[vdr] Re: Problem with svdrp

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Jochen Knuth wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > > >
> > > > Try running VDR in foreground (without -d) and compiled with
> > > > DEBUG_OSD=1 (*without* REMOTE=NONE). Let's see what happens then.
> > >
> > > now i get this in the syslog:
> > > Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: VDR version 1.0.4 started
> ...
> > > Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: probing /dev/ost/frontend0
> > > Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: ERROR: can't open video device 0
> > > Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: probing /dev/ost/frontend1
> > > Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: found 1 video device
> > > Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: setting primary DVB to 1
> > > Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: reading EPG data from /video/epg.data
> > > Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: switching to channel 2
> > > Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: ERROR: attempt to set channel with
> > > unknown DVB frontend type
> > > Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: retrying
> ....
> >
> > Looks like VDR isn't able to determine the type of your DVB card.
> > What card are you using exactly?
> 
> it is a Siemens DVB-C, Version 1.3 without analog module.
> 
> The kernel log when loading the drivers is:
> Sep  3 13:12:54 jokp4 i2c-core.o: i2c core module
> Sep  3 13:12:54 jokp4 i2c-core.o: driver i2c TV tuner driver registered.
> Sep  3 13:12:54 jokp4 i2c-core.o: driver stv0299 DVB demodulator registered.
> Sep  3 13:12:54 jokp4 i2c-core.o: driver L64781 DVB demodulator registered.
> Sep  3 13:12:54 jokp4 i2c-core.o: driver VES1820 DVB demodulator registered.
> Sep  3 13:12:54 jokp4 i2c-core.o: driver VES1893 DVB demodulator registered.
> Sep  3 13:12:54 jokp4 PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 02:03.0
> Sep  3 13:12:54 jokp4 PCI: Sharing IRQ 5 with 00:1f.2
> Sep  3 13:12:54 jokp4 saa7146_core.o: saa7146(1): bus:2, rev:1,
> mem:0xe08a7000.
> Sep  3 13:12:54 jokp4 tuner: chip found @ 0x61
> Sep  3 13:12:54 jokp4 i2c-core.o: client [i2c tv tuner chip] registered to
> adapter [saa7146(1)](pos. 0).
> Sep  3 13:12:54 jokp4 VES1820: attaching VES1820 at 0x12
> Sep  3 13:12:54 jokp4 i2c-core.o: client [VES1820] registered to adapter
> [saa7146(1)](pos. 1).
> Sep  3 13:12:55 jokp4 VES1820: attached to adapter saa7146(1)
> Sep  3 13:12:55 jokp4 i2c-core.o: adapter saa7146(1) registered as adapter 0.
> Sep  3 13:12:55 jokp4 Linux video capture interface: v1.00
> Sep  3 13:12:56 jokp4 dvb0: AV7110 - firm 3e8cd39d, rtsl 4a9be0d4, vid
> c22ee0d4, app 3e8cd39d
> Sep  3 13:12:57 jokp4 dvb: 1 dvb(s) found!
> 
> > > Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: SVDRP listening on port 2001
> > >
> > > i can now telnet to localhost port 2001 and i get the osd. is it now
> > > possible to use kvdr with it? i  f i start kvdr i only see blocks with
> > > coloured/black pixels.
> >
> > VDR first needs to be able to detect your DVB card correctly.
> >
> > Klaus

Well, then I don't know why VDR isn't able to detect it correctly.
Looks like you'll have to do some debugging here...

Klaus
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