On Monday 18 December 2006 12:20, John Bowden wrote: > On Monday 18 December 2006 01:01, Vini Engel wrote: > > 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' > > When you boot FC before you log in do a reboot and then log in. You should > find the blue light comes on and stays on even when machine is shut down. > You should only need to do this once as long as the machine is left plugged > into the mains and the mains is switched on. Then after doing the second > boot it gives this: > > dvb-usb: AVerMedia AverTV DVB-T USB 2.0 (A800) successfully initialized > and connected. > usbcore: registered new driver dvb_usb_a800 So what you are saying is that my AverTV box will only work if I start up my machine with it connected to the USB port. If I just plug it won't work straight away, is it correct? Regards, Vini
