The problem didn't seem to be fixed by Lee's workaround after all. Anyway, I recently migrated to Lucid and assumed bu the fast boot that the problem was gone. However, my syslog says:
May 16 19:18:51 Internetdatorn kernel: [ 17.560017] tda1004x: timeout waiting for DSP ready May 16 19:18:51 Internetdatorn kernel: [ 17.600011] tda1004x: found firmware revision 0 -- invalid May 16 19:18:51 Internetdatorn kernel: [ 17.600016] tda1004x: waiting for firmware upload... May 16 19:18:51 Internetdatorn kernel: [ 17.600023] saa7134 0000:00:09.0: firmware: requesting dvb-fe-tda10046.fw May 16 19:18:51 Internetdatorn kernel: [ 17.617613] saa7134 0000:00:09.0: firmware: requesting dvb-fe-tda10045.fw May 16 19:18:51 Internetdatorn kernel: [ 17.620680] tda1004x: no firmware upload (timeout or file not found?) May 16 19:18:51 Internetdatorn kernel: [ 17.620686] tda1004x: firmware upload failed Contrary to in Karmic, it doesn't seem to cost me much time, though. -- tda1004x: timeout waiting for DSP ready https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/486264 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mythbuntu Bug Team, which is subscribed to mythtv in ubuntu. Status in “mythtv” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Binary package hint: mythtv MythTV causes problem with DVB-T card firmware. Symptoms are as follows: 1) After mythtv installation everything works fine for many restarts (few days) 2) Suddenly, firmware is not loaded. dmesg gives tda1004x: timeout waiting for DSP ready tda1004x: found firmware revision 80 -- invalid tda1004x: firmware upload failed 3) Uninstall and reinstall of mythtv package revert this state so card (and mythtv) is working again well. dmesg gives tda1004x: found firmware revision 20 -- ok I repeated this 1-2-3 cycle three or four times since karmic-koala install. =========================== Using: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala mythtv 0.22.0 (both backend and frontend) tv card: AVerTV Digi Super 007 [Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7131/SAA7133/SAA7135 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev d1)] firmware: /lib/firmware/dvb-fe-tda10046.fw installed from linux-firmware-nonfree package _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu-bugs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
