lifeview NOT LV3H not working

lifeview NOT LV3H not working

[ciencio]

Hello,
I bought the TV card in the object, it is a PCI hybrid TV-card, both 
analogue and DVB-T.

I bought it, because on the manufacturer site they said they develop a 
linux driver, unfortunately when I downloaded the driver (which claims 
to be for fedora) I found the whole V4L tree to be compiled.

By the way, I tried to compiled it but it failed 'because it looked for 
the 2.6.19 kernel sources while I'm on Ubuntu Intrepid with a 2.6.27.

So I downloaded the v4l tree from HG, compiled and installed it, but 
this time was the firmware that was missing. I followed the instruction 
to get the firmware for the xc3028  from here

>  http://www.steventoth.net/linux/xc5000/HVR-12x0-14x0-17x0_1_25_25271_WHQL.zip

and everything seemed to be perfect... but the tuner wasn't able to 
detect anything.

I tried "w_scan", since there was not a freq table for my town, but it 
didn't find anything and dmesg reported the following error repeated:

> [ 4982.520836] zl10353: write to reg 6c failed (err = -6)!
> [ 4982.521593] zl10353: write to reg 6d failed (err = -6)!
> [ 4982.522337] zl10353: write to reg 6e failed (err = -6)!
> [ 4982.523079] zl10353: write to reg 6f failed (err = -6)!
> [ 4982.523822] zl10353: write to reg 5f failed (err = -6)!
> [ 4982.524565] zl10353: write to reg 71 failed (err = -6)!
> [ 4982.614090] zl10353_read_register: readreg error (reg=6, ret==-6)
> [ 4982.614847] zl10353_read_register: readreg error (reg=10, ret==-6)
> [ 4982.615591] zl10353_read_register: readreg error (reg=11, ret==-6)
> [ 4982.616817] zl10353_read_register: readreg error (reg=16, ret==-6)
> [ 4982.617509] zl10353_read_register: readreg error (reg=17, ret==-6)
> [ 4982.618446] zl10353_read_register: readreg error (reg=18, ret==-6)
> [ 4982.619373] zl10353_read_register: readreg error (reg=19, ret==-6)
> [ 4982.620273] zl10353_read_register: readreg error (reg=20, ret==-6)
> [ 4982.621134] zl10353_read_register: readreg error (reg=21, ret==-6)
> [ 4982.821710] zl10353_read_register: readreg error (reg=6, ret==-6)
> [ 4982.822474] zl10353_read_register: readreg error (reg=10, ret==-6)
> [ 4982.823338] zl10353_read_register: readreg error (reg=11, ret==-6)
> [ 4982.824062] zl10353_read_register: readreg error (reg=16, ret==-6)
> [ 4982.824877] zl10353_read_register: readreg error (reg=17, ret==-6)
> [ 4982.825589] zl10353_read_register: readreg error (reg=18, ret==-6)
> [ 4982.826601] zl10353_read_register: readreg error (reg=19, ret==-6)
> [ 4982.827463] zl10353_read_register: readreg error (reg=20, ret==-6)
> [ 4982.828180] zl10353_read_register: readreg error (reg=21, ret==-6)

I also tried scantv for analogue broadcast, but there wat a sign of the 
analogue tuner work, too. And the output of dmesg this time was the 
following

> [ 5458.532019] cx88[0]: Calling XC2028/3028 callback
> [ 5459.008018] cx88[0]: Calling XC2028/3028 callback
> [ 5459.484026] cx88[0]: Calling XC2028/3028 callback
> [ 5459.960024] cx88[0]: Calling XC2028/3028 callback
> [ 5460.448073] cx88[0]: Calling XC2028/3028 callback
> [ 5460.928071] cx88[0]: Calling XC2028/3028 callback
> [ 5461.408074] cx88[0]: Calling XC2028/3028 callback

This is the output of dmesg at startup:

