiencing, > but unfortunately I did not understood the proposed solutions. I will > summarize what I know: > > ---- dmesg reports: -------- > 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 0000:02:02.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 185 > bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:02:02.0, irq: 185, latency: 32, mmio: 0xf47fe000 > bttv0: detected: Twinhan VisionPlus DVB-T [card=113], PCI subsystem ID is 1822:0 > 001 > bttv0: using: Twinhan DST + clones [card=113,autodetected] > bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00f5ffff [init] > bttv0: using tuner=4 > bttv0: add subdevice "dvb0" > --------------------------------------- > but I cannot find any device dvb0 under /dev. Following the > instructions at http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/BTTV.html, I created a > /dev/video0 device, but xawtv wont work with it (v4l: open > /dev/video0: No such device). On this list it is explained that's > because it is a 'budget' card without a decoder. One of the replies > suggested the use of mplayer to test it, but I could not find a way to > do it (mplayer dvb:// reports 'DVB CONFIGURATION IS EMPTY, exit'). > > Questions are, 1) how do I use it / test it? and 2) has anyone used it > with, for instance, MythTV? > > Regards, > Luis Zarrabeitia. > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
