The firmware files are usually contained in /lib/firmware (at least, in my Sabayon/Gentoo box). ¿Maybe in yours the firmware are on any partition that for any unknown reason is mounted later? Check dmesg to see if the card is initialized before disks are mounted.
Cheers
Eduard
2007/1/31, Jeffrey Borg <jeffrey@xxxxxxxxx>:
This is thi initial load
Jan 30 20:47:29 tux2 dib0700: loaded with support for 2 different
device-types
Jan 30 20:47:29 tux2 dvb-usb: found a 'Hauppauge Nova-T 500 Dual DVB-T' in
cold state, will try to load a firmware
Jan 30 20:47:29 tux2 dvb-usb: did not find the firmware file.
(dvb-usb-dib0700-01.fw) Please see linux/Documentation/dvb/ for more
details on firmware-problems.
(-2)
a liile while later (I did the modprobe manually)
Jan 30 20:49:39 tux2 usbcore: deregistering interface driver
dvb_usb_dib0700
Jan 30 20:49:44 tux2 dib0700: loaded with support for 2 different
device-types
Jan 30 20:49:45 tux2 dvb-usb: found a 'Hauppauge Nova-T 500 Dual DVB-T' in
cold state, will try to load a firmware
Jan 30 20:49:45 tux2 dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file
'dvb-usb-dib0700-01.fw'
Jan 30 20:49:45 tux2 dib0700: firmware started successfully.
Jan 30 20:49:45 tux2 dvb-usb: found a 'Hauppauge Nova-T 500 Dual DVB-T' in
warm state.
Jan 30 20:49:45 tux2 **WARNING** I2C adapter driver [Hauppauge Nova-T 500
Dual DVB-T] forgot to specify physical device; fix it!
Jan 30 20:49:45 tux2 dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport
stream to the software demuxer.
Jan 30 20:49:45 tux2 DVB: registering new adapter (Hauppauge Nova-T 500
Dual DVB-T).
Jan 30 20:49:45 tux2 **WARNING** I2C adapter driver [DiBX000 tuner I2C
bus] forgot to specify physical device; fix it!
Jan 30 20:49:45 tux2 DVB: registering frontend 1 (DiBcom 3000MC/P)...
Jan 30 20:49:45 tux2 MT2060: successfully identified (IF1 = 1220)
Jan 30 20:49:46 tux2 dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport
stream to the software demuxer.
Jan 30 20:49:46 tux2 DVB: registering new adapter (Hauppauge Nova-T 500
Dual DVB-T).
Jan 30 20:49:46 tux2 **WARNING** I2C adapter driver [DiBX000 tuner I2C
bus] forgot to specify physical device; fix it!
Jan 30 20:49:46 tux2 DVB: registering frontend 2 (DiBcom 3000MC/P)...
Jan 30 20:49:46 tux2 MT2060: successfully identified (IF1 = 1220)
Jan 30 20:49:46 tux2 dvb-usb: Hauppauge Nova-T 500 Dual DVB-T successfully
initialized and connected.
Jan 30 20:49:46 tux2 usbcore: registered new interface driver
dvb_usb_dib0700
I am still not 100% sure why the frimware is found on the 2nd loading.
Jeffrey
On Wed, 31 Jan 2007, Eduard Huguet wrote:
> Ok, then I have no idea why you get this error first time. Try to post your
> dmesg file, maybe it can help.
>
> Cheers
> Eduard
>
>
>
>
> 2007/1/31, Jeffrey Borg <jeffrey@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> Everything is a module for the dvb stuff, even the other card needs
>> firmware. Just that this one dosen't initalize the first time.
>>
>> Jeffrey
>>
>> On Wed, 31 Jan 2007, Eduard Huguet wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> > ¿Do you compile the driver for the card as a module? Make sure you do,
>> > because that card needs the firmware to be loaded, and if the driver is
>> > compiled inside the kernel (not as a module) then it initializes too
>> early
>> > (before file systems are mounted) and it won't find the firmware file.
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> >
>>
>
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