From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from smtp4-g21.free.fr ([212.27.42.4]:40110 "EHLO smtp4-g21.free.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752503AbZBAKbL (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Feb 2009 05:31:11 -0500 Message-ID: <49857A09.9020302@free.fr> Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:31:37 +0100 From: Thierry Merle MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jason Harvey CC: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: CinergyT2 not working with newer alternative driver References: <4984E50D.8000506@jasonline.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4984E50D.8000506@jasonline.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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