[linux-dvb] Re: AverMedia 771 DVB-T Registering frontend problem

[Mike Ryan <mike.ryan@redmar.com>]

Chris

Thanks for that. I can see that the file I'm loading is:
[root@linuxpvr build-2.6]# ll
/lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dvb-bt8xx.ko
-rwxr--r--  1 root root 9796 Aug 16 14:55

However, I had downloaded the latest cvs, but it doesn't seem to build the
dvb-bt8xx module file:
[root@linuxpvr build-2.6]# pwd
/root/dvb-kernel/build-2.6
[root@linuxpvr build-2.6]# ll *dvb-bt8xx*
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 44 Oct 16 12:11 dvb-bt8xx.c ->
./linux/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dvb-bt8xx.c
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 44 Oct 16 12:11 dvb-bt8xx.h ->
./linux/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dvb-bt8xx.h
[root@linuxpvr build-2.6]#

Do I need to compile this seperately or something?

Thanks in advance

Mike


Quoting Christopher Pascoe <c.pascoe@itee.uq.edu.au>:

 > Thanks for that - no luck unfortunately. It appears that the frontend
 > registration just doesn't seem to be happening with the modules I have.
 Could
 > it be I have a new type of card that's not in the code - see the unknown
 card
 > 7b message below

 Yes, the card you have isn't in the code you are running.  I guess you are
 using the current 1.1.1 release code, not the dvb-kernel CVS.  The last
 release was made before the 771 was around.

 > modprobe dvb-bt8xx
 >
 > Oct 17 09:15:43 linuxpvr kernel: dvb_bt8xx_init: unknown card_id found
 7711461
 > Oct 17 09:15:43 linuxpvr kernel: dvb_bt8xx_init: unknown card_type found 7B,
 NOT
 > LOADED
 > Oct 17 09:15:43 linuxpvr kernel: dvb_bt8xx_init: unknown card_nr found 0
 > Oct 17 09:15:43 linuxpvr kernel: attach: checking "bt878 #0 [hw]"
 > Oct 17 09:15:43 linuxpvr kernel: find by pci: checking "bt878 #0 [hw]"

 These messages are gone in the current code - I thought they looked
 strange - which also has support for the AverMedia 771 in it.

 To fetch the current CVS code, follow the instructions at
 http://www.linuxtv.org/cvs/ .  The module name you want to retrieve is
 "dvb-kernel".  Fetch this and read the instructions in the top level
 README on how to build it (there is a note about building for BTTV based
 cards in there).

 Alternatively, you can fetch and build the current kernel (2.6.9-rc4 or
 higher), which should have support in it for the 771 out of the box.

 Regards,
 Chris




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