[linux-dvb] Pinnacle DVB-s with ipviasky/T-DSL Sat

[André Stein <stone@steinsoft.net>]

Hi all,

	So I've got a pinnacle pctv sat(dvb-s) card and I would like to use it 
for surfing in the internet via satellite. I've got the driver working 
more and less but I have still a problem for which I couldn't find 
anything on the net that could solve it.

I have compiled the dvb-kernel drivers using a recent cvs version(I have 
linux kernel 2.4.20) and I modprobed both cx24110 and dvb-bt8xx. It 
seems to be successful recognized as dmesg states:
DVB: registering new adapter (Pinnacle PCTV DVB-S).
DVB: registering frontend 0:0 (Conexant CX24110 with CX24108 tuner, aka 
HM1221/HM1811)...

Trying to tune it to the T-DSL Sat frequence seems to work too:
# dvbtune -c 0 -f 10773250 -p H -s 22000 -i

Using DVB card "Conexant CX24110 with CX24108 tuner, aka HM1221/HM1811"
tuning DVB-S to L-Band:-1073742764, Pol:H Srate=22000000, 22kHz=off
polling....
Getting frontend event
FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_VITERBI
polling....
Getting frontend event
FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_LOCK FE_HAS_CARRIER FE_HAS_VITERBI 
FE_HAS_SYNC
Bit error rate: 4
Signal strength: 36751
SNR: 370
FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_LOCK FE_HAS_CARRIER FE_HAS_VITERBI 
FE_HAS_SYNC
<transponder type="S" freq="10773250" srate="22000000" polarity="H" >
<service id="7586" ca="0">
<descriptor tag="0x64" data="000501023701454e470550726f7879" 
text="....7.ENG.Proxy" />
<description tag="0x48" type="12" provider_name="Astra" 
service_name="CanalNet" />
<descriptor tag="0x64" data="000502023701454e4707416e6e2e43682e" 
text="....7.ENG.Ann.Ch." />
<stream type="13" pid="2586">
<stream_id id="1" />
<descriptor tag="0x66" data="0005" text=".." />
</stream>
<stream type="13" pid="1586">
<stream_id id="2" />
<descriptor tag="0x66" data="0005" text=".." />
</stream>
</service>
<service id="7584" ca="0">
<descriptor tag="0x64" data="000501023701454e4706416e6e2e4368" 
text="....7.ENG.Ann.Ch" />
<description tag="0x48" type="12" provider_name="Astra" 
service_name="MediaSat" />
<descriptor tag="0x64" data="000502023701454e470550726f7879" 
text="....7.ENG.Proxy" />
<stream type="13" pid="1584">
<stream_id id="1" />
<descriptor tag="0x66" data="0005" text=".." />
</stream>
<stream type="13" pid="2584">
<stream_id id="2" />
<descriptor tag="0x66" data="0005" text=".." />
</stream>
</service>
<service id="7580" ca="0">
<descriptor tag="0x64" data="000501023701454e4704416e6368" 
text="....7.ENG.Anch" />
<description tag="0x48" type="12" provider_name="Astra" 
service_name="AOS-MPL" />
<descriptor tag="0x64" data="000502023701454e470550726f7879" 
text="....7.ENG.Proxy" />
<stream type="13" pid="1580">
<stream_id id="1" />
<descriptor tag="0x66" data="0005" text=".." />
</stream>
<stream type="13" pid="2580">
<stream_id id="2" />
<descriptor tag="0x66" data="0005" text=".." />
</stream>
</service>
<service id="7554" ca="0">
<descriptor tag="0x64" data="000501023701454e47065375626e6574" 
text="....7.ENG.Subnet" />
<description tag="0x48" type="12" provider_name="Astra" 
service_name="BySky" />
<stream type="13" pid="254">
<stream_id id="1" />
<descriptor tag="0x66" data="0005" text=".." />
</stream>
</service>
<service id="7553" ca="0">
<descriptor tag="0x64" data="000501023701454e47065375626e6574" 
text="....7.ENG.Subnet" />
<description tag="0x48" type="12" provider_name="Astra" 
service_name="T-DSL VPN 1" />
<stream type="13" pid="253">
<stream_id id="1" />
<descriptor tag="0x66" data="0005" text=".." />
</stream>
</service>
<service id="7552" ca="0">
<descriptor tag="0x64" data="000501023701454e47065375626e6574" 
text="....7.ENG.Subnet" />
<description tag="0x48" type="12" provider_name="Astra" 
service_name="DSL-MCST_02" />
<stream type="13" pid="252">
<stream_id id="1" />
<descriptor tag="0x66" data="0005" text=".." />
</stream>
</service>
<service id="7551" ca="0">
<descriptor tag="0x64" data="000501023701454e47065375626e6574" 
text="....7.ENG.Subnet" />
<description tag="0x48" type="12" provider_name="Astra" 
service_name="TDSL Proxy 1" />
<stream type="13" pid="251">
<stream_id id="1" />
<descriptor tag="0x66" data="0005" text=".." />
</stream>
</service>
<service id="7900" ca="0">
<description tag="0x48" type="12" provider_name="SES ASTRA (An SES 
GLOBAL Company)" service_name="INT" />
<stream type="13" pid="1900">
<descriptor tag="0x66" data="000b0500000101c0" text="........" />
</stream>
</service>
</transponder>


But when I try to bring the network device up, nothing seems to be fine..
# dvbtune -n 251
Failed to open DVB NET DEVICE

I have created the device nodes in /dev using makedev.napi and these 
seem to be allright too..

sandra:/dev/dvb/adapter0# ls -al
total 8
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Jun 18 21:15 .
drwxr-xr-x    6 root     root         4096 Jun 18 21:15 ..
crw-rw----    1 root     video    250,   1 Jun 18 21:15 audio0
crw-rw----    1 root     video    250,   6 Jun 18 21:15 ca0
crw-rw----    1 root     video    250,   4 Jun 18 21:15 demux0
crw-rw----    1 root     video    250,   5 Jun 18 21:15 dvr0
crw-rw----    1 root     video    250,   3 Jun 18 21:15 frontend0
crw-rw----    1 root     video    250,   7 Jun 18 21:15 net0
crw-rw----    1 root     video    250,   8 Jun 18 21:15 osd0
crw-rw----    1 root     video    250,   0 Jun 18 21:15 video0

I really absolutely don't have any idea what I could do. Is this a 
driver problem or did I simply forget a little detail? It seems that the 
card is working fine but that it can't be used as a network device which 
is necessary for ipviasky. The card is working fine under Windows but I 
don't want it to be used there ;)

Hope someone can help me out!
Thanks in forward,
André.

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