Put the firmware files in /lib/firmware/`uname -r`/ This worked for me.
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On May 15, 2006, at 1:32 PM, Dave M G wrote: > IVTV Users, > > I am trying to get my Hauppauge PVR-150 to work with Ubuntu Dapper > Drake > 6.06. > > My goal is to simply be able to get TV signals into the Tvtime > application, and see television within my desktop environment. I > have no > intention of setting up a full MythTV environment. > > I've followed the instructions here, which are for Ubuntu Breezy 5.10, > but I had hoped that they would be similar enough, as there do not > seem > to be instructions on the net specific to Dapper: > http://hyams.webhop.net/mythtv/myth_ubuntu.html > > Essentially, when I run dmesg it says "failed loading encoder > firmware". > > This error seems to be common, but the solutions I have found on the > web, which all involve copying files from one place to another, don't > seem to work for me. > > These are some of the copy commands that have been suggested: > sudo cp v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware > sudo ln -s /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw > /usr/local/lib/hotplug/firmware/ > > I am very much a newbie to these issues, so what is being copied where > and why is very opaque to me, despite the explanations I've seen. > > Can someone please explain to me in simple terms what I might do to > solve this problem? Or point me to a howto that is suitable for > newbies? > > I have a feeling that this error is just a matter of copying the right > files to the right place appropriate for my distribution. I hope > someone > can shed light on what must be done for Dapper. > > Thank you for any help. The error output from dmesg is below. > > [4343138.885000] ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV > =================== = > [4343138.885000] ivtv: version 0.4.4 (tagged release) loading > [4343138.885000] ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.15-22-686 SMP preempt > 686 gcc-4.0 > [4343138.885000] ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug > info betwee n > [4343138.885000] ivtv: the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, > along with > [4343138.885000] ivtv: any module options, when mailing the ivtv- > users > mailingl ist. > [4343138.885000] ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card (cx23416 > based) > [4343138.886000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:0a.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, > low) -> I RQ 58 > [4343138.937000] tveeprom: ivtv version > [4343138.937000] tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 26052, rev = C199, > serial# > = 79380 73 > [4343138.937000] tveeprom: tuner = TCL 2002N 5H (idx = 99, type = 50) > [4343138.937000] tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = > 0x00001000 ) > [4343138.937000] tveeprom: audio processor = CX25843 (type = 25) > [4343138.937000] tveeprom: decoder processor = CX25843 (type = 1e) > [4343138.937000] ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, > addr=50] > [4343138.985000] tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv > i2c > driver # 0 > [4343138.985000] ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner > unset), > addr=61] > [4343139.177000] cx25840 3-0044: cx25843-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c > driver #0) > [4343139.241000] cx25840 3-0044: unable to open firmware v4l- > cx25840.fw > [4343139.308000] ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=cx25840, > addr=44] > [4343139.337000] wm8775 3-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #0) > [4343139.347000] ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=wm8775, > addr=1b] > [4343140.003000] ivtv0: unable to open firmware v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw > [4343140.003000] ivtv0: did you put the firmware in the hotplug > firmware > directo ry? > [4343140.003000] ivtv0 warning: failed loading encoder firmware > [4343140.003000] ivtv0 warning: Error loading firmware -3! > [4343140.003000] ivtv0: Error -3 initializing firmware. > [4343140.006000] ivtv0: Error -12 on initialization > [4343140.006000] ivtv: probe of 0000:01:0a.0 failed with error -12 > [4343140.006000] ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV > =================== > > > -- > Dave M G > > _______________________________________________ > ivtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
