[linux-dvb] Problem Searching Channels

[Andy Walls]

On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 09:28 -0600, Eric Bauer wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to set up my new Happaugue HVR-1600 card.  During the scan, 
> II get several minutes of output on the screen complaining about tuning 
> failures,

These are normal when no service is detected on those freqs.


>  and then I get the following message:
> 
> start filter:1338: ERROR: ioctl DMX_SET_FILTER failed: 6 No such device 
> or address

Hmmm.  New one one me, I'll have to investigate.

What specific tool, version and command line arguments are you using?


> I have to kill the scan with a control-c at this point.  Can anyone give 
> me some advice with this problem?

Make sure you are using the latest cx18 driver from:

http://linuxtv.og/hg/v4l-dvb

versions older than v1.0.4 of the cx18 driver have problems dealing with
the occasional PCI bus error.


Instructions can be found here:

http://www.ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Cx18


Make sure you have a good clean signal coming in:

http://www.ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Howto:Improve_signal_quality


Regards,
Andy

> Thanks,
> 
> Eric