On Monday 28 August 2006 00:35, Matthew K. Lee wrote:
> On 8/27/06, Hans Verkuil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Sunday 27 August 2006 20:21, Eric Paynter wrote:
> > > I picked up a new Hauppauge PVR-500 this weekend, and, like many,
> > > I had the problem with video0 having the appearance of a very
> > > weak signal while video1 was fine. Digging through the archives,
> > > I found a thread with a patch:
> > >
> > > http://ivtvdriver.org/pipermail/ivtv-users/2006-June/002998.html
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, this patch is only good for ivtv 0.4.x series on
> > > kernel <= 2.6.15.
> > >
> > > I'm stuck with 2.6.17 because my wireless drivers are broken on
> > > 2.6.15. But there doesn't even exist a tuner.c file on which to
> > > try to apply the patch in those kernel sources. After digging
> > > around in the kernel code, I found that the affected code now
> > > resides in tuner-types.c.
> > >
> > > Note: This patch does *not* solve the fact that the tuner is
> > > mis-identified as a TCPN_2121P30A instead of a TCPN_2221P30A.
> > > Those changes where all over the map and I didn't want to break
> > > anything, so I made the simplest change possible, which fixed the
> > > problem, and now I'm not going to touch it. Rumour is that 2.6.18
> > > will have a fix included, so wait until then for the full fix.
> > > Here is the ridiculously simple patch that solves the immediate
> > > problem:
> >
> > Yes, the fix is in 2.6.18. And I actually suspect there is both a
> > TCPN_2121P30A and a TCPN_2221P30A, however I don't have solid proof
> > of it. If so, then they seem to behave pretty much identical. It
> > would be nice if someone can confirm that they have a PVR500 with a
> > TCPN_2121P30A as opposed to a TCPN_2221P30A.
> >
> > Hans
>
> Hans,
>
> What do you need to confirm this?
For someone to pull out their PVR500 card and gently peel off the label
on the tuner and see what model number is underneath.
Hans
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