Re: [linux-dvb] Hauppauge HVR-1800 not working at all

[Michael Krufky <mkrufky@linuxtv.org>]

George Czerw wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 June 2009 13:43:49 you wrote:
>   
>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 1:01 PM, George Czerw<gczerw@comcast.net> wrote:
>>     
>>> Using Mandriva 2009.1 with HVR connected directly to analog cable.
>>> Using 32-bit kernel 2.6.29.3-desktop-1.mnb.
>>>
>>> TVtime and xawTV both open but display only snow.  Channel scanning
>>> yields nothing.
>>>
>>> If I boot into Vista and load MediaCenter, open liveTV and watch a
>>> channel. Then close MediaCenter, exit Vista and boot into linux, TVtime
>>> and xawTV (if I am lucky) might open-up and perfectly display the TV
>>> channel that I was last viewing in Vista, but will not change channels to
>>> another station no matter what I do.
>>>
>>> Please see the following outputs below. I would appreciate any
>>> suggestions to resolve this. Not having hardware problems since
>>> WinVista's media center works perfectly with this hardware.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> George
>>>
>>> *************************
>>>
>>> tvtime -v
>>> Running tvtime 1.0.2.
>>>
>>> Reading configuration from /etc/tvtime/tvtime.xml
>>>
>>> Reading configuration from /home/george/.tvtime/tvtime.xml
>>>
>>> cpuinfo: CPU Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz, family 6,
>>> model 7, stepping 7.
>>>
>>> cpuinfo: CPU measured at 2333.352MHz.
>>>
>>> xcommon: Display :0.0, vendor The X.Org Foundation, vendor release
>>> 10601000
>>>
>>> xfullscreen: Using XINERAMA for dual-head information.
>>> xfullscreen: Pixels are square.
>>> xfullscreen: Number of displays is 1.
>>> xfullscreen: Head 0 at 0,0 with size 1440x900.
>>> xcommon: Have XTest, will use it to ping the screensaver.
>>> xcommon: Pixel aspect ratio 1:1.
>>> xcommon: Pixel aspect ratio 1:1.
>>> xcommon: Window manager is KWin and is EWMH compliant.
>>> xcommon: Using EWMH state fullscreen property.
>>> xcommon: Using EWMH state above property.
>>> xcommon: Using EWMH state below property.
>>> xcommon: Pixel aspect ratio 1:1.
>>> xcommon: Displaying in a 768x576 window inside 768x576 space.
>>> xvoutput: Using XVIDEO adaptor 280: NV17 Video Texture.
>>> speedycode: Using MMXEXT optimized functions.
>>> station: Reading stationlist from /home/george/.tvtime/stationlist.xml
>>> videoinput: Using video4linux2 driver 'cx23885', card 'Hauppauge
>>> WinTV-HVR1800' (bus PCIe:0000:03:00.0).
>>> videoinput: Version is 1, capabilities 5010011.
>>> videoinput: Maximum input width: 720 pixels.
>>> tvtime: Sampling input at 720 pixels per scanline.
>>> xcommon: Pixel aspect ratio 1:1.
>>> xcommon: Displaying in a 768x576 window inside 768x576 space.
>>> xcommon: Received a map, marking window as visible (62).
>>> xcommon: Window fully obscured, marking window as hidden (62).
>>> xcommon: Window made visible, marking window as visible (62).
>>> tvtime: Cleaning up.
>>> Thank you for using tvtime.
>>>
>>> ********************
>>>
>>>
>>> # lspci
>>> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM
>>> Controller (rev
>>> 02)
>>> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express PCI
>>> Express Root Port (rev
>>> 02)
>>> 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
>>> Controller #4 (rev
>>> 02)
>>> 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
>>> Controller #5 (rev
>>> 02)
>>> 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI
>>> Controller #2 (rev
>>> 02)
>>> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio
>>> Controller (rev
>>> 02)
>>> 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
>>> Port 1 (rev 02)
>>> 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
>>> Port 2 (rev 02)
>>> 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
>>> Port 3 (rev 02)
>>> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
>>> Controller #1 (rev 02)
>>> 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
>>> Controller #2 (rev 02)
>>> 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
>>> Controller #3 (rev 02)
>>> 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
>>> Controller #6 (rev 02)
>>> 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI
>>> Controller #1 (rev 02)
>>> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 92) 00:1f.0
>>> ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801IR (ICH9R) LPC Interface Controller
>>> (rev 02)
>>> 00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation 82801 SATA RAID Controller
>>> (rev 02)
>>> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller
>>> (rev 02)
