Re: CinergyT2 not working with newer alternative driver

[Thierry Merle <thierry.merle@free.fr>]

Hi Jason,
Jason Harvey wrote:
> I have been successfully using VDR with two CinergyT2s for 18 months.
> After adding a Hauppage NOVA-S2-HD I updated my v4l-dvb drivers hoping
> to get S2 capability and test a newer VDR for HD reception.
> 
> The CinergyT2s stopped working. The kernel module loads, the blue leds
> flash as expected but they don't lock on to a signal for long.
> Signal strength shown in femon is erratic and a lock only rarely achieved.
> 
> I checked through the mercurial tree to see what had changed.
> It looks like the following change is the one that stops the CinergyT2s
> working on my system.
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/mchehab/devel.git;a=commit;h=986bd1e58b18c09b753f797df19251804bfe3e84
> 
> 
> I deleted the newer version of the module and replace it with the
> previous deleted code.
> Make'd and installed the old version works as expected.
> 
> Machine they're plugged into is running Fedora 10,
> 2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.i686
> I downloaded the current v4l-dvb today (31Jan2009) and tried it all
> again before posting this message.
> 
> Not sure where to look next, I did start to capture the USB traffic to
> see if I could spot the difference...
>
Please take a look at the message logs (dmesg).
You can follow the instructions described here http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Testing_your_DVB_device
and report where it fails.

I use tzap like this: tzap -c $HOME/.tzap/channels.conf -s -t 120 -r -o output.mpg "SomeChannel"
I am able to play with mplayer too.
Regards,
Thierry