<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Chaogui Zhang <czhang1974@gmail.com><br>To: Muppet Man <muppetman4662@yahoo.com><br>Cc: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org<br>Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 8:50:42 PM<br>Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] Pinnacle 800i driver problems<br><br>
On Jan 25, 2008 6:52 PM, Muppet Man <<a ymailto="mailto:muppetman4662@yahoo.com" href="mailto:muppetman4662@yahoo.com">muppetman4662@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> ----- Original Message ----<br>> From: Chaogui Zhang <<a ymailto="mailto:czhang1974@gmail.com" href="mailto:czhang1974@gmail.com">czhang1974@gmail.com</a>><br>> To: Muppet Man <<a ymailto="mailto:muppetman4662@yahoo.com" href="mailto:muppetman4662@yahoo.com">muppetman4662@yahoo.com</a>><br>> Cc: <a ymailto="mailto:linux-dvb@linuxtv.org" href="mailto:linux-dvb@linuxtv.org">linux-dvb@linuxtv.org</a><br>> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 8:39:16 AM<br>> Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] Pinnacle 800i driver problems<br>><br>> Previously, Muppet Man <<a ymailto="mailto:muppetman4662@yahoo.com" href="mailto:muppetman4662@yahoo.com">muppetman4662@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> >Hmm...I thought that's what I did? I guess I don't know how
to<br>> >"run it from a shell". All the shell scripts I have ran was via<br>> >giving permissions to allow exicuting as a file.<br>><br>> "run it from a shell" means you need to open a terminal and cd into<br>> the directory that contains the script and type in the file name of<br>> the script to run it (of course, make sure it is set to be executable<br>> first). You may need to put "./" before the file name, for example,<br>> you may need to type in "./extract.sh" to run the extracting script.<br>><br>> > ----- Original Message ----<br>> > From: Chaogui Zhang <<a ymailto="mailto:czhang1974@gmail.com" href="mailto:czhang1974@gmail.com">czhang1974@gmail.com</a>><br>> > To: superhappyfunball <<a ymailto="mailto:superhappyfunball@gmail.com" href="mailto:superhappyfunball@gmail.com">superhappyfunball@gmail.com</a>><br>> > Cc: <a ymailto="mailto:linux-dvb@linuxtv.org"
href="mailto:linux-dvb@linuxtv.org">linux-dvb@linuxtv.org</a><br>> > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 11:09:03 PM<br>> > Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] Pinnacle 800i driver problems<br>> ><br>> > On Jan 23, 2008 11:11 PM, superhappyfunball
<<a ymailto="mailto:superhappyfunball@gmail.com" href="mailto:superhappyfunball@gmail.com">superhappyfunball@gmail.com</a>><br>> > wrote:<br>> > ><br>> > > I have since gotten it running. Seems I was missing the XC
firmware for<br>> ><br>> > Glad to hear that. I guess it should have been mentioned earlier
that<br>> > the firmware is needed. In any event, I have updated the wiki page
at<br>> > <a target="_blank" href="http://linuxtv.org">linuxtv.org</a> with the relevant firmware downloading instruction so
we<br>> > can point anyone else to a page that explains all the necessary
pieces<br>> > to get the 800i working.<br>> ><br>> > > the tuner. I grabbed, extracted and reloaded the modules, and all
is<br>> > > well. Except for one thing:<br>> > ><br>> > > No sound. Now, it could just be ALSA issues. I know running
multiple<br>> > > soundcards can be an issue. Ideas?<br>> ><br>> > I assume you mean analog tv or analog input. The audio is via the<br>> > cx88-alsa module, which is working fine for me last time I tested.
