From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mta1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net ([167.206.4.196]:42209 "EHLO mta1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756145AbZDTPvz (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:51:55 -0400 Received: from steven-toths-macbook-pro.local (ool-45721e5a.dyn.optonline.net [69.114.30.90]) by mta1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0KIE000O5PE1VHD0@mta1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:51:38 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:51:36 -0400 From: Steven Toth Subject: Re: Hauppauge HVR-1500 (aka HP RM436AA#ABA) In-reply-to: To: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Message-id: <49EC9A08.50603@linuxtv.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <23cedc300904170207w74f50fc1v3858b663de61094c@mail.gmail.com> <49E9C4EA.30706@linuxtv.org> Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Ben Heggy wrote: > I'm having the same issues (recognized - but won't turn on) with the same card > and would be delighted to join the open discussion and to try to help to provide > any information necessary to debug this issue. > > To this point, I have enabled debug options on what I think are the related > modules and have seen nothing that appears to be an error, but am also noticing > that there should be some messages about loading firmware for the various chips > and they don't appear (I did put the firmware files in /lib/firmware but I > cannot find references to their correct md5sums to verify they are correct) > > I'm a newbie to linux, but was once (20 years ago) a system manager on a > vax/unix system, so I can find my way around a bit better than average. > > Tell me what info you want to see or what actions to try and I will gladly act > immediately. Connect the card. Cold boot the system, boot linux, use the dmesg command. Do you see any evidence of the cx23885 driver recognizing your card? Use the lspci -vn command to display attached PCI(e) devices, is the card present? - Steve