[linux-dvb] Re: Kernel-Opps

[Kenneth Aafløy <ke-aa@frisurf.no>]

On Saturday 05 June 2004 02:33, Christian Gmeiner wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> its me again...
>
> > Hello Christian,
> >
> > On 04.06.2004 21:44, Christian Gmeiner wrote:
> > > i am using a 2.6.5 kernel with recent cvs and get this in my dmesg:
> > >
> > > DVB: registering new adapter (KNC1 DVB-S).
> > > probe_tuner: try to attach to saa7146 (0)
> > > drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stv0299.c: setup for tuner BSRU6, TDQB-S00x
> > > Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
>
> 00000518
>
> > Sorry, this was the same problem as with the budget-ci driver: a private
> > data pointer was initialized after a function was called that needed the
> > pointer...
> >
> > I hopefully fixed this in CVS, please try again.
>
> I found a problem:
[snip]
> I am not able to use my frontend any more. There is no line in dmesg
> about my frontend!

Altogh I have not tried the latest and greatest drivers, I would think that 
what you want to do is a reboot without any autoloading of modules and then 
do a: modprobe dvb-core dvb_frontend_debug=0xffff. And then check your dmesg 
after loading all the modules.

Kenneth