answer from Darron Broad ================================================================= by default v4l-dvb will turn off the frontend when it isn't open if you want to tune using szap, either leave it running or change the module param for dvb_core: parm: dvb_shutdown_timeout:wait <shutdown_timeout> seconds after close() before suspending hardware (int) bye ================================================================ _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb