[linux-dvb] Re: Hauppauge Nova-T requires Windows initialisation

[Hamish Moffatt <hamish@cloud.net.au>]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 10:50:00PM +0000, Neil Aspinall wrote:
> My Nova-T works fine with the DVB drivers if and only if I first boot
> into Windows, run the Windows DVB software, and then reboot into Linux.
> If I reboot again without going into Windows first, I can no longer
> receive any channels with the card.
> 
> Is this a known problem and if so is there any way around it?

My DPANDA DVB-T card (very similar hardware to your Nova-T) works fine,
I don't even have Windows on the PC I'm using it in.

The driver will try to load the firmware on the card when you attempt
tuning, if it hasn't been loaded already. Perhaps the Windows step is
just loading the firmware for you. Check dmesg and syslog to see if
there are any messages from the diver about being unable to load the
firmware from file.


Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>


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