"dvb_ca adaptor 0: PC card did not respond :(" with Technotrend S2-3200

"dvb_ca adaptor 0: PC card did not respond :(" with Technotrend S2-3200

[Bart Coninckx]

Hi all,


hope you can help me this one, because there's not a whole of info about 
similar problems to be found.

I have a Technotrend S2-3200 with CI and on three different distros I 
get this

"dvb_ca adaptor 0: PC card did not respond :(


in /var/log/messages.

I guess this is the reason why I cannot see encrypted channels on Linux. 
Unencrypted works fine. In Windows XP the cord works fine too.

I tried Opensuse 11.4, the latest Mythbuntu and the latest Mythdora.

Can anyone give any hints on how to go about this?


thx!!!

Bart

Re: "dvb_ca adaptor 0: PC card did not respond :(" with Technotrend S2-3200

[Bart Coninckx]

On 06/13/11 00:30, Bart Coninckx wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
> hope you can help me this one, because there's not a whole of info about
> similar problems to be found.
>
> I have a Technotrend S2-3200 with CI and on three different distros I
> get this
>
> "dvb_ca adaptor 0: PC card did not respond :(
>
>
> in /var/log/messages.
>
> I guess this is the reason why I cannot see encrypted channels on Linux.
> Unencrypted works fine. In Windows XP the cord works fine too.
>
> I tried Opensuse 11.4, the latest Mythbuntu and the latest Mythdora.
>
> Can anyone give any hints on how to go about this?
>
>
> thx!!!
>
> Bart
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All,

(risking to just talk to myself, but hey, that would not be the first time).


I manually reinstalled the latest linuxtv media drivers, but this this 
does not seem to bring any relieve.

Any ideas much appreciated!


B.

RE: "dvb_ca adaptor 0: PC card did not respond :(" with Technotrend S2-3200

[Sébastien RAILLARD (COEXSI)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-media-
> owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Bart Coninckx
> Sent: lundi 13 juin 2011 19:14
> To: linux-media@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: "dvb_ca adaptor 0: PC card did not respond :(" with
> Technotrend S2-3200
> 
> On 06/13/11 00:30, Bart Coninckx wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> >
> > hope you can help me this one, because there's not a whole of info
> > about similar problems to be found.
> >
> > I have a Technotrend S2-3200 with CI and on three different distros I
> > get this
> >
> > "dvb_ca adaptor 0: PC card did not respond :(
> >
> >
> > in /var/log/messages.
> >
> > I guess this is the reason why I cannot see encrypted channels on
> Linux.
> > Unencrypted works fine. In Windows XP the cord works fine too.
> >
> > I tried Opensuse 11.4, the latest Mythbuntu and the latest Mythdora.
> >
> > Can anyone give any hints on how to go about this?
> >

Your reporting isn't very clear:
- When you try under Linux and Windows, is-it the same PC with the same
configuration?
- Does-it work with unscrambled channels on Windows ? 
- Can you decrypt scrambled channels on Windows ?
- Does-it work with unscrambled channels on Linux ? 
- Can you decrypt scrambled channels on Linux ?

> >
> > thx!!!
> >
> > Bart
> > --
> > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media"
> > in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo
> > info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
> 
> 
> All,
> 
> (risking to just talk to myself, but hey, that would not be the first
> time).
> 
> 
> I manually reinstalled the latest linuxtv media drivers, but this this
> does not seem to bring any relieve.
> 
> Any ideas much appreciated!
> 
> 
> B.
> --
> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media"
> in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo
> info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

Re: "dvb_ca adaptor 0: PC card did not respond :(" with Technotrend S2-3200

[Bart Coninckx]

On 06/13/11 22:55, Sébastien RAILLARD (COEXSI) wrote:
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-media-
>> owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Bart Coninckx
>> Sent: lundi 13 juin 2011 19:14
>> To: linux-media@vger.kernel.org
>> Subject: Re: "dvb_ca adaptor 0: PC card did not respond :(" with
>> Technotrend S2-3200
>>
>> On 06/13/11 00:30, Bart Coninckx wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>>
>>> hope you can help me this one, because there's not a whole of info
>>> about similar problems to be found.
>>>
>>> I have a Technotrend S2-3200 with CI and on three different distros I
>>> get this
>>>
>>> "dvb_ca adaptor 0: PC card did not respond :(
>>>
>>>
>>> in /var/log/messages.
>>>
>>> I guess this is the reason why I cannot see encrypted channels on
>> Linux.
>>> Unencrypted works fine. In Windows XP the cord works fine too.
>>>
>>> I tried Opensuse 11.4, the latest Mythbuntu and the latest Mythdora.
>>>
>>> Can anyone give any hints on how to go about this?
>>>
>
> Your reporting isn't very clear:
> - When you try under Linux and Windows, is-it the same PC with the same
> configuration?
> - Does-it work with unscrambled channels on Windows ?
> - Can you decrypt scrambled channels on Windows ?
> - Does-it work with unscrambled channels on Linux ?
> - Can you decrypt scrambled channels on Linux ?
>

