[linux-dvb] [PATCH-TESTERS-REQUIRED] Leadtek Winfast PxDVR 3200 H - DVB Only support
stev391 at email.com
stev391 at email.com
Tue Aug 12 01:59:39 CEST 2008
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jonathan Hummel" <jhhummel at bigpond.com>
> To: stev391 at email.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH-TESTERS-REQUIRED] Leadtek Winfast PxDVR 3200 H - DVB Only support
> Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:36:25 +1000
>
>
> On Sun, 2008-08-10 at 11:42 +1000, stev391 at email.com wrote:
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jonathan Hummel" To: stev391 at email.com
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH-TESTERS-REQUIRED] Leadtek Winfast PxDVR
> > 3200 H - DVB Only support
> > Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 21:48:21 +1000
> >
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Finnaly got some time to give the patch a go. I used the
> > pacakges
> > Stephen, sent the link to, not Mark's. I cant't get past the
> > attached
> > problem. The dmesg output is attached. I tried setting the
> > card like
> > this:
> > /etc/modprobe.d/options file and add the line: options cx88xx
> > card=11
> > I also tried the following two varients:
> > cx23885 card=11
> > cx23885 card=12
> >
> > I also got what looked like an error message when applying the
> > first
> > patch, something like "strip count 1 is not a
> > number" (although 1 not
> > being a number would explain my difficulties with maths!)
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Jon
> >
> > On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 07:33 +1000, stev391 at email.com wrote:
> > > Mark, Jon,
> > >
> > > The patches I made were not against the v4l-dvb tip that is
> > referenced
> > > in Mark's email below. I did this on purpose because there
> > is a small
> > > amount of refactoring (recoding to make it better) being
> > performed by
> > > Steven Toth and others.
> > >
> > > To get the version I used for the patch download (This is
> > for the
> > > first initial patch [you can tell it is this one as the
> > patch file
> > > mentions cx23885-sram in the path]):
> > > http://linuxtv.org/hg/~stoth/cx23885-sram/archive/tip.tar.gz
> > >
> > > For the second patch that emailed less then 12 hours ago
> > download this
> > > version of drivers:
> > > http://linuxtv.org/hg/~stoth/v4l-dvb/archive/tip.tar.gz
> > > and then apply my patch (this patch mentions v4l-dvb). This
> > version is
> > > a cleanup of the previous and uses the generic callback
> > function.
> > >
> > > Other then that you are heading in the correct direction...
> > >
> > > Do either of you have the same issue I have that when the
> > computer is
> > > first turned on the autodetect card feature doesn't work due
> > to
> > > subvendor sub product ids of 0000? Or is just a faulty card
> > that I
> > > have?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Stephen.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Mark Carbonaro" To: "Jonathan Hummel" > Subject: Re:
> > [PATCH-TESTERS-REQUIRED] Leadtek Winfast PxDVR
> > > 3200 H - DVB Only support
> > > Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 23:47:46 +1000 (EST)
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Mark,
> > >
> > > Forgive my ignorance/ newbie-ness, but what do I do with
> > that
> > > patch code
> > > below? is there a tutorial or howto or something somewhere
> > > that will
> > > introduce me to this. I have done some programming, but
> > > nothing of this
> > > level.
> > >
> > > cheers
> > >
> > > Jon
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Jonathan Hummel" To: "Mark Carbonaro" > Cc: stev391 at email.com,
> > linux-dvb at linuxtv.org
> > > Sent: Tuesday, 5 August, 2008 10:21:11 PM (GMT+1000)
> > > Auto-Detected
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH-TESTERS-REQUIRED] Leadtek Winfast PxDVR
> > > 3200 H - DVB Only support
> > >
> > > Hi Jon,
> > >
> > > Not a problem at all, I'm new to this myself, below is what
> > > went through and I may not be doing it the right > way either. So if anyone
> > would like to point out what I > am doing wrong I would
> > > really appreciate it.
> > >
> > > The file that I downloaded was called
> > > v4l-dvb-2bade2ed7ac8.tar.bz2 which I downloaded > from >
> > http://linuxtv.org/hg/~stoth/v4l-dvb/archive/tip.tar.bz2, I
> > > also saved the patch to the same location as the download.
