On Monday 18 December 2006 03:00, John Bowden wrote: > On Sunday 17 December 2006 14:35, Vini Engel wrote: > > John Bowden said the following on 17/12/06 15:56: > > > On Saturday 16 December 2006 20:26, John Bowden wrote: > > >> On Saturday 16 December 2006 14:15, John Bowden wrote: > > >>> On Saturday 16 December 2006 10:41, Markku Kolkka wrote: > > >>>> John Bowden kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika lauantai, 16. > > >>>> > > >>>> joulukuuta 2006 00:58): > > >>>>> Now I have the manufacturers windoz driver disk. What would > > >>>>> the firmware file look like, (file extension?) and if its not > > >>>>> on the disk where can I find it? > > >>>> > > >>>> You can download it from > > >>>> http://www.linuxtv.org/downloads/firmware/ > > >>>> > > >>>>> How do I tell FC to load it > > >>>>> preferably automatically at boot. > > >>>> > > >>>> Copy it to /lib/firmware. > > >>> > > >>> Did it the newbie way found a rpm on pbone.net after googleing ;-) > > >>> > > >>>>> Also where can I find > > >>>>> linux/Documentation/dvb/ would it be on my hard drive or on > > >>>>> Red Hats website? > > >>>> > > >>>> Install the kernel-doc package or see > > >>>> http://lxr.linux.no/source/Documentation/dvb/?v=2.6.18 > > >>> > > >>> I had all ready installed that package. It was late last night and > > >>> was not thinking clearly. Not quite sure what directory they are in. > > >>> > > >>>> -- > > >>>> Markku Kolkka > > >>>> markku.kolkka@xxxxxx > > >>> > > >>> After much tinkering I gave up at about 5am this morning and went to > > >>> bed, thinking a clear head would be more productive. Switched the > > >>> machine on this morning and hey presto the blue light on the us dvb > > >>> box came on. Fired up kaffeine and clicked on the dvb icon at the > > >>> intro window and it now sees the dvb box. Did a scan and found a long > > >>> list of channels. Yahoo! Now all I have to do is install the missing > > >>> codacs to view tv and listen to radio. ;-( -- > > >>> registered Linux user number 414240 > > >>> Guy Fawkes the only person to enter the Parliament with honest > > >>> intentions and he was going to blow them up ! > > >> > > >> Unit is now working after some fun and games with codacs! Now it won't > > >> work in windows and I see it has changed from a800 to a801, which is > > >> probably whats confusing windows > > >> -- > > >> registered Linux user number 414240 > > >> Guy Fawkes the only person to enter the Parliament with honest > > >> intentions and he was going to blow them up ! > > > > > > Latest update... > > > Linux seems to load a firmware to change the unit from a800 to a801, > > > which means windoz sees it as a new device during start up and can't > > > find any drivers for it (as its now a a801 not a800). I tried to > > > manually install the original ones off the disk and some updated ones > > > off the Avermedia's web site but windoz won't have it. I shut down the > > > pc and went and made a cup of tea. when I got back I noticed the usb > > > box still had its blue light on. It was still powered up! unplugging > > > the usb cable from the box powered it down and booting into windozs it > > > worked again. Rebooted into Fedora and it didnt work! Dmesg showed it > > > had been recognised and the firmware had been loaded, so rebooted back > > > into Fedora and its working. Just got to get the remote working now! > > > > Hey guys, > > > > I have the same DVB box but my one doesn't seem to work at all. The > > kernel modules get loaded fine and firmware is also being found by the > > modules. However the devices in /dev are not being created. > > > > I am running FC5 with Kernel 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5, I also tried on FC6 with > > the latest kernel default kernel and the devices were not created either. > > > > Would any of you have any ideas as to why it is not working? > > > > Thanks, > > Vini > > Do you run windoz as well, does it have any problems with it? Is the blue > light on the front of the box come on when running FC. What does dmesg say No I don't run windows and the blue light never comes on. This is what my dmesg says, there are also some usb messages that I couldn't find as I got these ones from the message log file and not the dmesg. dvb-usb: found a 'AVerMedia AverTV DVB-T USB 2.0 (A800)' in cold state, will try to load a firmware dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-avertv-a800-02.fw' Regards, Vini
