Re: [linux-dvb] leadtek dtv dongle

[John <bitumen.surfer@gmail.com>]

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please respond to the list -

ptay1685 wrote:
> Thanks.
>  
> Just my luck. First off I get a Nebula usb DigiTV which never worked 
> owing to an problem with ny nforce2 usb controller (i found out when 
> it was too late), and which came with suspect WIndows software. So 
> before I bought my two Leadtek dongles I checked the DVB wikipedia to 
> make sure I got a fully Linux supported device. Now I have two new usb 
> dongles neither of which work with Linux. You can't bloody win can 
> you? At least they come with great WIndows software, which is more 
> than you can say for the Nebula.
>  
> I can now use the Nebula with Linux but the leadtek software under 
> WIndows is so good, that now I simply boot Windows to do my DVB stuff, 
> and sometimes use Linux to author the DVD's (DeVeDe).
>  
> I guess this situation will persist until hardware vendors decide to 
> support Linux. Unfortunately I will probably be six feet under by then.
>  
> I would certainly be interested in a fix for this situation but its 
> hardly worth anyone putting in a lot of effort for just one person or 
> at most a handful of people. But if you are able / willing to do 
> something to remedy this problem I will certainly be very grateful.
>  
> Or perhaps one day I will work up the motivation to patch the code as 
> you did - but i dare not hold my breath waiting for that to happen!
>  

1) the fix is simple and someone on the list will be able to push 
through a simple patch, if all that is involved is added another 
identifier to recognise your device.
2) we still need your lsusb -v to confirm this.

if you can do even a few minutes of effort to determine the required 
information, you might be surprised to find others in your situation 
and/or those capable of helping.



