Re: Gene's pcHDTV 3000 analog problem

Don Koch
2005-11-29T23:44:00Z

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 18:01:16 -0500
Michael Krufky wrote:

> It seems that Gene, Perry and Don are having problems with their analog
> tuners (they each have pcHDTV 3000) ever since nxt200x got added.
>
> Gene, Perry and Don - What happens if you have the cx88 module loaded,
> but you do NOT load up cx88-dvb (nxt200x will not be loaded) ... Does
> the problem persist?
>
> You do not need cx88-dvb to view analog television.

Same thing.

> Kirk, we need a control group! Please test analog on both boards.
>
> Kirk, there is a thread on the v4l/dvb mailing lists right now about an
> i2c gate dealing with Hauppauge cards and cx22702 frontend. What Steve
> Toth has described about this 'i2c gate' is starting to sound similar to
> what you mentioned about making hidden i2c devices visible.
>
> I'm getting the feeling that nxt200x is indeed the problem.
>
> Gene, Perry and Don .... Another thing you can try -- Once again,
> install v4l-dvb cvs on top of your running kernel, but this time, before
> compiling, edit v4l-dvb/v4l/Makefile , and remove the line:
>
> EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_NXT200X=1
>
> ... This line appears twice, you only need to remove the top one, as it
> pertains to the cx88 card, although it is safe to remove both for the
> purposes of this test.
>
> If this fixes your problem, then we know that nxt200x is the cause.

Working on this build, now.

> -Mike
>

-d