> At the pass through _some_ channels show perfect quality on analog > receiver. Can it be, that my LNB is just that much broken that it wont > support digital anymore? > At the time of the breakdown i did nothing to the delicate parts of the > system, so i can't imagine a software problem but if it were what could it > be?
Forget about the crap i wrote above - it _is_ a (Linux)-software problem! I remembered having windows still at one partition and checked both cards with the Siemens software and both worked just fine! (sigh) So what can happen to an installed driver (and kernel) i did'nt touch in months just between 2 reboots? the only symptom i have found is, that since the problem started vdr don't finds the video-device at the first try, reloads the driver and then at least runs. However - channels switching impossible. Her an excerpt from my syslog: Apr 11 21:24:38 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver VES1893 DVB demodulator registered. Apr 11 21:24:39 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: client [VES1893] registered to adapter [saa7146(1)](pos. 0). Apr 11 21:24:39 wonderbox kernel: VES1893: attaching VES1893 at 0x10 to adapter saa7146(1) Apr 11 21:24:39 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver VES1820 DVB demodulator registered. Apr 11 21:24:39 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver L64781 DVB demodulator registered. Apr 11 21:24:39 wonderbox kernel: init_SP8870: Apr 11 21:24:39 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver SP8870 DVB demodulator registered. Apr 11 21:24:39 wonderbox kernel: SP8870: no SP8870 found ... Apr 11 21:24:39 wonderbox kernel: SP8870: no SP8870 found ... Apr 11 21:24:39 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver tda8083 DVB demodulator registered. Apr 11 21:24:39 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver stv0299 DVB demodulator registered. Apr 11 21:24:39 wonderbox su: (to video) root on /dev/console Apr 11 21:24:39 wonderbox PAM-unix2[651]: session started for user video, service su Apr 11 21:24:39 wonderbox vdr[652]: VDR version 0.99 started Apr 11 21:24:39 wonderbox vdr[652]: loading /data1/videos/setup.conf Apr 11 21:24:40 wonderbox vdr[652]: loading /data1/videos/channels.conf Apr 11 21:24:40 wonderbox vdr[652]: loading /data1/videos/timers.conf Apr 11 21:24:40 wonderbox vdr[652]: loading /data1/videos/commands.conf Apr 11 21:24:40 wonderbox vdr[652]: loading /data1/videos/svdrphosts.conf Apr 11 21:24:40 wonderbox vdr[652]: probing /dev/ost/frontend0 Apr 11 21:24:40 wonderbox vdr[652]: ERROR: no video device found, giving up! Apr 11 21:24:40 wonderbox PAM-unix2[651]: session finished for user video, service su Apr 11 21:24:43 wonderbox kernel: dvb: 1 dvb(s) released. Apr 11 21:24:43 wonderbox kernel: VES1893: detach_client Apr 11 21:24:43 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: client [VES1893] unregistered. Apr 11 21:24:43 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: adapter unregistered: saa7146(1) Apr 11 21:24:43 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver unregistered: L64781 DVB demodulator Apr 11 21:24:43 wonderbox kernel: exit_SP8870: Apr 11 21:24:43 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver unregistered: SP8870 DVB demodulator Apr 11 21:24:43 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver unregistered: VES1820 DVB demodulator Apr 11 21:24:43 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver unregistered: VES1893 DVB demodulator Apr 11 21:24:43 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver unregistered: stv0299 DVB demodulator Apr 11 21:24:43 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver unregistered: tda8083 DVB demodulator Apr 11 21:24:44 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver VES1893 DVB demodulator registered. Apr 11 21:24:44 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver VES1820 DVB demodulator registered. Apr 11 21:24:44 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver L64781 DVB demodulator registered. Apr 11 21:24:44 wonderbox kernel: init_SP8870: Apr 11 21:24:44 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver SP8870 DVB demodulator registered. Apr 11 21:24:44 wonderbox kernel: SP8870: no SP8870 found ... Apr 11 21:24:44 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver tda8083 DVB demodulator registered. Apr 11 21:24:44 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: driver stv0299 DVB demodulator registered. Apr 11 21:24:45 wonderbox kernel: saa7146_core.o: saa7146(1): bus:0, rev:1, mem:0xccc64000. Apr 11 21:24:45 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: client [VES1893] registered to adapter [saa7146(1)](pos. 0). Apr 11 21:24:45 wonderbox kernel: VES1893: attaching VES1893 at 0x10 to adapter saa7146(1) Apr 11 21:24:45 wonderbox kernel: SP8870: no SP8870 found ... Apr 11 21:24:45 wonderbox kernel: i2c-core.o: adapter saa7146(1) registered as adapter 0. Apr 11 21:24:47 wonderbox kernel: dvb0: AV7111 - firm f0240009, rtsl b0250018, vid 71010068, app 00010002 Apr 11 21:24:47 wonderbox kernel: dvb: 1 dvb(s) found! Apr 11 21:24:48 wonderbox su: (to video) root on /dev/console Apr 11 21:24:48 wonderbox PAM-unix2[783]: session started for user video, service su Apr 11 21:24:48 wonderbox vdr[784]: VDR version 0.99 started Apr 11 21:24:48 wonderbox vdr[784]: loading /data1/videos/setup.conf Apr 11 21:24:48 wonderbox vdr[784]: loading /data1/videos/channels.conf Apr 11 21:24:48 wonderbox vdr[784]: loading /data1/videos/timers.conf Apr 11 21:24:48 wonderbox vdr[784]: loading /data1/videos/commands.conf Apr 11 21:24:48 wonderbox vdr[784]: loading /data1/videos/svdrphosts.conf Apr 11 21:24:48 wonderbox vdr[784]: probing /dev/ost/frontend0 Apr 11 21:24:48 wonderbox vdr[786]: EIT processing thread started (pid=786) - master Apr 11 21:24:48 wonderbox vdr[784]: found 1 video device Apr 11 21:24:48 wonderbox vdr[784]: setting primary DVB to 1 Apr 11 21:24:48 wonderbox vdr[784]: switching to channel 5 Apr 11 21:24:51 wonderbox vdr[784]: ERROR: channel 5 not sync'ed on DVB card 1! --- Then vdr can try to switch what it likes, it simply crashes. BTW, that is the first very mysterious thing i observed in 4 years of using Linux. -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
