[linux-dvb] Re: VDR 0.80pre6

[Werner Schweer <ws@seh.de>]

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.
>
> 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.

Werner


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