[linux-dvb] Re: card broken?

[Guido Fiala <gfiala@s.netic.de>]

> At the pass through _some_ channels show perfect quality on analog
> receiver. Can it be, that my LNB is just that much broken that it wont
> support digital anymore?
> At the time of the breakdown i did nothing to the delicate parts of the
> system, so i can't imagine a software problem but if it were what could it
> be?

Forget about the crap i wrote above - it _is_ a (Linux)-software problem!
I remembered having windows still at one partition and checked both cards 
with the Siemens software and both worked just fine! (sigh)

So what can happen to an installed driver (and kernel) i did'nt touch in 
months just between 2 reboots?
the only symptom i have found is, that since the problem started vdr don't 
finds the video-device at the first try, reloads the driver and then at least 
runs. However - channels switching impossible.

Her an excerpt from my syslog:
Apr 11 21:24:38 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver VES1893 DVB demodulator 
registered.
Apr 11 21:24:39 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: client [VES1893] registered to 
adapter [saa7146(1)](pos. 0).
Apr 11 21:24:39 wonderbox kernel: VES1893: attaching VES1893 at 0x10 to 
adapter saa7146(1)
Apr 11 21:24:39 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver VES1820 DVB demodulator 
registered.
Apr 11 21:24:39 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver L64781 DVB demodulator 
registered.
Apr 11 21:24:39 wonderbox kernel: init_SP8870:
Apr 11 21:24:39 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver SP8870 DVB demodulator 
registered.
Apr 11 21:24:39 wonderbox kernel: SP8870: no SP8870 found ...
Apr 11 21:24:39 wonderbox kernel: SP8870: no SP8870 found ...
Apr 11 21:24:39 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver tda8083 DVB demodulator 
registered.
Apr 11 21:24:39 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver stv0299 DVB demodulator 
registered.
Apr 11 21:24:39 wonderbox su: (to video) root on /dev/console
Apr 11 21:24:39 wonderbox PAM-unix2[651]: session started for user video, 
service su
Apr 11 21:24:39 wonderbox vdr[652]: VDR version 0.99 started
Apr 11 21:24:39 wonderbox vdr[652]: loading /data1/videos/setup.conf
Apr 11 21:24:40 wonderbox vdr[652]: loading /data1/videos/channels.conf
Apr 11 21:24:40 wonderbox vdr[652]: loading /data1/videos/timers.conf
Apr 11 21:24:40 wonderbox vdr[652]: loading /data1/videos/commands.conf
Apr 11 21:24:40 wonderbox vdr[652]: loading /data1/videos/svdrphosts.conf
Apr 11 21:24:40 wonderbox vdr[652]: probing /dev/ost/frontend0
Apr 11 21:24:40 wonderbox vdr[652]: ERROR: no video device found, giving up!
Apr 11 21:24:40 wonderbox PAM-unix2[651]: session finished for user video, 
service su
Apr 11 21:24:43 wonderbox kernel: dvb: 1 dvb(s) released.
Apr 11 21:24:43 wonderbox kernel: VES1893: detach_client
Apr 11 21:24:43 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: client [VES1893] unregistered.
Apr 11 21:24:43 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: adapter unregistered: saa7146(1)
Apr 11 21:24:43 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver unregistered: L64781 DVB 
demodulator
Apr 11 21:24:43 wonderbox kernel: exit_SP8870:
Apr 11 21:24:43 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver unregistered: SP8870 DVB 
demodulator
Apr 11 21:24:43 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver unregistered: VES1820 
DVB demodulator
Apr 11 21:24:43 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver unregistered: VES1893 
DVB demodulator
Apr 11 21:24:43 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver unregistered: stv0299 
DVB demodulator
Apr 11 21:24:43 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver unregistered: tda8083 
DVB demodulator
Apr 11 21:24:44 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver VES1893 DVB demodulator 
registered.
Apr 11 21:24:44 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver VES1820 DVB demodulator 
registered.
Apr 11 21:24:44 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver L64781 DVB demodulator 
registered.
Apr 11 21:24:44 wonderbox kernel: init_SP8870:
Apr 11 21:24:44 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver SP8870 DVB demodulator 
registered.
Apr 11 21:24:44 wonderbox kernel: SP8870: no SP8870 found ...
Apr 11 21:24:44 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver tda8083 DVB demodulator 
registered.
Apr 11 21:24:44 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver stv0299 DVB demodulator 
registered.
Apr 11 21:24:45 wonderbox kernel: saa7146_core.o: saa7146(1): bus:0, rev:1, 
mem:0xccc64000.
Apr 11 21:24:45 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: client [VES1893] registered to 
adapter [saa7146(1)](pos. 0).
Apr 11 21:24:45 wonderbox kernel: VES1893: attaching VES1893 at 0x10 to 
adapter saa7146(1)
Apr 11 21:24:45 wonderbox kernel: SP8870: no SP8870 found ...
Apr 11 21:24:45 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: adapter saa7146(1) registered 
as adapter 0.
Apr 11 21:24:47 wonderbox kernel: dvb0: AV7111 - firm f0240009, rtsl 
b0250018, vid 71010068, app 00010002
Apr 11 21:24:47 wonderbox kernel: dvb: 1 dvb(s) found!
Apr 11 21:24:48 wonderbox su: (to video) root on /dev/console
Apr 11 21:24:48 wonderbox PAM-unix2[783]: session started for user video, 
service su
Apr 11 21:24:48 wonderbox vdr[784]: VDR version 0.99 started
Apr 11 21:24:48 wonderbox vdr[784]: loading /data1/videos/setup.conf
Apr 11 21:24:48 wonderbox vdr[784]: loading /data1/videos/channels.conf
Apr 11 21:24:48 wonderbox vdr[784]: loading /data1/videos/timers.conf
Apr 11 21:24:48 wonderbox vdr[784]: loading /data1/videos/commands.conf
Apr 11 21:24:48 wonderbox vdr[784]: loading /data1/videos/svdrphosts.conf
Apr 11 21:24:48 wonderbox vdr[784]: probing /dev/ost/frontend0
Apr 11 21:24:48 wonderbox vdr[786]: EIT processing thread started (pid=786) - 
master
Apr 11 21:24:48 wonderbox vdr[784]: found 1 video device
Apr 11 21:24:48 wonderbox vdr[784]: setting primary DVB to 1
Apr 11 21:24:48 wonderbox vdr[784]: switching to channel 5
Apr 11 21:24:51 wonderbox vdr[784]: ERROR: channel 5 not sync'ed on DVB card 
1!
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Then vdr can try to switch what it likes, it simply crashes.

BTW, that is the first very mysterious thing i observed in 4 years of using 
Linux.


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