[linux-dvb] Re: VDR 0.80pre6

[Andreas Hoelscher <Andreas@griemel.oche.de>]

                                         Aachen, Mi 23.05.01 20:58

> On Wednesday 23 May 2001 11:22, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
>> Andreas Hoelscher wrote:
>>>                                          Aachen, Di 22.05.01 19:59
>>>
>>>> Andreas Hoelscher wrote:
>>>>>                                          Aachen, Mo 21.05.01 21:04
>>>>>
>>>>>> Make sure you get the latest CVS driver version - this one appears
>>>>>> to be pretty good!
>>>>>
>>>>> I use the latest dvb driver with new haupauge card and kernel
>>>>> 2.4.3.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Please test this version intensively and report any bugs you may
>>>>>> find. I feel that we are now getting to a level where one could
>>>>>> start using VDR with the new driver for every day operation (at
>>>>>> least while keeping an eye on it...).
>>>>>
>>>>> I still can't see any EPG. When I go to the schedule menu the keys
>>>>> don't do anything. When I start vdr with strace I can see messages
>>>>> like: read(0, "g", 1) so the keys are accepted but nothing happens.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe you need to teach VDR your key codes.
>>>> Try deleting the file keys-pc.conf and run VDR. It should go into
>>>> learning mode. Follow the OSD instructions to teach it the key
>>>> codes.
>>>
>>> It's not a problem of teaching the keys. The keys work ok in all
>>> other menus and the strace message stated above says "g" for the
>>> "green" key, "r" for the "red" key and so on.
>>>
>>> Can I do any more debugging (and how)?
>>
>> Check if you have the 'Pnr' parameters set in channels.conf
>> (that's the last one in each line).
>> If these are 0, VDR can't extract the EPG information.
I use the channels.conf distributed with vdr, where pnr isn't 0.
>>
>> Klaus

> after "chmod 666 /dev/v4l/*" EPG worked in my environment.
> Apparently EPG did not work if the video device has the wrong
> permissions for vdr.
I do not have any v4l devices.
Do I need any? Which major/minor number, name?

Andreas

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