>
>
>     firstly: lsusb is located in the usbutils package so you may need
>     to install it, or you need to prefix the command with its location
>     i.e. /sbin/lsusb. Please try this first and post the result back
>     to the list. (with the -v option please)
>
>     secondly in reference to my patch below.
>     I never heard anything more from the list about it and I have no
>     reason to believe it was ever incorporated as a patch. I suspect
>     this dongle is a variant sold only in Australia (where you and I
>     are from obviously) and so the demand is relatively small - thus
>     no one else was interested. I posted more for people like yourself
>     for whom my fix may help.
>
>     The only thing this patch did is add an extra identifier so that
>     the dongle was recognized. Now that said, I suspect there is an
>     even more recent variant released in the last 2/3 months (right
>     after I bought mine :( ) which may have a different identifier
>     again. So the result of lsusb is even more important.
>
>     Unfortunately I got distracted after I got my dongle recognized
>     and haven't made it fully work yet (with MythTv) - but if you are
>     interested I might have another go at it.
>
>     I also note the large number of dibcom related posts in recent
>     months which will have a direct bearing on this dongle. So recent
>     versions of the dvb code are essential.
>
>     Cheers,
>     J
>
>     ptay1685 wrote:
>>     How do I tell the usb-id? Tried to do a lsusb -v but the command is 
>>     unrecognised.
>>
>>     Note that the Leadtek device is not actually recognised by the kernel (shown 
>>     via dmesg).
>>
>>     The following is from a previous conversation on this mailing list and might 
>>     give you the info you need:
>>     _______________________________________________________________________________
>>
>>     Hi,
>>
>>     How do I get a patch incorporated into the dvb kernel section ?
>>
>>     After recently purchasing a LeadTek WinFast DTV Dongle I rapidly
>>     discovered it was the variant that was not recognized in the kernel
>>
>>     i.e. as previously reported at:
>>     http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2007-December/022373.html
>>     http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2008-January/023175.html
>>
>>     its device ids are: (lsusb)
>>     ID 0413:6f01 Leadtek Research, Inc.
>>
>>     Rather than make the changes suggested by previous posters I set about
>>     making a script and associated kernel patches to automatically do this.
>>     My motivation was simple: I use a laptop with an ATI graphics card and
>>     fedora 8. I find the best drivers for this card are currently from Livna
>>     and are updated monthly (and changes are significant at the moment i.e.
>>     see the phoronix forum). So I would need to do this repeatedly.
>>
>>     In my patch I add an identifier (USB_PID_WINFAST_DTV_DONGLE_STK7700P_B)
>>     and modify the table appropriately
>>
>>     When I plug it in I now see in my messages log
>>     kernel: usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9
>>     kernel: usb 1-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
>>     kernel: dib0700: loaded with support for 2 different device-types
>>     kernel: dvb-usb: found a 'Leadtek Winfast DTV Dongle B (STK7700P based)'
>>     in cold state, will try to load a firmware
>>     kernel: dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-dib0700-01.fw'
>>     kernel: dib0700: firmware started successfully.
>>     kernel: dvb-usb: found a 'Leadtek Winfast DTV Dongle B (STK7700P based)'
>>     in warm state.
>>     kernel: dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the
>>     software demuxer.
>>     kernel: DVB: registering new adapter (Leadtek Winfast DTV Dongle B
>>     (STK7700P based))
>>     kernel: DVB: registering frontend 0 (DiBcom 7000PC)...
>>     kernel: MT2060: successfully identified (IF1 = 1220)
>>     kernel: dvb-usb: Leadtek Winfast DTV Dongle B (STK7700P based)
>>     successfully initialized and connected.
>>     kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_dib0700
>>
>>
>>     My kernel patch ( other scripts to patch the Fedora 8 src rpm's
>>     available on request)
>>     ----------------
>>     --- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dib0700_devices.c       2008-02-13
>>     10:05:13.000000000 +1100
>>     +++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dib0700_devices.c       2008-02-13
>>     10:22:16.000000000 +1100
>>     @@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ struct usb_device_id dib0700_usb_id_tabl
>>                     { USB_DEVICE(USB_VID_LEADTEK,
>>     USB_PID_WINFAST_DTV_DONGLE_STK7700P) },
>>                     { USB_DEVICE(USB_VID_HAUPPAUGE,
>>     USB_PID_HAUPPAUGE_NOVA_T_STICK_2) },
>>                     { USB_DEVICE(USB_VID_AVERMEDIA,
>>     USB_PID_AVERMEDIA_VOLAR_2) },
>>     +               { USB_DEVICE(USB_VID_LEADTEK,
>>     USB_PID_WINFAST_DTV_DONGLE_STK7700P_B) },
>>                     { }             /* Terminating entry */
>>     };
>>     MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(usb, dib0700_usb_id_table);
>>     @@ -321,7 +322,7 @@ struct dvb_usb_device_properties dib0700
>>                             },
>>                     },
>>
>>     -               .num_device_descs = 6,
>>     +               .num_device_descs = 7,
>>                     .devices = {
>>                             {   "DiBcom STK7700P reference design",
>>                                     { &dib0700_usb_id_table[0],
>>     &dib0700_usb_id_table[1] },
>>     @@ -346,6 +347,10 @@ struct dvb_usb_device_properties dib0700
>>                             {   "Leadtek Winfast DTV Dongle (STK7700P
>>     based)",
>>                                     { &dib0700_usb_id_table[8], NULL },
>>                                     { NULL },
>>     +                       },
>>     +                       {   "Leadtek Winfast DTV Dongle B (STK7700P
>>     based)",
>>     +                               { &dib0700_usb_id_table[11], NULL },
>>     +                               { NULL },
>>                             }
>>                     }
>>             }, { DIB0700_DEFAULT_DEVICE_PROPERTIES,
>>     --- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-ids.h   2008-02-13
>>     10:05:13.000000000 +1100
>>     +++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-ids.h   2008-02-13
>>     10:18:00.000000000 +1100
>>     @@ -148,6 +148,7 @@
>>     #define USB_PID_WINFAST_DTV_DONGLE_COLD                        0x6025
>>     #define USB_PID_WINFAST_DTV_DONGLE_WARM                        0x6026
>>     #define USB_PID_WINFAST_DTV_DONGLE_STK7700P            0x6f00
>>     +#define USB_PID_WINFAST_DTV_DONGLE_STK7700P_B          0x6f01
>>     #define USB_PID_GENPIX_8PSK_COLD                       0x0200
>>     #define USB_PID_GENPIX_8PSK_WARM                       0x0201
>>     #define USB_PID_SIGMATEK_DVB_110                       0x6610
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>     ----- Original Message ----- 
>>     From: "Antti Palosaari" <crope@iki.fi>
>>     To: "ptay1685" <ptay1685@Bigpond.net.au>
>>     Cc: <linux-dvb@linuxtv.org>
>>     Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 9:43 AM
>>     Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] leadtek dtv dongle
>>
>>
>>       
>>>     ptay1685 wrote:
>>>         
>>>>     Any news about the new version of the dtv dongle? Still does not work
>>>>     with the latest v4l sources. Anyone know whats happening?
>>>>
>>>>     Many thanks,
>>>>
>>>>     Phil T.
>>>>           
>>>     Can you say what is usb-id of your device? Also lsusb -v could be nice
>>>     to see.
>>>
>>>     regards
>>>     Antti
>>>     -- 
>>>     http://palosaari.fi/
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