You<br>> > need to grab the sound from the appropriate /dev/dsp? device. Do a<br>> > "cat /proc/asound/cards" and it will tell you what number(the "?")
to<br>> > use for your cx88-alsa device. Note that you might run into issues
if<br>> > your cx88-alsa grabs the index 0 for your sound cards. In that
case,<br>> > use module options to force the cx88-alsa to index 1 or 2 as
needed.<br>> > Index 0 should be reserved for your main sound card so your normal<br>> > software can use /dev/dsp (which they always default to).<br>> ><br>> > --<br>> > Chaogui Zhang<br>> ><br>> > Ok, I know I am really close now, but I am still having trouble.<br>> ><br>> > Here's what I did, and what I am getting. I extracted the xc5000
file,<br>> > moved it over to /lib/firmware, then I downloaded the lastest
v4l-dvb,<br>> sudo<br>> > make, sudo make install, and rebooted. My system came right back
online.<br>> I<br>> > have sound and a network connection. I went to mythtv back end,
and my<br>> card<br>> > was already selected, but when I go to scan channels, I get an
error. I<br>><br>> For people to be able to help you most effectively, next time when<br>> something goes wrong or errors happen, be sure to include *details*
of<br>> the errors, such as exactly what happened and what was the error<br>> message etc. If you don't provide such details, we would have to ask<br>> you to try to reproduce the error and report back, which obviously<br>> delays the process.<br>><br>> Also, when it is related to kernel drivers, it is almost always a
good<br>> idea to run "dmesg" and look at what relevant error or warning<br>> messages might be in there. If so, post that when you ask for help on<br>> the list.<br>><br>> So, I am really not sure what might have gone wrong at this point.<br>> Please post more details of the errors that you are seeing (for each<br>> tests you performed). Also, post the full dmesg output. I suggest you<br>> paste the dmesg output to <a target="_blank" href="http://pastebin.com">pastebin.com</a> and just send the link<br>> generated by <a target="_blank" href="http://pastebin.com">pastebin.com</a> to the list, because the dmesg output tend<br>> to be very long and I really want to see the FULL dmesg output (after<br>> the errors have occurred. Don't do dmesg before the errors, since
that<br>> won't tell us anything about the error.)<br>><br>> > started tvtime, went to scan for channels, nothing. I started
kaffeine,<br>> and<br>> > again, my card was there, but I cannot scan for channels. I know I
am so<br>> > close, but I don't know what to do from here.<br>> > On the plus side though, I am truly thankful for all the assistance
from<br>> > Chaogui and Steve.<br>> > Thanks again.<br>><br>> You are welcome.<br>><br>> Ok, here's my results from 'cat/proc/sound/card'<br>><br>> ed@ed-desktop:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards<br>> 0 [Live ]: EMU10K1 - SBLive! Value [SB0101]<br>> SBLive! Value [SB0101] (rev.7,
serial:0x80691102) at<br>> 0xb000, irq 20<br>><br>> 1 [CX8801 ]: CX88x - Conexant CX8801<br>> Conexant CX8801 at 0xe7000000<br>> 2 [V8237 ]: VIA8237 - VIA 8237<br>> VIA 8237 with ALC655 at 0xe800, irq 21<br>><br>> Here is the link from pastebin.<br>> <a href="http://pastebin.com/m4bb6cf59" target="_blank">http://pastebin.com/m4bb6cf59</a><br>> This link is for testing with tvtime. The error i got was no signal.<br>> Thanks again,<br>> Ed<br><br>Everything seems fine in the dmesg output. When you run tvtime and get<br>"no signal", which input were you on? Was it "Television", "Composite"<br>or "S-Video"? If you are trying to tune to an analog channel, make<br>sure you are on "Television".
You can change the input source by<br>pressing "i" on your keyboard when the tvtime window is active (the<br>on-screen display will show which input source it is on for a few<br>seconds). When you are in "Television", tune to a channel that you are<br>sure you have signal on by typing in the channel number and press<br>enter.<br><br>The sound would not work in tvtime unless you do "arecord -D hw:1,0 -f<br>dat | aplay" in another terminal (and keep it running there) before<br>running tvtime. This way you will get audio, but it will be out of<br>sync with the video, but it will at least tell you the card is<br>working. Then you can move onto other software that can handle the<br>audio better.<br><br>Ok, I did the arecord -D hw:1,0 -f dat | aplay in a fresh terminal, and then ran TVtime. I could get sound out if I had the source on composite. I still got no video on Television. I know the card is working, now I just have to figure out how
to get it working in something different than tvtime.<br>Thanks again.<br>Ed<br><br>-- <br>Chaogui Zhang<br></div><br></div></div><br>
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