On Saturday 07 January 2006 14:51, Walter Haidinger wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Jan 2006, Michael Freeman wrote:
> > what kind of hardware do you have?
>
> Mainboard: Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe with XP 2100+, 1GB RAM.
> Installed Cards: Matrox G450DH, PVR350, Pinnacle PCTV Pro, Promise
> Ultra100 TX2,SB Audigy, Adaptec 2940.
> See attached lspci -vv output for more details.
>
> PVR350 details:
> tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 48134, rev = J321, serial# = 2771457
> tveeprom: tuner = Philips FM1216 (idx = 21, type = 5)
> tveeprom: tuner fmt = PAL(B/G) (eeprom = 0x04, v4l2 = 0x00000007)
> tveeprom: audio processor = MSP4418 (type = 19)
> tveeprom: decoder processor = SAA7115 (type = 13)
>
> OS: SuSE 10.0 with custom (that is, vanilla) kernel (currently
> 2.6.15).
>
> Need any other info?
>
> > i got seized with this strange desire to upgrade a working
> > system...and now
>
> Same story here. All trouble started when I upgraded from
> 2.6.14.3/ivtv-0.4.0 to 2.6.14.5/ivtv-0.4.1.
>
> > tuner 1 of my pvr500 acts like there's no cable.
>
> Identical behaviour of my pvr350. However, the cable is good. Works
> if plugged into the PCTV Pro and the PVR350 under XP (different
> machine, though).
>
> Also, really odd ivtvctl -I output:
>
> # ivtvctl -I
> check SAA7115 input signal
> ioctl: Input detect failed (cannot read SAA regs)
> ioctl: Input detect failed (cannot read SAA regs)
> ioctl: VIDEO_STATUS = Bad
You are using the 0.4.0 ivtvctl with a 0.4.1 or later ivtv driver. Make
sure you are using matching ivtvctl and ivtv driver! (ivtvctl --version
reports the ivtv version for which it is compiled).
Hans
>
> SAA7115 reg[STATUS#1 - 0x1E] = 08
> Color Standard (D0-D1): BW/No color
> White peak loop (D2): Not activated
> Gain value for act.lum. (min) (D3): Limited
> Gain value for act.lum. (max) (D4): Not limited
> WIPA-mode slow-time constant (D5): Not activated
> Horizontal frequency (D6): Locked
> Field length (D7): Non-standard
>
> SAA7115 reg[STATUS#2 - 0x1F] = 08
> Ready for capture (D0): No
> Macrovision 7.01 (D1): No
> MV Colorstripe burst (D2): No
> MV Colorstripe burst type 3 (D3): Yes
> Input signal timebase (D4): Non-stable (VCR)
> Field frequency (D5): 50Hz
> H & V loops (D6): Locked
> Interlace (D7): Not detected
>
> I can only guess, but did 0.4.1 access the SAA7115 registers somehow
> differently, breaking earlier ivtv versions in turn too that do not
> touch those registers and leave it set in a "bad" state?
>
> > tuner 2 works just fine. i'm running a svn checkout from *today*
> > off the 0.4 branch. i started by upgrading to 0.4.1...that broke
> > everything.
>
> I can confirm that. An upgrade to 0.4.1 broke my card too!
> What is really annoying, even _downgrading_ to a previous working
> installation (for me 2.6.14.3/ivtv-0.4.0) does _not_ help... :-(
>
> Unfortunately several other people have similar troubles.
> Just check recent postings to the ivtv-users list.
>
> Regards, Walter
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