[vdr] VDR only channel switching, XAWTV only pictures, not both

[Ton van Baalen <tvbaalen@freeler.nl>]

Hi all,

I am trying to get my Galaxis DVB car to work under linux. After a lot 
of pain I compiled the Siemens driver for this card and the tuxzap 
applications that go with it. I first tried XAWTV and tuxview that afaik 
does the same in a different window which gives a nice picture but I am 
not able to switch the channels there. When I use tuxzap it comes with 
teh error "channel not found". I don't know how to configure it. The 
manpages keep me running in circles, I cannot find a Howto or a decent 
manual so I skipped it and tried VDR. I made a /video directry which 
contains the necessary files. VDR compiles and runs without complains, 
not even in /var/log/messages. When I switch the channel I hear the 
sound go to a different station, the logging in /var/log/messages says 
it switched to channel so and so but I cannot se any picture. I have a 
black screen.

I hope someone can help me out here. I have spent about 80 hours to get 
it working now and I am getting tired of it. When there is no one who 
can explain me what to do, or point me to a manual where I can find out 
how to configure things I will give up and return to Windows (which I 
hate to do). Or I should start VDR. Choose the desired channel. Close 
VDR. Start Xawtv and watch until I wan to see something else. Then stop 
Xawtv, choose another channel in VDR etc..... Or is this the way how 
things suppose to work? ;-)

I must be crazy. When I bought a windows program that took so much 
effort to install, it would have ended in the trashcan a week ago.

Ton van Baalen