Hi, Am Donnerstag, den 20.03.2008, 00:48 +0100 schrieb Oliver Endriss: > Andrew Junev wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > I was successfully using two TT S-1401 DVB-S cards in my HTPC running > > Fedora 8. One of my antennas is positioned to Astra 19.2E and its > > signal quality is quite low in my area. But the setup worked just fine > > for me most of the time. > > > > Last weekend I updated my system from kernel-2.6.23.15-137.fc8 to > > kernel-2.6.24.3-12.fc8. It was just a 'yum update', nothing else. > > Right after that I got no lock on most of Astra transponders (other > > satellites were still Ok, but they normally have a far better signal). > > After checking everything twice without any success, I booted back to > > 2.6.23.15 and my Astra was back! > > > > Is this a known behavior? I suppose it was not discussed before, so > > this makes me think I am the only one with such a problem... > > Strange... I think the problem is somehow related to the signal level / > > signal error rate. Looks like weak transponders are harder to lock > > with the new kernel... > > I'd appreciate any comments on this. I don't think I have an urgent > > need to move to 2.6.24 now, but I'd still like to be able to do that > > without loosing my TV... > > > > > > P.S. I can see there's kernel-2.6.24.3-34.fc8 already available for > > Fedora 8. But I didn't try it yet... > > Afaik this is a known regression in 2.6,24. > > See > http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2008-February/023477.html > and > http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2008-February/023559.html > for the fix. > > CU > Oliver > hmm, thought that this we exactly did avoid on 2.6.24 and 2.6.25. IIRC, this should never made it into 2.6.24, at least I thought we could always stop it on 2.6.25 before it harms. Fedora downports from release canditates, and almost always is fine, so I don't trust the 2.6._24_ here. If nothing else to do ..., might investigate it. Cheers, Hermann _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