Sorry, I figured that this would be clear, but:

- it is the same PC with a Windows install on another drive
- it works scrambled and unscrambled in Windows
- it works unscrambled on Linux
- no, I cannot, that is the main problem. I thin it is related to the 
"PC card did not respond" message.


Thank you!

B.

Re: "dvb_ca adaptor 0: PC card did not respond :(" with Technotrend S2-3200

[Issa Gorissen]

On 13/06/2011 00:30, Bart Coninckx wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
> hope you can help me this one, because there's not a whole of info
> about similar problems to be found.
>
> I have a Technotrend S2-3200 with CI and on three different distros I
> get this
>
> "dvb_ca adaptor 0: PC card did not respond :(
>
>
> in /var/log/messages.

Hi Bart,

I've got the same card running under OpenSuse 11.4 and Mythtv 0.24.1

I also have the same warning message, but somehow, when Mythtv grabs the
device, the CAM will be reset successfully (at least, in my case).

In the past, I solved this annoyance by adding a sleep in the CAM init
code [1] relevant to the S2-3200 until I found out Mythtv does something
about it.

[1] drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_ca_en50221.c in function
dvb_ca_en50221_thread(void) add a sleep of 5 or 10 secs between the 1st
dprintk and the main loop.

Hope this helps,
--
Issa

Re: "dvb_ca adaptor 0: PC card did not respond :(" with Technotrend S2-3200

[Bart Coninckx]

On 06/14/11 12:43, Issa Gorissen wrote:
> On 13/06/2011 00:30, Bart Coninckx wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>> hope you can help me this one, because there's not a whole of info
>> about similar problems to be found.
>>
>> I have a Technotrend S2-3200 with CI and on three different distros I
>> get this
>>
>> "dvb_ca adaptor 0: PC card did not respond :(
>>
>>
>> in /var/log/messages.
>
> Hi Bart,
>
> I've got the same card running under OpenSuse 11.4 and Mythtv 0.24.1
>
> I also have the same warning message, but somehow, when Mythtv grabs the
> device, the CAM will be reset successfully (at least, in my case).
>
> In the past, I solved this annoyance by adding a sleep in the CAM init
> code [1] relevant to the S2-3200 until I found out Mythtv does something
> about it.
>
> [1] drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_ca_en50221.c in function
> dvb_ca_en50221_thread(void) add a sleep of 5 or 10 secs between the 1st
> dprintk and the main loop.
>
> Hope this helps,
> --
> Issa

Issa,

thx a mille for this. I actually haven't really tried in Mythtv itself, 
I was just experimenting with szap and mplayer. But I figured that if 
they aren't working there, they would not elsewhere.

I do notice that while taking the card out and putting it back it, the 
CAM show as initialized successfully in dmesg.

I will try your suggestion though. Off topic, but would you advice 11.4 
in favor of 11.3? As a secondary route, I was thinking about using 
sasc-ng (softcamming, legal in this case) and the code seems not to want 
to compile on 11.4. Also 11.4 broke after updating the kernel.


thx again!


B.

Re: "dvb_ca adaptor 0: PC card did not respond :(" with Technotrend S2-3200

[Issa Gorissen]

On 14/06/2011 12:48, Bart Coninckx wrote:
>
> I will try your suggestion though. Off topic, but would you advice
> 11.4 in favor of 11.3? As a secondary route, I was thinking about
> using sasc-ng (softcamming, legal in this case) and the code seems not
> to want to compile on 11.4. Also 11.4 broke after updating the kernel.

Except from the different kernel version, you can go for 11.3, as far as
you're concerned only by TV related stuff.

You might want to recompile the kernel with a newer version to get all
the patches related to the S2 3200.

Also, do not hesitate to try out different versions of the kernel if you
stumble upon problem with the S2 3200; I had some trouble with it and
some recent patches do not suit my setup (dish, cable length, diseqc
switch, etc ...)

For the sasc-ng matter, I did play with it last year but figured it is a
time black hole when it does not work. I guess you have a legal
subscription card. Then unless you like to play around, just drop
softcams. And CAMs are not that expensive.

--
Issa