[linux-dvb] Trying to get Nexus card running

[Larry McCourry <lmccourry@charter.net>]

I'm running slackware 10, kernel 2.4.26 and a Nexus-S DVB card.
This hardware works under Windows 2000.

I installed (I think) the wrong driver. I used
ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/vdr/linux-dvb.2003-11-08.tar.bz2 because I was 
trying to run
VDR from ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/vdr/vdr-1.2.6.tar.bz2. Everything seemed 
to build ok but
I couldn't get vdr to open /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0. So I thought 
that I'd try
this driver:
http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvb/linuxtv-dvb-1.1.1.tar.bz2.
I also downloaded:
http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvb/linuxtv-dvb-apps-1.1.0.tar.bz2

Here's what I did to install the driver:

1. had to go into /lib/modules/2.4.26 and delete all of the old driver 
.o files
   to keep them from loading every time I rebooted.
2. rebooted
3. lsmod showed that the drivers were permanently removed.
4. downloaded linuxtv-dvb-1.1.1.tar.bz2
5. downloaded dvb-ttpci-01.fw.261x (3 files) and put them in the 
./build-2.4 directory.
5. cd ..../linuxtv-dvb-1.1.1
6. copied dvb-ttpci-01.fw-261c to dvb-ttpci-01.fw

7. make clean
8. ./getlinks
9. make (no errors)
10. ./insmod.sh load
11. lsmod showed lots of dvb drivers.
12. rebooted
13. lsmod doesn't show the driver modules, so insmod.sh doesn't make 
them load
    permanently.
14. ./insmod.sh to unload them all and commented out the ones that don't 
load:
    all of the budget drivers, and sykstar2.o

15. ./insmod.sh now loads everything without complaint.
16. If I reboot the drivers aren't loaded permanently, but I can still 
load them
    with ./insmod.sh.
17. Ran ../MAKEDEV-DVB.sh (this removed old /dev/dvb stuff and recreated 
them).


lsmod shows:
------------

Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
ttusb_dec              15688   0  (unused)
dvb-ttpci             285812   0
ttpci-eeprom            1824   0  [dvb-ttpci]
saa7146_vv             35548   0  [dvb-ttpci]
saa7146                10848   0  [dvb-ttpci saa7146_vv]
mt312                   4940   0
cx24110                 5892   0
grundig_29504-491       3652   0
grundig_29504-401       4236   0
tda1004x               11536   0
ves1820                 4928   0
stv0299                 9356   0  (unused)
alps_tdmb7              3912   0
alps_tdlb7              5592   0
ves1x93                 4976   0
dvb-core               39456   0  [ttusb_dec dvb-ttpci mt312 cx24110 
grundig_29504-491 grundig_29504-401 tda1004x ves1820 stv0299 alps_tdmb7 
alps_tdlb7 ves1x93]
video-buf              10928   0  [saa7146_vv]
v4l2-common             3104   0  [saa7146_vv]
v4l1-compat            12488   0  [saa7146_vv]
videodev                5952   1  [saa7146_vv]
evdev                   4384   0  (unused)
input                   3200   0  [dvb-ttpci evdev]
snd-pcm-oss            37736   0  (unused)
snd-mixer-oss          12504   0  [snd-pcm-oss]
parport_pc             14788   0
parport                23336   0  [parport_pc]
uhci                   24444   0  (unused)
usbcore                59308   1  [ttusb_dec uhci]
tulip                  40352   1
crc32                   2880   0  [dvb-ttpci tulip]
snd-ens1371            11364   0
gameport                1420   0  [snd-ens1371]
snd-pcm                56072   0  [snd-pcm-oss snd-ens1371]
snd-timer              13604   0  [snd-pcm]
snd-page-alloc          6328   0  [snd-pcm]
snd-rawmidi            12740   0  [snd-ens1371]
snd-seq-device          3888   0  [snd-rawmidi]
snd-ac97-codec         49500   0  [snd-ens1371]
snd                    30852   0  [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-ens1371 
snd-pcm snd-timer snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-ac97-codec]
soundcore               3396   6  [snd]
pcmcia_core            39972   0
ide-scsi                9328   0
agpgart                43940   0  (unused)


lspci shows this:
-----------------

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] 
(rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP]
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] 
(rev 40)
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. 
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 
controller] (rev 1a)
00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 
controller] (rev 1a)
00:07.4 SMBus: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40)
00:0a.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7146 (rev 01)
00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Linksys Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 
10/100 model NC100 (rev 11)
00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 04)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250 If 
[Radeon 9000] (rev 01)
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250 [Radeon 
9000] (Secondary) (rev 01)


My questions at this point are:
-------------------------------

1. Do I now have the correct driver for my card and does it seem to be
   installed correctly?
2. Once I determine that I'm using the correct driver and that it is working
   how do I cause it to load automatically at boot time?
3. How can I test the driver to see if it is working? I'm not sure what 
application
   to run just to see if the driver can talk to the hardware. I only 
have access to
   echostar 7 and echostar 6,8. They are on a disecq switch.


thanks,
Larry