[linux-dvb] Re: Need help getting firmware to load

[timkaiser@t-online.de (Tim Kaiser)]

I'm very fresh to this theme...
Just guessing......
There is written "file not found" in your dmesg output...
And the partitions are mounted *after* the kernel tries to register the card.
So my next step would be to compile the firmware direct into the kernel.

Am Donnerstag, 28. Oktober 2004 16:07 schrieb bob:
> Tim Kaiser wrote:
> >Hi Bob!
> >-Download the firmware from the server.
> >-Rename the file to " dvb-ttpci-01.fw"
> >-Copy the file to the location described in qconf
> >
> >Alternativ you can compile the firmware direct into the kernel.
> >But the steps above are the same
> >
> >Good luck
> >
> >Tim
> >
> >Am Donnerstag, 28. Oktober 2004 14:27 schrieb bob:
> >>Running gentoo 2.6.9 with dvb-ttpci compiled into the kernel. When the
> >>system boots I get the error message
> >>
> >>saa7146: register extension 'dvb'.
> >>ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:0a.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
> >>saa7146: found saa7146 @ mem d0810e00 (revision 1, irq 11)
> >> (0x13c2,0x0003). dvb-ttpci: cannot request firmware!
> >>file not found: dvb-ttpci-01.fw
> >>
> >>I've checked everything I can think of. Can someone help?
> >>
> >>the complete diary of what I've tried to get this running is at
> >>www.toadhaul.org/linux.php It includes a link to my current
> >>/usr/src/linux/.config file at the bottom
> >>
> >>thanks,
> >>bob
>
> I already copied
> http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvb/firmware/dvb-ttpci-01.fw-261c
> to dvb-ttpci-01.fw /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/dvb-ttpci-01.fw
>
> I also have already compiled the driver into the kernel. Here is my
> .config file:
> http://www.toadhaul.org/_config-2.6.9-1
>
> I've checked the hotplug stuff that I know about.
>
> fstab:  http://www.toadhaul.org/fstab.gentoo
> dmesg output:   http://www.toadhaul.org/dmesg.txt
>
> thanks again,
> bob