> > >
> > > The patch didn't apply for me, so I manually patched applied
> > > the patches and created a new diff that should > hopefully work for
> > > you also (attached and inline below). From what I > could see the offsets in
> > Stephens patch were a little off > for this code
> > > snapshot but otherwise it is all good.
> > >
> > > I ran the following using the attached diff...
> > >
> > > tar -xjf v4l-dvb-2bade2ed7ac8.tar.bz2
> > > cd v4l-dvb-2bade2ed7ac8
> > > patch -p1 < ../Leadtek.Winfast.PxDVR.3200.H.2.diff
> > >
> > > Once the patch was applied I was then able to build and
> > > install the modules as per the instructions in > the INSTALL file. I ran
> > > the following...
> > >
> > > make all
> > > sudo make install
> > >
> > > From there I could load the modules and start testing.
> > >
> > > I hope this helps you get started.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Mark
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > Jon,
> >
> > The patch did not apply correctly as the dmesg should list an extra
> > entry in card list (number 12), and it should have autodetected.
> >
> > Attached is the newest copy of the patch (save this in the same
> > directory that you use the following commands from), just to avoid
> > confusion. Following the following:
> > wget http://linuxtv.org/hg/~stoth/v4l-dvb/archive/2bade2ed7ac8.tar.gz
> > tar -xf 2bade2ed7ac8.tar.gz
> > cd v4l-dvb-2bade2ed7ac8
> > patch -p1 <../Leadtek_Winfast_PxDVR3200_H.diff
> > make
> > sudo make install
> > sudo make unload
> > sudo modprobe cx23885
> >
> > Now the card should have been detected and you should
> > have /dev/adapterN/ (where N is a number). If it hasn't been detected
> > properly you should see a list of cards in dmesg with the card as
> > number 12. Unload the module (sudo rmmod cx23885) and then load it
> > with the option card=12 (sudo modprobe cx23885 card=12)
> >
> > For further instructions on how to watch digital tv look at the wiki
> > page (you need to create a channels.conf).
> >
> > Regards,
> > Stephen
> >
> > P.S.
> > Please make sure you cc the linux dvb mailing list, so if anyone else
> > has the same issue we can work together to solve it.
> > Also the convention is to post your message at the bottom (I got
> > caught by this one until recently).
> >
> >
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> Hi Stevhen, Mark,
>
>
> So you write your post at the bottom of the email?! well that does
> explain a lot, and does kinda make sense if your intending someone to
> pick it up halfway through. I just normaly read backwards when that
> happens to me.
>
> As for the patch. I realised that it is patch -p1 (as in one) not -pl
> (as in bLoody &*^^* i can't believe i was using the wrong character)
> which explains why my patches never worked.
> So the patch applied all fine and that, and dmesg looks great, but I
> can't find anything by scanning. On my other card, the DTV2000H (rev J)
> it can scan in MythTV to find channels, and with me-TV, I think it just
> has a list which it picks from or something, tunes to that frequency to
> see if there is anything there. Can't do that with this card so far.
> Attached is the output from scan (or DVB scan) I don't know if it would
> be useful, but I don't know what is useful for such a problem.
>
> cheers
>
> Jon
Jon,
I'm sorry that I'm going to have to ask some silly questions:
* Does this card tune in windows to these frequencies?
* If so what signal level does it report?
* If you cannot do the above, can you double check that the aerial cable is connected correctly to your Antenna.
Can you load the following modules with debug=1:
tuner_xc2028
zl10353
cx23885
and attach the dmesg sections for registering the card, and any output while scanning.
I will try this afternoon with MythTV, but my card was able to scan with the DVB scan.
I had not heard of Me TV prior to your email, I might install that as well and see how it works.
I have a DTV1000T in the same system, from past experience this card requires a strong DVB signal while my PxDVR3200H gets drowned out with the same signal. So I have to install a 6dB or more attenuator before the card (This is due to a powered splitter installed in the roof providing too much signal, which if I remove my DTV1000T gets patchy reception). I wonder if this is the same in your case with the DTV2000H? (But if it works in windows reliably it should work in Linux).
Regards,
Stephen.
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