[   13.929094] tuner' 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (cx88[0])
[   14.185029] xc2028 1-0061: creating new instance
[   14.185036] xc2028 1-0061: type set to XCeive xc2028/xc3028 tuner
[   14.185048] cx88[0]: Asking xc2028/3028 to load firmware xc3028-v27.fw
[   14.185071] cx88[0]/2: cx2388x 8802 Driver Manager
[   14.185121] cx88-mpeg driver manager 0000:00:0a.2: PCI INT A -> GSI 
18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[   14.185141] cx88[0]/2: found at 0000:00:0a.2, rev: 5, irq: 18, 
latency: 32, mmio: 0xfa000000
[   14.185507] cx8800 0000:00:0a.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> 
IRQ 18
[   14.185521] cx88[0]/0: found at 0000:00:0a.0, rev: 5, irq: 18, 
latency: 32, mmio: 0xf8000000
[   14.185753] cx88[0]/0: registered device video0 [v4l2]
[   14.185835] cx88[0]/0: registered device vbi0
[   14.185902] cx88[0]/0: registered device radio0
[   14.185967] firmware: requesting xc3028-v27.fw
[   14.733493] cx2388x alsa driver version 0.0.6 loaded
[   16.747916] xc2028 1-0061: Loading 80 firmware images from 
xc3028-v27.fw, type: xc2028 firmware, ver 2.7
[   16.748129] cx88[0]: Calling XC2028/3028 callback
[   16.946586] xc2028 1-0061: Loading firmware for type=BASE MTS (5), id 
0000000000000000.
[   16.946596] cx88[0]: Calling XC2028/3028 callback
[   18.146493] xc2028 1-0061: Loading firmware for type=MTS (4), id 
000000000000b700.
[   18.163073] xc2028 1-0061: Loading SCODE for type=MTS LCD NOGD MONO 
IF SCODE HAS_IF_4500 (6002b004), id 000000000000b700.
[   18.224014] cx88[0]: Calling XC2028/3028 callback
[   18.346316] EMU10K1_Audigy 0000:00:09.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, 
low) -> IRQ 17
[   18.381388] cx88/2: cx2388x dvb driver version 0.0.6 loaded
[   18.381396] cx88/2: registering cx8802 driver, type: dvb access: shared
[   18.381403] cx88[0]/2: subsystem: 14f1:8852, board: Geniatech 
X8000-MT DVBT [card=63]
[   18.381409] cx88[0]/2: cx2388x based DVB/ATSC card
[   18.381415] cx8802_alloc_frontends() allocating 1 frontend(s)
[   18.411681] cx88_audio 0000:00:0a.1: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) 
-> IRQ 18
[   18.411734] cx88[0]/1: CX88x/0: ALSA support for cx2388x boards
[   18.414562] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKC] enabled at IRQ 22
[   18.414574] VIA 82xx Audio 0000:00:11.5: PCI INT C -> Link[ALKC] -> 
GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[   18.414733] VIA 82xx Audio 0000:00:11.5: setting latency timer to 64
[   18.439808] xc2028 1-0061: attaching existing instance
[   18.439814] xc2028 1-0061: type set to XCeive xc2028/xc3028 tuner
[   18.439817] cx88[0]/2: xc3028 attached
[   18.439825] DVB: registering new adapter (cx88[0])
[   18.439830] DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Zarlink ZL10353 
DVB-T)...

[omissis]

[   34.207368] cx88[0]: Calling XC2028/3028 callback
[   34.405817] xc2028 1-0061: Loading firmware for type=BASE FM (401), 
id 0000000000000000.
[   34.405827] cx88[0]: Calling XC2028/3028 callback
[   35.646479] xc2028 1-0061: Loading firmware for type=FM (400), id 
0000000000000000.
[   35.696021] cx88[0]: Calling XC2028/3028 callback

and this is the output of lsmod (only relevant modules)

