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==PRO-NETS DM100A==
==PRO-NETS DM100A==


Hello. I'll give this driver a go with my [http://www.pro-nets.com/eng/product.php?mode=show&cid=109&pid=143 PRO-NETS DM100A] PCIe card. When I use the manufacturer's driver in WindowsXP it detects it as an "AF9015 BDA" device, so I think it
Hello. I'll give this driver a go with my [http://www.pro-nets.com/eng/product.php?mode=show&cid=109&pid=143 PRO-NETS DM100A] PCIe mini card. When I use the manufacturer's driver in WindowsXP it detects it as an "AF9015 BDA" device, so I think it
is worth a try. I'll post whether I am successful or not, but please tell me if you know that this has no chance of running so I stop trying.
is worth a try. I'll post whether I am successful or not, but please tell me if you know that this has no chance of running so I stop trying.



Revision as of 02:11, 23 February 2008

PRO-NETS DM100A

Hello. I'll give this driver a go with my PRO-NETS DM100A PCIe mini card. When I use the manufacturer's driver in WindowsXP it detects it as an "AF9015 BDA" device, so I think it is worth a try. I'll post whether I am successful or not, but please tell me if you know that this has no chance of running so I stop trying.

Thanks for your time and work.

dvb-usb-af9015.fw

Hello again. After installing the module "dvb-usb-af9015" and restarting, it seems I need a firmware file:

$ thorin@Moria:~$ dmesg | grep dvb
[   54.656282] dvb-usb: found a 'Afatech 9015 DVB-T' in cold state, will try to load a firmware
[   54.662094] dvb-usb: did not find the firmware file. (dvb-usb-af9015.fw) Please see linux/Documentation/dvb/ for more details on firmware-problems. (-2)
[   54.662106] dvb-usb-af9015: probe of 2-5:1.0 failed with error -2
[  127.011760] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb-usb-af9015

I have encountered two problems with this:

1) I searched throughly for the file "dvb-usb-af9015.fw", to no avail. I tried the places suggested in this wiki, but those didn't work or had not the file I was looking for. Using a search engine, I found a possible location, but downloading that file (and only that file!) is not allowed.

2) I found this case, where it is said that you don't need the actual firmware file, but just any file with that name will do. I did not know if this workaround is applicable to my situation, but just in case I created an empty "dvb-usb-af9015.fw" file in every ".../firmware" directory I found. The output of "dmesg | grep dvb" is still the same. Could someone please tell me where does the driver search for the firmware file?

Best regards.

It works!

Following the instructions given in the article, I finally managed to make this TV card work, with the driver from linuxtv.org. I'll nose around the wiki a bit to see where can I add this information. Thanks a lot!

firmware location

is /lib/firmware/<kernel-version>/dvb-usb-af9015.fw a valid location on any distro. Well, none that I know of.