[linux-dvb] Re: Recent CVS activity broke WinTV Nova-T (philips revision)

[Andrew de Quincey <adq_dvb@lidskialf.net>]

On Tuesday 09 Nov 2004 05:26, Andrew de Quincey wrote:
> On Monday 08 Nov 2004 14:19, Juergen Peitz wrote:
> > On Monday 08 November 2004 12:56, Richard Hamnett wrote:
> > > Hey there,
> > >
> > > I have been using the CVS drivers for months now, and they have always
> > > been great for me, however i updated the drivers a few days ago and
> > > installed the latest compiled modules. and i now get a problem whereby
> > > i can tzap to a channel for example, and get a lock in a few
> > > seconds.....but if i then leave it 10 seconds, and try to tzap to the
> > > channel again (or any other channel for that matter) i cannot get a
> > > lock .... the only way i can remedy the problem is to unload the
> > > tda1004x and budget_ci modules and re-insert them.
> > >
> > > Is anyone else experiencing the same problem?
> >
> > Same here. But it's only necessary to reload the budget_ci module to make
> > it working again, maybe this helps debugging.
> >
> > # tzap -a1 zdf
> > using '/dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter1/demux0'
> > reading channels from file '/root/.tzap/channels.conf'
> > tuning to 570000000 Hz
> > video pid 0x0221, audio pid 0x0222
> > status 00 | signal ffff | snr 0000 | ber 0001fffe | unc 00000003 |
> > status 00 | signal ffff | snr 0000 | ber 0001fffe | unc 00000000 |
> > status 00 | signal ffff | snr 0000 | ber 0001fffe | unc 00000000 |
> > ...
> >
> > Think this started just after the REFACTORING code was commited, before I
> > never had any problems with this card.
>
> Does it still do this if you set dvb_shutdown_timeout=0 as a dvb_core
> module parameter?

Actually, I've spotted the problem - just give CVS HEAD a go now.