<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 8:39:16 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, sudo<br>> make, sudo make install, and rebooted. My system came right back
online. I<br>> have sound and a network connection. I went to mythtv back end, and
my 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, 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>-- <br>Chaogui Zhang<br></div><br>Chaogui,<br>I don't know what my 2 year old son did, but last night I actually got 1 channel to show up via TVtime, but I did not have any sound associated with it. Of course, I am currently away from my system and cannot dive in more, but I will do the tests, and post the dmesg per your request when I get home tonight.<br>Ed<br></div></div><br>
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