[linux-dvb] Re: Problems with WinTV NOVA-CI

[Nico Sabbi <nsabbi@tiscali.it>]

Stefan Taferner wrote:

> On Monday 06 December 2004 15:41, Werner Hauger wrote:
>  
> > Hi All
> >
> > I have a Hauppauge WinTV NOVA-CI DVB-S card with Irdeto Euro CAM which
> > works fine under Windoze with various applications. I'm trying to run
> > this setup on the standard 2.4.20 Redhat kernel using the dvb-kernel
> > (linux_2_4 branch) CVS drivers with budget CI code enabled.
> > Unfortunately at the moment I'm unable to upgrade or use a different
> > kernel because of some precompiled binary only RAID drivers. Now my
> > problems:
> >
> > 1. The card only delivers data after warm booting Linux from Windoze.
> > If I cold boot Linux, scan will fail with timeouts and xine finds no
> > data on /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0. However tuning with szap works (I get
> > a FE_HAS_LOCK). If I warm boot Linux after having been in Windoze,
> > scan works, and xine picks up data from /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 after
> > tuning with szap -r. Now I also can use VDR with the xine plugin
> > successfully.
> >    
> I have the same problem here.
>
> The other computer has a Nova and a Nexus, and there it works as expected.
> But the computer with only a Nova does need a reboot.
>
> To me it seems to be a known problem, but it also seems that up to now no
> developer cares   :-|
>
> --Stefan
>
>
>
>  
my Nova non CI (budget+stv0299) has exactly the opposite problems:
it works only after a cold boot. If I use it in windows and then reboot 
to linux
I can tune channels, but I can't get anything out of dvr0 .



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