I get this message (vdr: no primary device found - using first device!) when I run vdr on my Linux box.
Can anyone help me get the vdr software work?
I apologies for the long message following, but I want to supply all information needed ...
============================================================================ Linux Kernel: 2.6.10-1.771_FC2 PC: i686 AMD Duron 600MHz Card: Hauppauge/TT WinTV Nexus-S Rev 2.3 dvb driver: dvb-1.1.0-35
============================================================================ # lspci -vv
00:09.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7146 (rev 01) Subsystem: Technotrend Systemtechnik GmbH: Unknown device 000e Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 (3750ns min, 9500ns max) Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: Memory at e3001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
============================================================================ Modules loaded:
Module Size Used by sr_mod 16548 0 ipt_LOG 6144 0 ipt_limit 2432 0 ipt_state 2048 0 iptable_mangle 2944 0 iptable_nat 23752 0 iptable_filter 3712 1 ip_conntrack_ftp 72240 0 ip_conntrack 40724 3 ipt_state,iptable_nat,ip_conntrack_ftp ip_tables 16512 6 ipt_LOG,ipt_limit,ipt_state,iptable_mangle,iptable_nat,iptable_filter nvidia 3919868 10 md5 4224 1 ipv6 215808 19 snd_mixer_oss 16512 1 snd_ens1371 21088 2 snd_rawmidi 22176 1 snd_ens1371 snd_seq_device 8204 1 snd_rawmidi snd_ac97_codec 63456 1 snd_ens1371 snd_pcm 81800 2 snd_ens1371,snd_ac97_codec snd_timer 21636 1 snd_pcm snd 48612 9 snd_mixer_oss,snd_ens1371,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 8800 2 snd snd_page_alloc 9476 1 snd_pcm gameport 4480 1 snd_ens1371 n_hdlc 8580 0 pppoatm 6016 0 ppp_generic 21780 1 pppoatm slhc 7168 1 ppp_generic bttv 139472 0 i2c_algo_bit 8456 1 bttv btcx_risc 4616 1 bttv dvb_ttpci 75180 0 ves1820 5636 1 dvb_ttpci stv0299 9220 1 dvb_ttpci tda8083 5636 1 dvb_ttpci stv0297 7944 1 dvb_ttpci sp8870 6796 1 dvb_ttpci ves1x93 6276 1 dvb_ttpci ttpci_eeprom 2560 1 dvb_ttpci i2c_core 20368 10 bttv,i2c_algo_bit,dvb_ttpci,ves1820,stv0299,tda8083,stv0297,sp8870,ves1x93,ttpci_eeprom dvb_core 71720 1 dvb_ttpci saa7146_vv 42752 1 dvb_ttpci video_buf 19716 2 bttv,saa7146_vv v4l1_compat 12292 1 saa7146_vv saa7146 17188 2 dvb_ttpci,saa7146_vv v4l2_common 5888 2 bttv,saa7146_vv videodev 9216 2 bttv,saa7146_vv usb_storage 59464 0 parport_pc 25284 1 lp 11180 0 parport 32456 2 parport_pc,lp 8139too 22400 0 mii 4736 1 8139too floppy 51920 0 sg 33312 0 scsi_mod 110464 3 sr_mod,usb_storage,sg vfat 12544 1 fat 36640 1 vfat dm_mod 52476 0 speedtch 12552 0 usb_atm 14128 1 speedtch atm 36824 2 pppoatm,usb_atm uhci_hcd 28824 0 ext3 115336 3 jbd 47640 1 ext3 ============================================================================ dvb devices:
# ls -la /dev/dvb/adapter0
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 11 mag 18:56 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 11 mag 18:56 .. crw-rw-rw- 1 root video 212, 1 11 mag 18:56 audio0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root video 212, 6 11 mag 18:56 ca0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root video 212, 4 11 mag 18:56 demux0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root video 212, 5 11 mag 18:56 dvr0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root video 212, 3 11 mag 18:56 frontend0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root video 212, 7 11 mag 18:56 net0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root video 212, 8 11 mag 18:56 osd0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root video 212, 0 11 mag 18:56 video0
============================================================================ Other video devices:
# ls -la /dev/video*
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 81, 0 23 feb 2004 /dev/video0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 81, 1 23 feb 2004 /dev/video1 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 81, 2 23 feb 2004 /dev/video2 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 81, 3 23 feb 2004 /dev/video3
/dev/video: totale 132 drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 9 mag 20:34 . drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 118784 14 mag 10:44 .. crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 10, 204 23 feb 2004 em8300 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 10, 206 23 feb 2004 em8300_ma crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 10, 205 23 feb 2004 em8300_mv crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 10, 207 23 feb 2004 em8300_sp -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1033 9 mag 20:34 setup.conf drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 9 mag 20:34 themes
/dev/video1394: totale 124 drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 3 set 2004 . drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 118784 14 mag 10:44 .. crwxrwxrwx 1 root root 171, 16 23 feb 2004 0 crwxrwxrwx 1 root root 171, 17 23 feb 2004 1 crwxrwxrwx 1 root root 171, 18 23 feb 2004 2 crwxrwxrwx 1 root root 171, 19 23 feb 2004 3
============================================================================ script used to run vdr:
#!/bin/bash # export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1 export LANG=it_IT
/usr/sbin/vdr --video=/mnt/spazio/spoolvideo --epgfile=/mnt/spazio/spoolepg \ --config=/etc/vdr --lib=/etc/vdr/plugins.d --device=0 \ --terminal=/dev/tty8
exit 0
============================================================================ vdr versions tested:
vdr-1.3.24-0.1.i386.rpm and vdr-1.2.6.tar.bz2
(with the same result)
Thank you!
Mauro Folcarelli