[linux-dvb] Re: Avermedia 771 on Gentoo

["Benjamin Adler" <benadler@gmx.net>]

Hi Ben!

I am currently having the same problem and have not found a solution. When I
asked here, I got the following reply from Christophe Thommeret:

> maybe your card can't do inversion_auto.
> try "scan -i 0 dvb-c/de-wtnet"

Maybe the -i 0 switch can help you....

greetings from Benjamin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-dvb-bounce@linuxtv.org 
> [mailto:linux-dvb-bounce@linuxtv.org] On Behalf Of Ben Rometsch
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 8:19 PM
> To: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org
> Subject: [linux-dvb] Avermedia 771 on Gentoo
> 
> Hi There,
> 
> I'm new to the list, but, having read through the list and 
> searched the gentoo forums, am unable to get my Avermedia 771 
> card working on my gentoo box. 
> 
> I have a gentoo-dev-sources 2.6.5r1 kernel running. Here's 
> what I have done so
> far: 
> 
> Grabbed a CVS snapshot of the linuxtv-dvb dated 2004-06-21 
> (the latest build was giving me compile errors as described here: 
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=146327&start=25)
> 
> applied the makelinks script to patch the kernel 
> 
> selected Zarlink MT352 based driver, as well as the 
> Nebula/Pinnacle PCI card driver and some other things, as 
> described on the gentoo forum post above. 
> 
> Compiled the kernel, rebooted, ran: 
> 
> modprobe bttv i2c_hw=1 card=0x68
> modprobe bt878
> modprobe dvb-bt8xx
> modprobe mt352 
> 
> Which shows up in dmesg as:
> 
> Linux video capture interface: v1.00
> bttv: driver version 0.9.12 loaded
> bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture
> bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
> bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:00:0a.0, irq: 12, latency: 32, 
> mmio: 0xec100000
> bttv0: subsystem: 1461:0771 (UNKNOWN)
> please mail id, board name and the correct card= insmod 
> option to kraxel@bytesex.org
> bttv0: using: Nebula Electronics DigiTV [card=104,insmod option]
> bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00f0ff0f [init]
> bttv0: using tuner=-1
> bttv0: registered device video0
> bttv0: registered device vbi0
> bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok
> bttv0: add subdevice "dvb0"
> bt878: AUDIO driver version 0.0.0 loaded
> bt878: Bt878 AUDIO function found (0).
> bt878(0): Bt878 (rev 17) at 00:0a.1, irq: 12, latency: 32, 
> memory: 0xec101000
> attach: checking "bt878 #0 [hw]"
> find by pci: checking "bt878 #0 [hw]"
> attach: "bt878 #0 [hw]", to card 0
> DVB: registering new adapter (Ave).
> DVB: registering frontend 0:0 (DVB-T Zarlink MT352 
> demodulator driver)... 
> 
> But trying to scan for channels gives me: 
> 
> gentoo scan # ./scan dvb-t/uk-CrystalPalace -v scanning 
> dvb-t/uk-CrystalPalace using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' 
> and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
> initial transponder 505833333 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
> >>> tune to: 
> 505833333:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_NONE:QAM_
> 16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE
> >>> tuning status == 0x00
> >>> tuning status == 0x00
> >>> tuning status == 0x00
> >>> tuning status == 0x00
> >>> tuning status == 0x00
> >>> tuning status == 0x00
> >>> tuning status == 0x00
> >>> tuning status == 0x00
> >>> tuning status == 0x00
> >>> tuning status == 0x00
> WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!
> >>> tune to: 
> 505833333:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_NONE:QAM_
> 16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE
> (tuning failed)
> >>> tuning status == 0x00
> >>> tuning status == 0x00
> >>> tuning status == 0x00
> >>> tuning status == 0x00
> >>> tuning status == 0x00
> >>> tuning status == 0x00
> >>> tuning status == 0x00
> >>> tuning status == 0x00
> >>> tuning status == 0x00
> >>> tuning status == 0x00
> WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!
> ERROR: initial tuning failed
> dumping lists (0 services)
> Done. 
> 
> I'm in North London, so I am 99% sure the transmitter is 
> right. I have had the card working with the same aerial under 
> windows. Anyone with any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ben
> 
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