Hi Mike, Mauro, Am Mittwoch, den 21.10.2009, 15:33 -0400 schrieb Michael Krufky: > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 5:19 AM, Ryan Day <ryan.day@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Michael- > > I wanted to see if you might be able to assist in getting a DTV-1000S to > > work. I followed the instructions on the Whirlpool forum (DL the firmware, > > cp it to /lib/firmware, dl the dtv-1000s files from kernellabs.com, untar, > > make, make install, reboot), and everything looks good when I install, but > > when I reboot, the boot up hangs and eventually freezes. > > > > I thought reinstalling might give me a better chance for success with a > > clean slate to work with, but the problem continues. Unfortunately, I don't > > have any of the error logs or anything, as I reinstalled. > > > > I can't remember the message at the first hang, but the freeze is caused by > > a failure to load the LIRC module. > > > > Also of note is that I'm installing this card as a second tuner. I have a > > DTV-2000H already installed. I don't know if that changes anything. > > > > Sorry I can't provide better info, but any advice you can give would be > > great. > > Ryan, > > This is really a question for the linux-media mailing list, so I've > added it in cc -- please use REPLY-TO-ALL in your correspondence, so > that anybody else that may have seen this issue can chime in with > their advice, or perhaps they may benefit themselves simply by reading > your problem description. Also, please remember that your response on > the mailing list should appear below the quoted thread. > > Meanwhile, why would failure to load the LIRC module cause a problem > on your board, causing a system hang... Sounds fishy to me -- are you > sure about this? > > Have you tried deleting / blacklisting the module that you believe to > be freezing your system? > > Have you tried moving your PCI card to another slot? > > Have you google'd for other users of your motherboard who might be > suffering from similar issues? > > I updated the dtv1000s tree yesterday, with the intention of getting > it merged into the master branch. Perhaps there is a bug in the new > repository that is not present in the old repository? > > The current repository that you probably have already tested is located here: > > http://kernellabs.com/hg/~mkrufky/dtv1000s there is another report for problems with the DTV-1000S now. Checking the above and the master tree, it turns out that the card's analog entry made it into the #if 0 flyvideo tweaks in saa7134-cards.c and is not valid there. Have to leave the house now, Mike please fix it or I'll send a fix when back later in the evening. Cheers, Hermann > > The only difference in the new tree when compared to the older tree, > is that I've pulled in the latest v4l-dvb core changes from the master > branch on linuxtv.org, and updated the DTV1000S patch to account for > the latest board additions in the saa7134 driver. The dtv1000s > support itself hasn't changed at all. To eliminate this as a possible > cause, you can try testing the older tree, instead. The older tree > that has already been tested by other users of both flavors of this > dtv1000s board is located here: > > http://kernellabs.com/hg/~mkrufky/dtv1000s.old > > If the older repository works but the new one doesn't, that would > indicate that there is a problem in the master v4l-dvb repository. > > If all else fails, try removing the other board that you have > installed, and see if that is a factor in this problem > > Please test and report your findings back to the mailing list as a > reply-to-all response in this thread. > > I hope this helps. > > Regards, > > Mike Krufky -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
