At least I know it is not something weird I have done with my setup. Thanks, Dave On 15/11/06 00:01, "Steven Cockeram" <steven.cockeram@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dave Leatherdale wrote: >> Hi >> >> I recently got a few of the Hauppauge nova-t stick devices. I tried using >> the latest source from http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb and the /~pb/v4l-dvb >> trees but I always get "no frontend was attached". I'm running Ubuntu 6.10 >> powerpc on a mac mini. >> >> dmesg output: >> [ 611.770214] usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address >> 8 >> [ 611.903803] usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice >> [ 611.904072] dvb-usb: found a 'Hauppauge Nova-T Stick' in cold state, will >> try to load a firmware >> [ 611.942956] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file >> 'dvb-usb-dib0700-01.fw' >> [ 612.120666] dib0700: firmware started successfully. >> [ 612.622218] dvb-usb: found a 'Hauppauge Nova-T Stick' in warm state. >> [ 612.622320] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the >> software demuxer. >> [ 612.622940] DVB: registering new adapter (Hauppauge Nova-T Stick). >> [ 612.816267] dvb-usb: no frontend was attached by 'Hauppauge Nova-T Stick' >> [ 612.816285] dvb-usb: Hauppauge Nova-T Stick successfully initialized and >> connected. >> >> I assume the numbers on the device itself have some sort of meaning so the >> first line is: >> M/R:70001/A1B5 #3006 >> The second line changes between devices but its along the lines of >> 000DFE0A84D2 LF >> >> Can I provide any additional information or help in order to help work out >> why this doesn't work? >> >> Many thanks, >> Dave >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> linux-dvb mailing list >> linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx >> http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb >> >> > Dave, > > It's the same type of stick that I've got - same problem as I see. > > If you turn on debugging by adding 'options dvb_usb_dib0700 debug=1' to > the /etc/modprobe.conf. (or whatever, try /sbin/modinfo dvb_usb_dib0700 > and it'll print out the parameters that it uses), you may get the same > as I do: > > I2C read failed on address 9 > DiB7000M:i2c read error on 896 > DiB7000M:-E- DiB7000M: wrong Vendor ID (read=0x4602) > dvb-usb: no frontend was attached by 'Hauppauge Nova-T Stick' > > > I emailed Patrick Boettcher and this list describing the problem. (I > actually bought the stick when he announced preliminary support ;(. > > Patrick seems to have access to the specs for the DibCom 7000 or the > frontend. (I think that he may work with/for DibCom), but he appears to > be very busy. I wish companies would open up their specs a bit more. I > could spend time reading them rather than waiting for someone to have > some free time to work on it. I mustn't grumble though at least some > progress has been made. > > So as it stands it doesn't work. > > Steve > _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
