GFarris wrote:
> I found my sound problem. I was using the snapshot from 8/1/05. With
> the newest CVS code it works fine, and now I see I have a dvb0
> sub-device too.
Ah, that explains it! I didnt have sound working when I initially added
support for this board. Programming this board was a learning
experience for me with respect to GPIO... When I eventually figured it
out, I wrote the bt8x8 section in the GPIO wiki, and fixed sound on that
board on Mon Aug 1 16:39:41 2005 UTC ... Strange that your snapshot
didnt have that patch in there. Oh well... I guess it was right on the
cusp.
> Now, the frontend code for the lite card. Could you clear some things
> up for me please?
>
> I followed the Wiki, and used the merge-trees.sh script
> and Video4linux installs fine. However, when I try to use atscscan, I
> get "failed to open /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0". I tried using the
> MAKEDEV-DVB.sh script in dvb-kernel and it still fails even though the
> devices are now physically there in the directory listing. If I cat
> frontend0 I get "no such device or address"
do:
modprobe dvb-bt8xx
> Am I supposed to make the dvb-kernel first, and then make and install
> video4linux to get the frontend code? When I make the latest CVS
> dvb-kernel, i get "bttv_sub_register not defined in dvb-bt8xx.ko plus a
> few other similar messages. If I compile bt848 support in the kernel, I
> dont get these error messages, and my other card works (Twinham dvb-s),
> but the code in my kernel 2.6.13-gentoo-r2 doesn't have the changes I
> need for the HDTV5-lite, so I took it out and recompiled the kernel to
> get to where I am now and to follow the wiki instructions of not having
> any other support added .
>
> Finally, am I supposed to modprobe dvb-bt8xx or bttv, once this is all
> working?
> I know I'm almost there!
AAAh!! You've completely defeated the purpose of the tree-merging scripts!
This is the procedure...
1) You already have a kernel, with video4linux and dvb-core compiled AS
MODULES!!!
2) grab video4linux cvs -- DO NOT COMPILE
3) grab dvb-kernel cvs -- DO NOT COMPILE
both of these cvs trees should be downloaded into the same directory.
4) cd video4linux
scripts/merge-trees.sh
make clean
make
make install
The entire point of the tree merging scripts is to take the needed code
FROM dvb-kernel cvs and compile it WITH video4linux.
If you follow those instructions exactly, it will work for you.
I must remind you: There is one major bug that I still haven't fixed...
Apparantly, When using analog mode, pin #26 of the lgdt3303 is being
set low, and it shouldnt be. This causes the frontend to die. The only
way to bring it back is by removing and reloading the module:
modprobe -r dvb-bt8xx
modprobe dvb-bt8xx
So, now I must figure out which GPIO pin is connected to lgdt3303
pin#26, and then mask it out. Hopefully this will solve that problem.
Let me know how it all works out.
--
Michael Krufky
