[vdr] recording/streaming-only system using SkyStar2

[Hubert Denkmair <hubert@denkmair.de>]

Hello,

a friend of mine wants to build a streaming-(server-)only system using a 
SkyStar2 DVB card, without any output device. The DVB driver seems to 
load without any problems, but VDR doesn't come up.

Instead it dies with the message
"vdr: no primary device found - using first device!"

This seems to be a bit confusing to me.
Why would VDR use a primary device it doesn't find? ;)

Anyways, I'm not sure if VDR is able to run without a output device - I 
read a posting in the mailinglist archive saying that VDR runs as a 
recording-only system with 3 budget cards and no playback device.
Other postings sugest to write a "dummy" output plugin.
Now, these postings were in March and I did not find such a dummy 
plugin, so I guess that it isn't needed?

Maybe the problem is somewhere else... Experience using the Skystar 
Card, anyone?

Hubert


--- loading DVB driver ---
blackhole:/usr/src/DVB/driver# make insmod CARDS=b2c2
/lib/modules/2.4.22/build/scripts/pathdown.sh: TOPDIR: parameter null or
not set
DIR=`pwd`; (cd /lib/modules/2.4.22/build; make SUBDIRS=$DIR modules)
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.22'
make -C  /usr/src/DVB/driver CFLAGS="-D__KERNEL__
-I/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.22/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
-Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer
-pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i486 -malign-functions=0
-malign-jumps=0 -malign-loops=0 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include
/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.22/include/linux/modversions.h"
MAKING_MODULES=1 modules
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-dvb.2003-10-13/driver'
ld -m elf_i386 -r -o dvb-core.o dmxdev.o dvb_demux.o dvb_net.o dvb_i2c.o
dvb_filter.o dvb_frontend.o dvbdev.o compat.o dvb_ksyms.o
make -C b2c2 modules
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-dvb.2003-10-13/driver/b2c2'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `modules'.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-dvb.2003-10-13/driver/b2c2'
make -C frontends modules
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-dvb.2003-10-13/driver/frontends'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `modules'.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-dvb.2003-10-13/driver/frontends'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-dvb.2003-10-13/driver'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.22'

sync
(                                               \
insmod videodev;                                \
                                \
insmod dvb-core.o dvb_shutdown_timeout=0;       \
make -C frontends insmod;                       \
 make -C b2c2 insmod; \
)
Using /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/media/video/videodev.o
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-dvb.2003-10-13/driver/frontends'
insmod alps_bsrv2.o;   insmod alps_tdmb7.o;   insmod alps_tdlb7.o;
insmod grundig_29504-401.o;   insmod grundig_29504-491.o;   insmod
stv0299.o;   insmod ves1820.o;   insmod tda1004x.o;   insmod mt312.o;
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-dvb.2003-10-13/driver/frontends'
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-dvb.2003-10-13/driver/b2c2'
insmod skystar2.o;
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-dvb.2003-10-13/driver/b2c2'
sync

--- /var/log/messages ---
Oct 27 23:58:42 blackhole kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00
Oct 27 23:58:43 blackhole kernel:
Oct 27 23:58:43 blackhole kernel: Technisat SkyStar2 driver loading
Oct 27 23:58:43 blackhole kernel: skystar2.c: FlexCopII(rev.130) chip found
Oct 27 23:58:43 blackhole kernel: skystar2.c: MAC address =
00:d0:d7:01:5c:3e:00:00
Oct 27 23:58:43 blackhole kernel: skystar2.c: key =
Oct 27 23:58:43 blackhole kernel:  ff ff ff ff
Oct 27 23:58:43 blackhole last message repeated 3 times
Oct 27 23:58:43 blackhole kernel: DVB: registering new adapter (Techsan
Electronics Co Ltd B2C2 Sky2PC PCI [SkyStar2]).

--- running VDR ---
blackhole:/usr/src/VDR# ./vdr
vdr: no primary device found - using first device!
blackhole:/usr/src/VDR#

--- /var/log/messages ---
Oct 28 00:01:10 blackhole vdr[530]: VDR version 1.2.6pre4 started
Oct 28 00:01:10 blackhole vdr[530]: loading /video/sources.conf
Oct 28 00:01:10 blackhole vdr[530]: loading /video/diseqc.conf
Oct 28 00:01:10 blackhole vdr[530]: loading /video/channels.conf
Oct 28 00:01:10 blackhole vdr[530]: loading /video/svdrphosts.conf
Oct 28 00:01:10 blackhole vdr[530]: loading /video/ca.conf
Oct 28 00:01:10 blackhole vdr[530]: loading /video/keymacros.conf
Oct 28 00:01:10 blackhole vdr[530]: no DVB device found



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