Re: AverTV DVB T USB2 {-2.5} {-2.5} {-2.6} {-2.6}
- From: John Bowden <john.bowden43@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:33:45 +0000
On Monday 18 December 2006 23:46, Vini Engel wrote:
On Monday 18 December 2006 12:54, John Bowden wrote:Alas no. Well not yet as I will have a fiddle with it when I have time. I got
On Monday 18 December 2006 01:29, Vini Engel wrote:
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.
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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
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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
Yes leave it plugged in, (make sure its in a usb2 socket) you need to do
a reboot the first time to warm up the unit. Once you have done that the
blue light stays on even when you shut down the machine, like the mouse
and keyboard light stays on when the machine is powered down, well my
newer machines do. I have some old and ancient machines here! I'm off to
bed now but will follow the thread latter tomorrow. Good luck.
Hey John,
It worked, I must say that it is not making much sense to me though. As a
USB device it should start working when it is plugged into the port. I
think if we restart udev after the AverTV box is connected it may turn the
box on. Apart from having to restart my machine to make it work, everything
else looks very good. The image and sound are awesome and I can tune many
more channels than I could with my conventional TV.
The only thing that is not working though, is the remote control. Does
yours work at all?
Thanks
Vini
side tracked trying to get my Psion S5 talking to my FC box. When I have that
sorted I will have a fiddle with the remote control. The picture is a lot
clearer and more stable than it was in windoz, and I also have a few more TV
Chanel's. I can send you an off list email If I have any success with the
remote if you like.
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