On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Paul Gardiner <lists@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Paul Gardiner wrote: >> >> I'm going to try the card in a Windows machine. Didn't >> want to pollute that machine with the extra drivers, but >> I guess now it's looking like a dead card. > > Oh sorry. It's a dead card. The Latest drivers for Windows, > from the Hauppauge web site agree with your drivers in > finding no supported hardware. The USB part is recognised > but then a device called HOOK appears, and the Windows > drivers just don't want to touch that. > > I think I was justifiably confused by the wiki. There's > plenty about the Diversity version that isn't supported, Diversity version *is* supported. Silly wiki. Anybody interested should try my Bristol tree -- I'll have it merged within the week or so. > but nothing saying that there are any v2.1 versions that > do work, or anything about the 99XXX series. I could > try updating it, but that's a bit risky: if I had done > so yesterday, I'd have been spreading my scaremongering > further afield. Better if people really in the know do so. Anybody can edit the wiki. I choose to spend my time working on code rather than the wiki. > On the other hand, if the experts have little time and > it's the choice between updating the drivers and the wiki, > I know which I'd vote for! :-) heh.. like I said, above. > Anyway, thanks for all the friendly advice. I'll let you > know how I get on with the replacement, when it arrives. You can fix it yourself if you want.... or you can get a replacement -- it's up to you. Based on the information in your dmesg, I can see that the eeprom on your device has gotten erased or corrupted. Some informative links: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.dvb/36609 http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx/msg26676.html Anyway, for all the interested readers out there -- this was a false alarm -- the card *is* supported, and it is *not* end-of-life. Regards, Mike _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
