[linux-dvb] No signal

[Matt Tovey <Matt.Tovey@sgi.com>]

I'm having some trouble getting started with my card here - any help
anyone could give me will be very much appreciated!

I bought a Hauppauge DVB-s card (version 2.1), as well as a new LNB
(Grundig twin universal), and have yet to get a picture out of the
@^$@^( thing!

I first tried to get it working under the windows software, just so I
could check that it was all working before going to Linux. 

No luck there - the software supplied (v1.23b) worked, but failed to
find any senders, although the level meter sometimes went up as high as
12dB. The version 2.08 software from the Hauppauge website refuses to
start, giving me an error "BootARM failed". Sigh.

OK, now over to Linux. I installed RH7.2 (Kernel 2.4.7), built a kernel
with i2c installed, added DVB 0.9.3. The software compiled fine, and
modules load ok too:

--
Nov 27 19:51:29 localhost kernel: i2c-core.o: i2c core module
Nov 27 19:51:29 localhost kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00
Nov 27 19:51:29 localhost kernel: i2c-core.o: driver VES1893 DVB
demodulator registered.
Nov 27 19:51:29 localhost kernel: i2c-core.o: driver VES1820 DVB
demodulator registered.
Nov 27 19:51:29 localhost kernel: i2c-core.o: driver L64781 DVB
demodulator registered.
Nov 27 19:51:29 localhost kernel: L64781: init done
Nov 27 19:51:29 localhost kernel: i2c-core.o: driver tda8083 DVB
demodulator registered.
Nov 27 19:51:29 localhost kernel: i2c-core.o: driver stv0299 DVB
demodulator registered.
Nov 27 19:51:29 localhost kernel: i2c-core.o: driver i2c TV tuner driver
registered.
Nov 27 19:51:30 localhost kernel: saa7146_core.o: saa7146(1): bus:0,
rev:1, mem:0xc885de00.
Nov 27 19:51:30 localhost kernel: i2c-core.o: client [stv0299]
registered to adapter [saa7146(1)](pos. 0).
Nov 27 19:51:30 localhost kernel: tuner: chip found @ 0x61
Nov 27 19:51:30 localhost kernel: i2c-core.o: client [i2c tv tuner chip]
registered to adapter [saa7146(1)](pos. 1).
Nov 27 19:51:30 localhost kernel: i2c-core.o: adapter saa7146(1)
registered as adapter 0.
Nov 27 19:51:31 localhost kernel: dvb0: AV711-805254951 - firm e000c8d9,
rtsl 54761032, vid d0000019, app 00000000
Nov 27 19:51:32 localhost kernel: dvb: 1 dvb(s) found!
--

This is a lightweight PC with a small disk so I haven't installed
X-Windows, but rather have the video-out of the card connected to my TV.
I don't get any picture when I load the DVB modules. 

Also, using szap to tune fails:

--
# szap -n 1
zapping to 'Das Erste':
sat 0, frequency = 11837 MHz H, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x0065, apid
= 0x0066
tuning failed
#
--

I've been playing with this for about a week now, and don't know how I
can further debug this - can anyone give me some tips?

Tonight I installed the (new) signalstrength program from Johannes
Stezenbach. It always reports negative dB (-14?), no matter what station
I select with szap.

I had thought that maybe I had a problem with my LNB or my dish, but I
tried the PC at a friend's (who has a digital receiver), with the same
results (that was under the windows software). I continue to receive
analog satellite just fine... :)

Oh yes  - I'm pointed at Astra.

Thanks in advance for your help,

Matt


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