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