Re: Any update on the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-900H?

[Norret Thierry <tnorret@yahoo.com>]

Le 12/11/2011 15:18, Patrick Dickey a écrit :
> On 11/12/2011 07:26 AM, Rory McCann wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I recently bought a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-900H (usb id: 2040:b138), but I
>> see from this wiki page
>> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-900H that there is
>> no driver for it. However that's as of 2008.
>>
>> Has there been any progress on this since? Is that wiki page correct
>> that there is still no support for that card? Is there anyway to get
>> this USB device to work under linux?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
> 
> Hi Rory,
> 
> If you search for the 900H, you'll find a thread titled "Hauppauge
> HVR900H don't work with kernel 3.*". The original submitter stated that
> it worked in 2.6.x, but when the computer was upgraded to a 3.x kernel,
> it stopped working.  This was two days ago (9 November 2011), so I'm not
> sure how much progress was made (if any).
> 
> So, if your running a 2.6.x kernel, it *may* work, but it seems to be
> broken on the 3.x kernels (Ubuntu 11.10 or similar distros).
> Unfortunately I don't have that tuner, so I can't help out with it.
> 
> I would say try it. You can check dmesg to see if the tuner is even
> being recognized (and drivers loaded). If so, then see if it works. If
> not, then you might need the latest build of the v4l. You can get
> information on installing the latest version from
> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/How_to_Obtain,_Build_and_Install_V4L-DVB_Device_Drivers
> .  Then make it (without your tuner plugged in) and try plugging it in
> again. Check dmesg again, and if it's recognized, try it.
> 
> Sorry I couldn't find more information on this. Also if anyone else
> posts a reply, I would defer to their suggestions--as they have more
> experience with this than me.
> 
> Have a good weekend.:)
> Patrick.
> --
> 
I confirm, I've this card

Support for this card is break since kernel 2.6.39
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-media/msg39917.html

Building v4l from git don't solve the problem.
This card work fine with < 2.6.38 kernels.