[linux-dvb] ca_zap: Cannot open CA slot

[Manu Abraham]

Michael Ditum wrote:
> I have a WinTV Nexus-S rev 2.3 card with the 3.5" CI. I am currently
> running kernel 2.6.12.1 with the latest dvb drivers from CVS.
> 
> I've had this card working on a free to air channel fine.
> 
> In one terminal I have szap running with
> ./szap -c channels.conf "TestChannel"
> and that has a lock.
> 
> In another terminal I run the ca_zap command  and after a lot of
> output it says...
> write_to_slot: Cannot open CA slot.
> 



> I've treble checked the cable between the nexus card and the CI and
> have an Irdeto CAM with a smart card in it.
>


At present, ca_zap is only an implementation for the High Level CI 
interface, but work is underway, to make it work in all cases..


> p.s. the following file in CVS needs updating...
> dvb-kernel/linux/Documentation/dvb/ci.txt it says you need to modify
> the channels.conf to add the PMT PID but you don't seem to need to
> anymore.
> 

Thanks for pointing that out.

Thanks,
Manu