Well, it happened again, and it turns out I don't need to reboot; only remove and re-insert the USB stick. [329501.358434] dvb-usb: Hauppauge Nova-TD Stick/Elgato Eye-TV Diversity successfully deinitialized and disconnected. [329509.215402] dvb-usb: found a 'Hauppauge Nova-TD Stick/Elgato Eye-TV Diversity' in cold state, will try to load a firmware [329509.243201] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-dib0700-1.10.fw' [329509.952484] dvb-usb: found a 'Hauppauge Nova-TD Stick/Elgato Eye-TV Diversity' in warm state. [329509.952557] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer. [329510.370407] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer. [329510.731942] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 150 msecs. [329510.731952] dvb-usb: Hauppauge Nova-TD Stick/Elgato Eye-TV Diversity successfully initialized and connected. So, any clues as to how to resolve this without disconnecting/reconnecting? Thanks, Greg 2008/7/7 Greg Thomas <Greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > I have a Hauppauge WinTV NOVA TD USB based DVB-T tuner > (http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-NOVA-TD-Stick). > > For a while, it works just fine. Eventually, though, it stops working > - and can't tune in; > > greg@greg-server:~/dvb$ scan uk.sudbury > scanning uk.sudbury > using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' > initial transponder 698167000 0 3 9 1 0 0 0 > initial transponder 850000000 0 2 9 3 0 0 0 > initial transponder 690167000 0 2 9 3 0 0 0 > initial transponder 618000000 0 3 9 1 0 0 0 > initial transponder 738000000 0 3 9 1 0 0 0 > initial transponder 706167000 0 3 9 1 0 0 0 > initial transponder 754000000 0 2 9 3 0 0 0 >>>> tune to: 698167000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_AUTO:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE > WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!! >>>> tune to: 698167000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_AUTO:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE (tuning failed) > WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!! > > etc. etc. > > As soon as I reboot, everything kicks in to life again - for a while. > So, any idea what gives? Why does the device suddenly stop working > until I reboot? Is there anyway I can avoid a reboot? Hmm, just > realised as it's a USB device, a remove/insert may help, I will try > that next time it happens. > > Is there anything else I could/should be looking at to help track down > the problem? > > TIA for any thoughts, > > Greg > [I'm actually running on a Intel Core Du oMac Mini, so it's an Intel > chipset, FWIW] > _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb