[linux-dvb] Re: Pinnacle PCTV Sat XE frontend (2.6.9 kernel)?

[eNTi <nt-@gmx.de>]

ok, found out for myself, after much trial and error. it seems one needs the i2c stuff as modules too, not compiled into the kernel directly.

On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 16:18:01 +0100
eNTi <nt-@gmx.de> wrote:

> hi everyone.
> 
> i'm just can't get this card to spit out anything useful. first of all i need to create the devices by hand each time:
> 
> sh /usr/share/doc/linuxtv-dvb-1.1.1/MAKEDEV-DVB.sh 
> 
> they are not automagically crated by udev, when i load the modules or something. i'm getting the device files then:
> 
> nt@eNTi $ ls /dev/dvb/* 
> /dev/dvb/adapter0: 
> audio0  ca0  demux0  dvr0  frontend0  net0  osd0  video0 
> 
> /dev/dvb/adapter1: 
> audio0  ca0  demux0  dvr0  frontend0  net0  osd0  video0 
> 
> /dev/dvb/adapter2: 
> audio0  ca0  demux0  dvr0  frontend0  net0  osd0  video0 
> 
> /dev/dvb/adapter3: 
> audio0  ca0  demux0  dvr0  frontend0  net0  osd0  video0 
> 	
> 
> but when i try to scan anything the following happens: 
> 
> Code:	
> 
> nt@eNTi $ ./dvbscan dvb-s/Astra-28.2E 
> scanning dvb-s/Astra-28.2E 
> using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' 
> main:1957: FATAL: failed to open '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0': 6 No such device or address 
> 	
> 
> it seems my modules are loaded correctly: 
> 
> Linux video capture interface: v1.00 
> bttv: driver version 0.9.15 loaded 
> bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture 
> bttv: Bt8xx card found (0). 
> PCI: Found IRQ 7 for device 0000:00:0b.0 
> PCI: Sharing IRQ 7 with 0000:00:0a.2 
> PCI: Sharing IRQ 7 with 0000:00:0b.1 
> PCI: Sharing IRQ 7 with 0000:00:11.2 
> PCI: Sharing IRQ 7 with 0000:00:11.4 
> bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:00:0b.0, irq: 7, latency: 32, mmio: 0xeb037000 
> bttv0: detected: Pinnacle PCTV Sat [card=94], PCI subsystem ID is 11bd:001c 
> bttv0: using: Pinnacle PCTV Sat [card=94,insmod option] 
> bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=009f00fc [init] 
> bttv0: using tuner=-1 
> bttv0: registered device video0 
> bttv0: registered device vbi0 
> bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok 
> bt878: AUDIO driver version 0.0.0 loaded 
> bt878: Bt878 AUDIO function found (0). 
> PCI: Found IRQ 7 for device 0000:00:0b.1 
> PCI: Sharing IRQ 7 with 0000:00:0a.2 
> PCI: Sharing IRQ 7 with 0000:00:0b.0 
> PCI: Sharing IRQ 7 with 0000:00:11.2 
> PCI: Sharing IRQ 7 with 0000:00:11.4 
> bt878(0): Bt878 (rev 17) at 00:0b.1, irq: 7, latency: 32, memory: 0xeb034000 
> attach: checking "ISA main adapter" 
> attach: checking "SMBus Via Pro adapter at 5000" 
> attach: checking "bt878 #0 [hw]" 
> find by pci: checking "bt878 #0 [hw]" 
> attach: "bt878 #0 [hw]", to card 0 
> DVB: registering new adapter (Pin). 
> DVB: registering frontend 0:0 (Conexant CX24110 with CX24108 tuner, aka HM1221/HM1811)... 
> 	
> can anyone give me a hint, please?
> -- 
> eNTi 
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