Hello, everyone. I'm using SkyStar2.6d on Gentoo Linux-2.6.16.28. It works, but have some stability issues, if it can't be called so. Card frequently lose the lock then it's rainy. Then weather clears, lock is reacquired. Usually it's just a temporary inconvenience, but sometimes strange(imo) things happen. In that case femon, as usual, shows something around my usual signal level # femon using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' FE: ST STV0299 DVB-S (SAT) status 1f | signal bba4 | snr c243 | ber 000009b9 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal bbfb | snr c1e6 | ber 00000028 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal bb21 | snr c23a | ber 00000010 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal bb68 | snr c1da | ber 0000000f | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal bbdf | snr c216 | ber 0000001c | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal bba0 | snr c22e | ber 00000040 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK But no data is being received, and dvbtraffic can't find any pids, neither does dvbsnoop. I tried szapping to another transponders with no effect. The only option seems to manually bring down dvb0_0 interface, remove it, and reload kernel modules concerning dvb and bring up dvb0_0. After that all goes well again usually. The box is used for sharing satellite internet on lan so I'm really concerned about such a (mis)behavior. I would be happy with an advice. Thanks in advance, -- Dmitry V'yal. ------------------------ # lsmod Module Size Used by b2c2_flexcop_pci 6008 7 b2c2_flexcop 22060 1 b2c2_flexcop_pci mt352 5348 1 b2c2_flexcop mt312 6404 1 b2c2_flexcop bcm3510 8772 1 b2c2_flexcop stv0299 9000 1 b2c2_flexcop dvb_core 65256 2 b2c2_flexcop,stv0299 stv0297 6464 1 b2c2_flexcop nxt200x 12068 1 b2c2_flexcop dvb_pll 9284 2 b2c2_flexcop,nxt200x lgdt330x 6652 1 b2c2_flexcop ppp_async 7712 4 crc_ccitt 1792 1 ppp_async ipt_MASQUERADE 2496 1 iptable_nat 5924 1 ip_nat 12940 2 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat ip_conntrack 38028 3 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,ip_nat xt_comment 1536 13 xt_mac 1760 7 iptable_filter 2176 1 ipt_TTL 1984 1 iptable_mangle 2176 1 ip_tables 9464 3 iptable_nat,iptable_filter,iptable_mangle x_tables 8708 6 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,xt_comment,xt_mac,ipt_TTL,ip_tables via_rhine 16964 0 # uname -a Linux sat_servant 2.6.16.28 #3 Sun Sep 3 00:26:57 MSD 2006 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux # lspci 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C693A/694x [Apollo PRO133x] (rev 01) 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo MVP3/Pro133x AGP] 0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/A/B PCI-to-ISA [Apollo VP] (rev 47) 0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 0000:00:07.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B ACPI (rev 10) 0000:00:10.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6105 [Rhine-III] (rev 86) 0000:00:13.0 Network controller: Techsan Electronics Co Ltd B2C2 FlexCopII DVB chip / Technisat SkyStar2 DVB card (rev 02) 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] (rev 01) 0000:01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5940 (rev 01) # equery list linuxtv [ Searching for package 'linuxtv' in all categories among: ] * installed packages [I--] [M~] media-tv/linuxtv-dvb-apps-1.1.1-r1 (0) [I--] [ ] media-tv/linuxtv-dvb-headers-3.1 (0) # sysctl -a |grep dvb error: unknown error 1 reading key 'net.ipv4.route.flush' net.ipv4.conf.dvb0_0.promote_secondaries = 0 net.ipv4.conf.dvb0_0.force_igmp_version = 0 net.ipv4.conf.dvb0_0.disable_policy = 0 net.ipv4.conf.dvb0_0.disable_xfrm = 0 net.ipv4.conf.dvb0_0.arp_ignore = 0 net.ipv4.conf.dvb0_0.arp_announce = 0 net.ipv4.conf.dvb0_0.arp_filter = 0 net.ipv4.conf.dvb0_0.tag = 0 net.ipv4.conf.dvb0_0.log_martians = 0 net.ipv4.conf.dvb0_0.bootp_relay = 0 net.ipv4.conf.dvb0_0.medium_id = 0 net.ipv4.conf.dvb0_0.proxy_arp = 0 net.ipv4.conf.dvb0_0.accept_source_route = 1 net.ipv4.conf.dvb0_0.send_redirects = 1 net.ipv4.conf.dvb0_0.rp_filter = 0 net.ipv4.conf.dvb0_0.shared_media = 1 net.ipv4.conf.dvb0_0.secure_redirects = 1 net.ipv4.conf.dvb0_0.accept_redirects = 1 net.ipv4.conf.dvb0_0.mc_forwarding = 0 net.ipv4.conf.dvb0_0.forwarding = 1 net.ipv4.neigh.dvb0_0.base_reachable_time_ms = 30000 net.ipv4.neigh.dvb0_0.retrans_time_ms = 1000 net.ipv4.neigh.dvb0_0.locktime = 100 net.ipv4.neigh.dvb0_0.proxy_delay = 80 net.ipv4.neigh.dvb0_0.anycast_delay = 100 net.ipv4.neigh.dvb0_0.proxy_qlen = 64 net.ipv4.neigh.dvb0_0.unres_qlen = 3 net.ipv4.neigh.dvb0_0.gc_stale_time = 60 net.ipv4.neigh.dvb0_0.delay_first_probe_time = 5 net.ipv4.neigh.dvb0_0.base_reachable_time = 30 net.ipv4.neigh.dvb0_0.retrans_time = 100 net.ipv4.neigh.dvb0_0.app_solicit = 0 net.ipv4.neigh.dvb0_0.ucast_solicit = 3 net.ipv4.neigh.dvb0_0.mcast_solicit = 3 # dmesg <......> b2c2-flexcop: B2C2 FlexcopII/II(b)/III digital TV receiver chip loaded successfully flexcop-pci: will use the HW PID filter. flexcop-pci: card revision 2 PCI: Found IRQ 12 for device 0000:00:13.0 DVB: registering new adapter (FlexCop Digital TV device). b2c2-flexcop: MAC address = 00:d0:d7:11:ec:4b b2c2-flexcop: found the stv0299 at i2c address: 0x68 DVB: registering frontend 0 (ST STV0299 DVB-S)... b2c2-flexcop: initialization of 'Sky2PC/SkyStar 2 DVB-S' at the 'PCI' bus controlled by a 'FlexCopIIb' complete dvb_net: created network interface dvb0_0 dvb0_0: no feed to stop dvb_net: removed network interface dvb0_0 dvb_net: created network interface dvb0_0 dvb0_0: no feed to stop dvb_net: removed network interface dvb0_0 b2c2-flexcop: B2C2 FlexcopII/II(b)/III digital TV receiver chip unloaded successfully b2c2-flexcop: B2C2 FlexcopII/II(b)/III digital TV receiver chip loaded successfully flexcop-pci: will use the HW PID filter. flexcop-pci: card revision 2 PCI: Found IRQ 12 for device 0000:00:13.0 DVB: registering new adapter (FlexCop Digital TV device). b2c2-flexcop: MAC address = 00:d0:d7:11:ec:4b b2c2-flexcop: found the stv0299 at i2c address: 0x68 DVB: registering frontend 0 (ST STV0299 DVB-S)... b2c2-flexcop: initialization of 'Sky2PC/SkyStar 2 DVB-S' at the 'PCI' bus controlled by a 'FlexCopIIb' complete dvb_net: created network interface dvb0_0 svc: bad direction 268435456, dropping request <......> _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
