I hereby ignore your top-quoted email -- please do not top quote. Tim Lucas wrote: > I tried the advice of both of the replies that I got below. I get the > following in dmesg. > > [ 31.078478] cx23885 driver version 0.0.1 loaded > [ 31.078777] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC6] enabled at IRQ 16 > [ 31.078782] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:08:00.0[A] -> Link [APC6] -> GSI 16 > (level, low) -> IRQ 21 > [ 31.078795] CORE cx23885[0]: subsystem: 18ac:d618, board: DViCO > FusionHDTV7 Dual Express [card=10,autodetected] > [ 31.180458] cx23885[0]: i2c bus 0 registered > [ 31.180480] cx23885[0]: i2c bus 1 registered > [ 31.180499] cx23885[0]: i2c bus 2 registered > [ 31.207377] cx23885[0]: cx23885 based dvb card > [ 31.243077] cx23885[0]: frontend initialization failed > [ 31.243080] cx23885_dvb_register() dvb_register failed err = -1 > [ 31.243081] cx23885_dev_setup() Failed to register dvb on VID_C > [ 31.243085] cx23885_dev_checkrevision() Hardware revision = 0xb0 > [ 31.243091] cx23885[0]/0: found at 0000:08:00.0, rev: 2, irq: 21, > latency: 0, mmio: 0xfd800000 > > Originally a friend helped me by getting setting up the system to look for > the old dvico fusion 5 card. > I put > > options cx23885 card=4 > > in /etc/modprobe.d/options. The system would recognize that I had a card > with two feeds, but I could get channels on the scan. I commented out this > line and then tried installing the deb package, but lost support of the > card. > I tried installing from source, but that didn't help. I tried installing > the firmware as recommended, but it still didn't help. > At some point it recognized only one feed, still couldn't get channels on > the scan. Then I lost the card completely. I admit that I just started > trying suggestions and was probably not systematic enough. I may need to > scrap the install and start over. Since the box is new, that is not a big > deal. It probably wouldn't take very long to reinstall. > > I have some questions. Will there be support for both tuners? The old > driver seemed to support 2, so I would hope the new one would too. Will > this card not work with analog channels or has support just not been written > yet? If I do have analog channels, what should the settings be? Would one > of those digital converter boxes make it a digital signal? (That is probably > a dumb question, but this is not really my area.) > > Thanks for all of your help. > > --Tim > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Tim, > > The support that I added in was for a the DViCO DVB-T Dual Express, not the > FusionHDTV7. > > However there may be good news for you... > If your card is the FusionHDTV7 Dual Express there is support for this card > in the main tree (only one DVB tuner at the moment). This may not help you > as you stated that you needed analog support. > > The easiest way for you to get the newest DVB drivers is to go to this > webpage: > http://martinpitt.wordpress.com/2008/06/10/packaged-dvb-t-drivers-for-ubuntu > -804/ > > You may need to install some firmware as well (you can tell if you need to > get the firmware by an error message in the syslog [accessed by typing > "dmesg" in a terminal], this error will only show up after you try to scan > or tune to a channel. If you need firmware goto: > http://www.steventoth.net/linux/xc5000/ > and follow the instructions inside the files (extract.sh and readme.txt). > > Give that a go then come back, with any issues to the mailing list. > > Perhaps you could create a wiki page on: http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php > with all the relevant information on it, for an example checkout: > http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DViCO_FusionHDTV_DVB-T_Dual_Express > And if you do make the page, update this page while you are at it: > http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DViCO > and also: http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/ATSC_PCIe_Cards > > Regards, > > Stephen. > > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 8:37 PM, Tim Lucas <lucastim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> Thank you for the help. I am familiar with mercurial, so I should be able >> to figure it out. >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 8:13 PM, Michael Krufky <mkrufky@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: >> >> >>> Tim Lucas wrote: >>> >>>> I apologize if this is outside the scope of the list and would >>>> >>> appreciate >>> >>>> any help I could get offline if that makes more sense. >>>> I have been searching online for support for this card and it looks >>>> >>> there >>> >>>> may be support now or coming soon. I am running mythbuntu 8.04 which >>>> >>> does >>> >>>> not yet include support for this card. I am a linux novice so I was >>>> wondering if you could help me add the appropriate files that will add >>>> support for the card. I am a linux novice (I'm good at apt-get install, >>>> >>> but >>> >>>> no so much at building my own kernel) so I may need a little bit of hand >>>> holding. Any help >>>> you could provide would be appreciated. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Side question. I thought I might have seen something about only support >>>> >>> for >>> >>>> digital on this card, not analog. I am in an apartment complex that >>>> >>> uses an >>> >>>> antiquated (very large) satellite system. It is listed with schedules >>>> direct, but I am not sure if it is digital or analog. >>>> >>> FusionHDTV7 Dual Express is supported in the v4l-dvb mercurial tree, >>> hosted on linuxtv.org. >>> See http://linuxtv.org/repo for info about installing the driver into >>> your running kernel. >>> >>> Support for the card will be available out-of-the-box in the unreleased >>> kernel 2.6.27 >>> >>> -Mike >>> >>> >> >> -- >> --Tim >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