ciencio@kinotto:~$ lsmod
snd_emu10k1_synth      14464  0
snd_emux_synth         41344  1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_seq_virmidi        13568  1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_midi_emul      14592  1 snd_emux_synth
zl10353                15752  1
cx88_dvb               28420  0
cx88_vp3054_i2c        10752  1 cx88_dvb
snd_via82xx            32536  2
snd_emu10k1           146208  4 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_mpu401_uart        15360  1 snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_codec        111652  2 snd_via82xx,snd_emu10k1
ac97_bus                9856  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_util_mem           12416  2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep              15236  2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd_seq_dummy          10884  0
cx88_alsa              18824  1
snd_seq_oss            38528  0
snd_seq_midi           14336  0
snd_rawmidi            29824  4 
snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi
evdev                  17696  7
snd_pcm_oss            46848  0
snd_mixer_oss          22784  1 snd_pcm_oss
videobuf_dvb           15236  1 cx88_dvb
snd_seq_midi_event     15232  3 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
dvb_core               94336  2 cx88_dvb,videobuf_dvb
snd_pcm                83204  5 
snd_via82xx,snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec,cx88_alsa,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq                57776  9 
snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_emul,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
tuner_xc2028           30772  2
snd_seq_device         15116  8 
snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
tuner                  36036  0
snd_timer              29960  3 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_page_alloc         16136  3 snd_via82xx,snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd                    63268  28 
snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_via82xx,snd_emu10k1,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hwdep,cx88_alsa,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_timer
cx8800                 38456  0
fglrx                1813960  23
parport_pc             39204  1
parport                42604  3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
cx8802                 23684  1 cx88_dvb
pcspkr                 10624  0
cx88xx                 79144  4 cx88_dvb,cx88_alsa,cx8800,cx8802
i2c_viapro             15764  0
ir_common              56068  1 cx88xx
2c_algo_bit           14340  2 cx88_vp3054_i2c,cx88xx
tveeprom               20356  1 cx88xx
v4l2_common            23808  2 tuner,cx8800
videodev               49312  4 tuner,cx8800,cx88xx,v4l2_common
i2c_core               31892  9 
zl10353,cx88_vp3054_i2c,tuner_xc2028,tuner,cx88xx,i2c_viapro,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom,v4l2_common
v4l1_compat            21892  1 videodev
videobuf_dma_sg        20612  5 cx88_dvb,cx88_alsa,cx8800,cx8802,cx88xx
videobuf_core          26372  5 
videobuf_dvb,cx8800,cx8802,cx88xx,videobuf_dma_sg
btcx_risc              12552  4 cx88_alsa,cx8800,cx8802,cx88xx
soundcore              15328  1 snd

I can't understand what' wrong with that card. Is there anyone able to 
help me?

-- 
ciencio

Re: lifeview NOT LV3H not working

[vic]

ciencio ha scritto:
> Hello,
> I bought the TV card in the object, it is a PCI hybrid TV-card, both 
> analogue and DVB-T.
> 
> I bought it, because on the manufacturer site they said they develop a 
> linux driver, unfortunately when I downloaded the driver (which claims 
> to be for fedora) I found the whole V4L tree to be compiled.
> 
> By the way, I tried to compiled it but it failed 'because it looked for 
> the 2.6.19 kernel sources while I'm on Ubuntu Intrepid with a 2.6.27.

While I was trying to make the card work, I found a peculiar note in the 
NotOnlyTV faq that says that the driver they provide only works on 
Fedora 6.0.

Since Fedora 6.0 is an "old" distro (Fedora is now at the 10th revision) 
and since on ubuntu intrepid, the distro I'm using, the 2.6.19 kernel 
isn't available, I wondered if and how I could manage to apply the 
modifications they did to the main tree to make the driver work on more 
recent kernels and if those modifications could be imported in the main 
tree.

I attach the link to the V4l tree NOT provide is someone more expert 
than me wants have a look.

http://www.notonlytv.net/download/driver/lv3hlv3afedora.rar

And this is their faq (not very usefull indeed)

http://www.notonlytv.net/download/faq/faq_lv3h.pdf

Last thing, how can I know if someone is working on that card or on the 
chipset that card uses?

-- 
Vic

Re: lifeview NOT LV3H not working

[vic]

ciencio ha scritto:
[cut]
> So I downloaded the v4l tree from HG, compiled and installed it, but 
> this time was the firmware that was missing. I followed the instruction 
> to get the firmware for the xc3028  from here
> 
>>  http://www.steventoth.net/linux/xc5000/HVR-12x0-14x0-17x0_1_25_25271_WHQL.zip
> 
> and everything seemed to be perfect... but the tuner wasn't able to 
> detect anything.

Some news from my LV3H

1) after rebuilding the v4l from the main tree the analog tuner seems to 
be working, What I mean is thata tvtime is able to scan channels and to 
find them.

2) unfortunately there's no audio, in any way. If I connect the audio 
out to the audio of my sblive! I only get noise. If I try to send the 
output of the connexant audio device to the sblive! I always get only noise.

3) no news for the zl10353 driver, which keeps on giving the same error

>> [ 4982.520836] zl10353: write to reg 6c failed (err = -6)!


I don't know if anyone is interested in this report and I don't even 
know if I'm writing to the right mailing list.

Please let me know what I shoul post to get help,  if it is possible to 
get help :-)

-- 
Vic