For the records: I have also shut down my system removed a AVM Fritzcard, inserted this Skystar2 and booted. (If this occurs only in this combination a solution could be to remove the old card, boot und shutdown one times and then insert the Skystar2?) Regards Bernhard Am Samstag, 23. Dezember 2006 09:51 schrieb Michael Joswig: > You are right, I don't have Windows running on this system. > > I bought the card a few days ago and plugged it into my system on > thursday, connected it and booted into my gentoo-linux. I had built a > new kernel with the drivers compiled as modules. > Hmm, I admit, that I took out an ISDN-card and put the Skystar2 into > the same slot. > > After booting, I tried "modprobe -v budget" (found that on the Wiki), > but no card was found. Googling around, I found hints on using > flexcop, but that also didn't help. > > Then I came across this mailinglist with your question (and the > answers from Yvan). I saw that I had the same problem and also tried > your patch (and the suggestion from Yvan). > I recompiled, shut down the system, plugged the Skystar2 into another > slot and rebooted. > > Same problem. So I asked here. After your reply I installed the > kernel-modules for VMware, but didn't started vmware itself. > > I let the system run over the night and on the next day, the ID was correct. > > Could it be that the card, still connected to the Dish, made some > internal upgrade? > > I do hope, that error does *not* come again :-) > > Ciao, > Michael > > > Zitat von Bernhard Huafbauer <huafbauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > You have bootet no windows with this card inserted? > > So we can say it has nothing to do at all with windows? > > Then, have you this card longer unused laying around (like in my > > case 2 years)? > > If yes, probably there is some mechanism that on driver installation > > (on windows) it runs not with the correct id ... would this make sense? > > > > I can remember some rumours that the driver with this cards writes something > > to the eeprom of this card ... something like following: > > > > http://www.dvbviewer.com/de/index.php?page=manual&chapter=h&sub=h3 > > Unter Umständen kann Ihre DVB-Karte auch für den Fernseh- und > > Radioempfang nachhaltig blockiert (?gelockt?) worden sein ? > > unglücklicherweise > > ist in dem B2C2-Chip der Karte eine solche Funktion vorgesehen, > > die sich nicht > > so einfach rückgängig machen lässt. Dies tritt insbesondere im Zusammenhang > > mit Software von EON (Europe Online) auf, in seltenen Fällen > > jedoch auch aus > > anderen, nicht genau bekannten Gründen. > > > > http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb?f=d0e826dedcb1;file=linux/drivers/media/dvb/b2c2/flexcop-eeprom.c;style=gitweb > > 30 > > 31 /* These functions could be used to unlock SkyStar2 cards. */ > > 32 > > 33 static int eeprom_writeKey(struct adapter *adapter, u8 *key, u32 len) > > > > http://www.dvbportal.de/files/eonlock.chm > > > > But this is only speculation. > > > > Regards > > Bernhard > > PS.: Fehler die von selbst verschwinden kommen meist auch wieder von > > selbst ... > > > > Am Freitag, 22. Dezember 2006 14:15 schrieb Michael Joswig: > >> Ah, that makes sense. I remember from "the early days of linux" I had > >> to start Windows once to use an ISDN-Card. > >> Unfortunately I no longer have Windows on my system. > >> > >> But a funny thing happened today: > >> Yesterday I installed some kernel-modules for vmware (vmnet and vmon) > >> and left the system running. > >> Today, when I tried to show my wife the error, I saw the correct ID. > >> > >> I'm not sure, if I really want to know why this happened, but the card > >> is now working perfectly. > >> > >> Thanks for the support, > >> Michael > >> > >> > >> Zitat von Bernhard Huafbauer <huafbauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > >> > >> > Hello, > >> > one thing I nearly forgot is, I bootet one time windows to examine > >> > there what happens if I install the driver. > >> > I started first a device manager by this script > >> > set DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1 > >> > set DEVMGR_SHOW_DETAILS=1 > >> > start devmgmt.msc > >> > to see which pci-ids it has currently and then if I remember correctly > >> > it has already the correct one, and without > >> > installing any driver, I rebooted to linux immediately. > >> > (The windows is a old installation from 2002 and I don't remember if I had > >> > installed there already the driver for this device in 2003) > >> > Probably a small chance ... > >> > > >> > Regards > >> > Bernhard > >> > > >> > > >> > Am Donnerstag, 21. Dezember 2006 19:18 schrieb Michael Joswig: > >> >> Yes, I read this. And I also did try reinserting. I also tried using > >> >> another slot, but it failed every time. > >> >> > >> >> Don't know much about pci, and wonder how the ID could change without > >> >> any other changes. > >> >> > >> >> I'll give it another few tries tomorrow, thanks. > >> >> > >> >> Ciao, > >> >> Michael > >> >> > >> >> Zitat von Bernhard Huafbauer <huafbauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > >> >> > >> >> > Hello, > >> >> > this card was working after I reinserted it another time (same pc, > >> >> > pci-slot, operating system). > >> >> > So I don't know why for the first time it has the wrong pci-id. (And > >> >> > changing the driver to > >> >> > access the wrong pci-id also didn't work either). > >> >> > Now it's perfectly working with kernel version 2.6.18.1-kanotix-1 > >> >> > with pci-id [13d0:2103]. > >> >> > > >> >> > (As mentioned earlier in > >> >> > http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2006-December/014719.html) > >> >> > > >> >> > Kind regards > >> >> > Bernhard > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > Am Donnerstag, 21. Dezember 2006 15:57 schrieb Michael Joswig: > >> >> >> Hi, > >> >> >> > >> >> >> I've seen an email from Bernhard Huafbauer about a Skystar2 card which > >> >> >> is not recognized because of a wrong(?) PCI-ID (Sat Dec 2). > >> >> >> > >> >> >> I have the same problem. My Technisat Skystar2 card has ID 13d0:2102. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> On the Flexcop-Chip is written: > >> >> >> Technisat > >> >> >> Flexcop IIB > >> >> >> MMS46-000 > >> >> >> 0607 > >> >> >> > >> >> >> My kernel is 2.6.18-gentoo-r4 > >> >> >> > >> >> >> How can I help to support this card? > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Ciao, > >> >> >> Michael > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >> >> This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> > _______________________________________________ > >> >> > linux-dvb mailing list > >> >> > linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx > >> >> > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >> This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > linux-dvb mailing list > >> > linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx > >> > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- > >> This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-dvb mailing list > > linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx > > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
