On Friday 04 April 2008 19:09:00 Andy Walls wrote:
> Peter Stoffberg wrote:
> > lspci -nnv
> >
> > 06:09.0 Multimedia video controller [0400]: Conexant CX23418
> > Single-Chip MPEG-2 Encoder with Integrated Analog Video/Broadcast
> > Audio Decoder [14f1:5b7a]
> > Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device
> > [1179:0110] Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 20
> > Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64M]
> > Capabilities: <access denied>
>
> The 1179:0110 appears to be a Toshiba TTV500x PCI DVB-T/Analog Hybrid
> Tuner card.
>
> As Hans said about this card in January:
> > [...] unlikely to work without me knowing a lot more
> > about the hardware involved. Basically I need to have detailed
> > pictures + chip model numbers of the hardware: which tuner is used,
> > which memory chips are used, which other audio or whatever chips
> > are used...
> >
> > So you would have to open up your laptop and do all this first. And
> > it might be that there are some chips for which I have no
> > datasheet, in which case it's never going to work.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Hans
>
> If you have the *.inf file from the Windows driver, it can give clues
> as to how the CX23418 inputs are wired up, the I2C addresses used on
> the card, and maybe even GPIO settings and DDR configuration
> settings. So one could get started a card entry for this card in the
> cx18 driver. (BTW, Toshiba's EULA for the driver software, and I
> suppose the *.inf file too, looks a little unfriendly for those who
> wish to glean data from it.)
>
> However, you'd still need to physically look at the card to determine
> the audio digitizer/multiplexer chip (CS5345 or something else) and
> the analog and digital tuners in use.
>
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /var/log/dmesg | grep ivtv
> > [ 18.016000] cx18-0: card you have to the ivtv-devel mailinglist
> > (www.ivtvdriver.org)
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /var/log/dmesg | grep cx18
> > [ 18.016000] cx18: Start initialization, version 0.1.0
> > [ 18.016000] cx18-0: Initializing card #0
> > [ 18.016000] cx18-0: Unknown card: vendor/device: 14f1/5b7a
> > [ 18.016000] cx18-0: subsystem vendor/device:
> > 1179/0110 [ 18.016000] cx18-0: Defaulting to Hauppauge HVR-1600
> > card [ 18.016000] cx18-0: Please mail the vendor/device and
> > subsystem vendor/device IDs and what kind of
> > [ 18.016000] cx18-0: card you have to the ivtv-devel mailinglist
> > (www.ivtvdriver.org)
> > [ 18.016000] cx18-0: Prefix your subject line with [UNKNOWN CX18
> > CARD]. [ 18.016000] cx18-0: cx23418 revision 01010000 (B)
> > [ 18.176000] cx18-0: Invalid EEPROM
> > [ 37.724000] cs5345 0-004c: chip found @ 0x98 (cx18 i2c driver
> > #0-0) [ 37.724000] cx18-0: Disabled encoder IDX device
> > [ 37.724000] cx18-0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPEG (2
> > MB) [ 37.724000] cx18-0: Registered device video16 for TS (1 MB)
> > [ 37.724000] cx18_reg_dev() Calling DVB Register
> > [ 37.724000] cx18_dvb_register()
> > [ 37.724000] DVB: registering new adapter (cx18)
> > [ 38.084000] cx18: frontend initialization failed
> > [ 38.084000] cx18_reg_dev() DVB failed to register
> > [ 38.084000] cx18-0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV (2
> > MB) [ 38.084000] cx18-0: Registered device vbi0 for encoder VBI
> > (1 MB) [ 38.084000] cx18-0: Registered device video24 for encoder
> > PCM audio (1 MB)
> > [ 38.084000] cx18-0: Registered device radio0 for encoder radio
> > [ 38.084000] cx18-0: Initialized card #0: Hauppauge HVR-1600
> > [ 38.084000] cx18: End initialization
>
> Please don't use a simple grep to report information. Please provide
> all lines between "Start Initialization" and "End Initialization".
And in addition try to run a 'cat /dev/video0 >/dev/null', break it off
and check dmesg to see if the firmware was loaded. If not, then try to
load cx18 with the option cardtype=2 and cardtype=3 respectively and
see if either of these two variations will allow you to load the
firmware.
Regards,
Hans
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