[linux-dvb] Pinnacle PCTV DVB-T 72e USB stick: no frontend attached

[Sid Boyce]

René Wiermer wrote:
> The Pinnacle PCTV 72e is apparrently based on the DiBCom STK7070P ( see .inf
> file).
> 
> lsusb -v
> ---
>  idVendor           0x2304 Pinnacle Systems, Inc. [hex]
>   idProduct          0x0236
>   bcdDevice            1.00
>   iManufacturer           1 LITEON
>   iProduct                2 Pinnacle 72e
>   iSerial                 3 63N
> ----
> 
> I use the latest development version of Patrick Boettcher's repository.
> By adding the USB-ID to the correspondig section in dib0700_devices.c (DiBComs
> Reference design, Pinnacle PCTV with Flash) , I was able to download the
> firmware, but the frontend does not come up.
> 
> dmesg: with debug
> ----
> dvb-usb: found a 'Pinnacle PCTV DVB-T Solo/Standard/Ultimate' in cold state,
> will try to load a firmware
> dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-dib0700-1.10.fw'
> dib0700: firmware started successfully.
> dvb-usb: found a 'Pinnacle PCTV DVB-T Solo/Standard/Ultimate (72e)' in warm
> state.
> dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software
> demuxer.
> DVB: registering new adapter (Pinnacle PCTV DVB-T Solo/Standard/Ultimate)
> (72e)
> ep 0 read error (status = -32)
> I2C read failed on address 40
> ep 0 read error (status = -32)
> I2C read failed on address 9
> ep 0 read error (status = -32)
> I2C read failed on address 40
> dvb-usb: no frontend was attached by 'Pinnacle PCTV DVB-T
> Solo/Standard/Ultimate (72e)'
> dvb-usb: Pinnacle PCTV DVB-T Solo/Standard/Ultimate successfully initialized
> and connected.
> ----
> 
> Any ideas ?`
> 
> Keep up the good work,
> 
> Rene
> 
> _______________________________________________

No idea if this will solve the problem. I had been getting i2c write 
errors on a ov511 camera initialization, fixed with "modprobe i2c-dev" 
which created the devices. In /etc/modprobe.conf there is a line "alias 
char-major-89       i2c-dev", but on the previous kernel it wasn't being 
loaded, on 2.6.24-rc5-git3 it started working again without intervention.
# l /dev/i2c*
crw-rw---- 1 root root 89, 0 2007-12-12 21:32 /dev/i2c-0
crw-rw---- 1 root root 89, 1 2007-12-12 21:32 /dev/i2c-1
crw-rw---- 1 root root 89, 2 2007-12-12 21:32 /dev/i2c-2
crw-rw---- 1 root root 89, 3 2007-12-12 21:32 /dev/i2c-3
crw-rw---- 1 root root 89, 4 2007-12-12 21:32 /dev/i2c-4
crw-rw---- 1 root root 89, 5 2007-12-12 21:32 /dev/i2c-5
crw-rw---- 1 root root 89, 6 2007-12-12 21:32 /dev/i2c-6

Regards
Sid.
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