Re: cannot make this Asus my cinema-u3100miniplusv2 work under linux

Renato Gallo
2012-12-16T21:27:00Z

I will be honored if my name will be added as reporter, thanks for your
kind and fast advice. I have ordered another portable (30 db) antenna
and will talk about that in a future reply to this thread :)

Il 16/12/2012 22:22 Antti Palosaari ha scritto:
> That antenna is your problem.
>
> I will send that patch to the Kernel 3.8, but as I think it is maybe
> too late for 3.8 it will eventually go to the 3.9 which is out
> sometime near beginning of next summer.
>
> If you wish I add your name as reporter then reply. Otherwise case
> closed. Feedback from the better antenna could be nice too.
>
>
> Antti
>
>
> On 12/16/2012 11:16 PM, Renato Gallo wrote:
>> stock one that came with the device
>>
>> http://unixproducts.com/antenna.jpg
>>
>>
>> Il 16/12/2012 21:34 Antti Palosaari ha scritto:
>>> It is very likely weak signal issue as I said. What kind of antenna
>>> you are using?
>>>
>>> Antti
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/16/2012 10:13 PM, Renato Gallo wrote:
>>>> i found it is a problem with kaffeine, with other programs i can
>>>> lock a
>>>> signal but reception is very very sketchy (like in unviewable).
>>>>
>>>> GlovX xine-lib # dmesg |grep e4000
>>>> GlovX xine-lib # dmesg |grep FC0012
>>>> GlovX xine-lib # dmesg |grep FC0013
>>>> [ 28.281685] fc0013: Fitipower FC0013 successfully attached.
>>>> GlovX xine-lib # dmesg |grep FC2580
>>>> GlovX xine-lib # dmesg |grep TUA
>>>> GlovX xine-lib #
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Il 16/12/2012 18:55 Antti Palosaari ha scritto:
>>>>> On 12/16/2012 07:15 PM, Renato Gallo wrote:
>>>>>> now the modules loads and kaffeine recognizes the device but i
>>>>>> cannot
>>>>>> find any channels.
>>>>>> can it be a tuner bug ?
>>>>>
>>>>> I think it is bad antenna / weak signal. Try w_scan, scan, tzap.
>>>>>
>>>>> Could you say which RF-tuner it finds from your device? use dmesg
>>>>> to
>>>>> dump output. It could be for example e4000, FC0012, FC0013,
>>>>> FC2580,
>>>>> TUA9001 etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> Antti
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> kaffeine(5978) DvbDevice::frontendEvent: tuning failed
>>>>>> kaffeine(5978) DvbScanFilter::timerEvent: timeout while reading
>>>>>> section;
>>>>>> type = 0 pid = 0
>>>>>> kaffeine(5978) DvbScanFilter::timerEvent: timeout while reading
>>>>>> section;
>>>>>> type = 2 pid = 17
>>>>>> kaffeine(5978) DvbScanFilter::timerEvent: timeout while reading
>>>>>> section;
>>>>>> type = 4 pid = 16
>>>>>> kaffeine(5978) DvbDevice::frontendEvent: tuning failed
>>>>>> kaffeine(5978) DvbScanFilter::timerEvent: timeout while reading
>>>>>> section;
>>>>>> type = 0 pid = 0
>>>>>> kaffeine(5978) DvbScanFilter::timerEvent: timeout while reading
>>>>>> section;
>>>>>> type = 2 pid = 17
>>>>>> kaffeine(5978) DvbScanFilter::timerEvent: timeout while reading
>>>>>> section;
>>>>>> type = 4 pid = 16
>>>>>> kaffeine(5978) DvbDevice::frontendEvent: tuning failed
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Il 16/12/2012 15:50 Antti Palosaari ha scritto:
>>>>>>> On 12/16/2012 04:23 PM, Renato Gallo wrote:
>>>>>>>> any news on this ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Asus my cinema-u3100miniplusv2
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Bus 001 Device 015: ID 1b80:d3a8 Afatech
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [ 6956.333440] usb 1-6.3.6: new high-speed USB device number
>>>>>>>> 16
>>>>>>>> using
>>>>>>>> ehci_hcd
>>>>>>>> [ 6956.453943] usb 1-6.3.6: New USB device found,
>>>>>>>> idVendor=1b80,
>>>>>>>> idProduct=d3a8
>>>>>>>> [ 6956.453950] usb 1-6.3.6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1,
>>>>>>>> Product=2,
>>>>>>>> SerialNumber=0
>>>>>>>> [ 6956.453955] usb 1-6.3.6: Product: Rtl2832UDVB
>>>>>>>> [ 6956.453959] usb 1-6.3.6: Manufacturer: Realtek
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Seems to be Realtek RTL2832U. Add that USB ID to the driver and
>>>>>>> test.
>>>>>>> It is very high probability it starts working.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here is the patch:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://git.linuxtv.org/anttip/media_tree.git/shortlog/refs/heads/rtl28xxu-usb-ids
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please test and report.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> regards
>>>>>>> Antti
>>>>>>
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