>>> 01:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW323 (rev 70) 02:00.0
>>> Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI
>>> Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02) 03:00.0 Multimedia video
>>> controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. Device 8880 (rev 0f)
>>> 04:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless
>>> Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01) 05:00.0 VGA compatible controller:
>>> nVidia Corporation Device 0644 (rev a1)
>>>
>>> *******************
>>>
>>> # v4l-conf
>>> v4l-conf: using X11 display :0.0
>>> dga: version 2.0
>>> WARNING: No DGA direct video mode for this display. mode: 1440x900,
>>> depth=24, bpp=32, bpl=5760, base=unknown /dev/video0 [v4l2]: no overlay
>>> support
>>>
>>> *******************
>>> selected DMESG output:
>>>
>>> nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
>>>
>>> nvidia 0000:05:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
>>>
>>> nvidia 0000:05:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
>>>
>>>
>>> Linux video capture interface: v2.00
>>>
>>> cx23885 driver version 0.0.1 loaded
>>>
>>> cx23885 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
>>>
>>> CORE cx23885[0]: subsystem: 0070:7801, board: Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1800
>>> [card=2,autodetected]
>>>
>>> tveeprom 0-0050: Hauppauge model 78521, rev C1E9, serial# 5342357
>>>
>>> tveeprom 0-0050: MAC address is 00-0D-FE-51-84-95
>>>
>>> tveeprom 0-0050: tuner model is Philips 18271_8295 (idx 149, type 54)
>>>
>>> tveeprom 0-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) ATSC/DVB Digital (eeprom 0x88)
>>>
>>> tveeprom 0-0050: audio processor is CX23887 (idx 42)
>>>
>>> tveeprom 0-0050: decoder processor is CX23887 (idx 37)
>>>
>>> tveeprom 0-0050: has radio
>>>
>>> cx23885[0]: hauppauge eeprom: model=78521
>>>
>>> cx25840' 2-0044: cx25 0-21 found @ 0x88 (cx23885[0])
>>>
>>> cx23885[0]/0: registered device video0 [v4l2]
>>>
>>> cx25840' 2-0044: firmware: requesting v4l-cx23885-avcore-01.fw
>>>
>>> cx25840' 2-0044: loaded v4l-cx23885-avcore-01.fw firmware (16382 bytes)
>>>
>>> cx23885[0]: registered device video1 [mpeg]
>>>
>>> cx23885_dvb_register() allocating 1 frontend(s)
>>>
>>> cx23885[0]: cx23885 based dvb card
>>>
>>> MT2131: successfully identified at address 0x61
>>>
>>> DVB: registering new adapter (cx23885[0])
>>>
>>> DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Samsung S5H1409 QAM/8VSB
>>> Frontend)...
>>>
>>> cx23885_dev_checkrevision() Hardware revision = 0xb1
>>>
>>> cx23885[0]/0: found at 0000:03:00.0, rev: 15, irq: 17, latency: 0, mmio:
>>> 0xf9c00000
>>>
>>> cx23885 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
>>>
>>> IRQ 17/cx23885[0]: IRQF_DISABLED is not guaranteed on shared IRQs
>>> NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 180.51 Thu Apr 16 19:02:15
>>> PDT 2009
>>>       
>> Make sure that the 'tuner' module and the 'cx25840' modules are both
>> loaded.
>>
>> Make sure that you're using the lower spigot (if you have 2 spigots)
>> or the middle spigot (if you have 3 spigots)
>>
>> BTW, your email is off-topic for the linux-dvb mailing list.  I added
>> cc to the linux-media mailing list, which is more appropriate for your
>> analog television problem.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Mike
>>     
>
> Mike, thanks for the reply.  Two questions...
>
> 1.  What do you mean by "spigots"?
>
> 2.  By the tuner module, do you mean the cx23885??
>
> Output of lsmod shows that cx25840, cx23885 & cx2341x are loaded
>
> cx25840                27856  0                                                   
> cx23885                85552  0                                                   
> cx2341x                12800  1 cx23885                                           
> videobuf_dma_sg        12160  1 cx23885                                           
> videobuf_dvb            6848  1 cx23885                                           
> dvb_core               86112  1 videobuf_dvb                                      
> videobuf_core          17888  3 cx23885,videobuf_dma_sg,videobuf_dvb              
> v4l2_common            16220  3 cx25840,cx23885,cx2341x                           
> videodev               40320  3 cx25840,cx23885,v4l2_common                       
> v4l1_compat            13440  1 videodev                                          
> btcx_risc               4772  1 cx23885                                           
> tveeprom               11872  1 cx23885
>   

Please, never remove cc from the public mailinglist.  (cc re-added)

When I said 'tuner' module, I meant 'tuner' module :-P

Hope this helps,

Mike