>> Kernel 2.6.12-1.1447_FC4. Ran "get_dvb_firmware tda10046" and copied the >> resulting "dvb-fe-tda10046.fw" to /lib/firmware. As I understand that's all >> I need to do, although I can't see any indication in /var/log/messages of it >> actually being loaded... >> >Hm, this might depend on the distribution you use. For me, the location has to >be /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/ > >You might be fooled by this: The driver deals with the firmware when the >device gets opened, so i.e. when you start tzap. Then you will find the >appropriate messages and in your case hopefully the failed download. >Please check. Ah ha, did some searching and came up with this (http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?threadid=353293) which guided me through setting up the transmitter frequencies and then doing a channel scan. End result is tzap being able to lock on to channels. Each time it's started, the following message appears in messages: Sep 15 12:45:46 alpha kernel: tda1004x: found firmware revision 26 -- ok So the firmware must have been loaded at some point in the past whilst I was playing around with it! >> Anyway, into mythtv-setup - and it acknowledged that the card existed >> (woo!). However a channel search resulted in no channels found; during the >> search SNR was fluctuating between 60-100% but signal strength was fixed >> firmly at 0%. >> >> This could be the cheapo antenna cable I'm using but I wont be in the same >> physical location as the machine for a couple weeks so I cant change it atm! >> But could someone let me know how I can find out whether the firmware is >> actually loading or not...? Even with cheap cable I'd expect to see a tiny >> bit of signal strength... >> >Maybe, but the chip yust tells nonsens until it is initialized (and locked) Ah, I see that's true now :) Here's my output from tzap: # ./tzap -c ./channels.conf-dvbt-sudbury "BBC ONE" using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' tuning to 698167000 Hz video pid 0x0258, audio pid 0x0259 status 01 | signal a6a6 | snr 3737 | ber 0001fffe | unc 00000000 | status 1f | signal aaaa | snr fcfc | ber 00000276 | unc 00000002 | FE_HAS_LOCK I assume 'ffff' is the maximum signal and snr values? Looks like I have a decent enough signal... Still having troubles with myth-tv but don't think I can really do much more until I'm actually sitting at the machine (there's only so much one can do with SSH and VNC!). Regards, Andy
