[linux-dvb] Poor Tuning quality with kernel 2.6.11x

[Jon Fairbairn]

On 2005-04-22 at 07:46BST Q wrote:
> Hi I have tried various kernels from 2.10.5. to 2.11.7 and I am afraid 
> to say that tuning quality really seems to have deteriorated 
> significaltly since the 2.6.8x kernels with my WinTV Nova-T card.

Which Nova-T? I have a Nova-T 900 (IIRC) and a 2.6.11 (I
assume that's what you are talking about -- 2.10 is a way
off, I think :-), and no tuning problems.

> The signal quality is so bad in some instances that I can no longer 
> watch several of my most favorite channels.
> 
> The card worked perfectly with the 2.6.7x and 2.6.8x kernels.
> 
> Nothing about my setup - except a kernel change - has
> changed since then.

Have you checked that the older kernels still work? There's
always the possibility that an albatross bent your aerial at
the same time you changed the kernel.
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Jón Fairbairn                              Jon.Fairbairn at cl.cam.ac.uk