On 6/11/05, Mercury Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/11/05, Robert Tsai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 03:26:25PM -0500, Mercury Morris wrote: > > > After a bit of work installing kernel 2.6.12-rc6 and an HD-3000 > > > card, I'm able to watch HDTV using only the DVB driver that comes > > > with that kernel. Nothing from the pcHDTV website was installed. > > > > > > But the gyrations I have to go thru to get the card up and running > > > seem very primitive. Here's what I do, all by hand after the system > > > boots: > > > > > > As root, modprobe cx88-dvb > > > > > > As mythtv, azap kmsp > > > > > > Right after the azap command, there is a short delay while the > > > firmware is uploaded, then the signal is displayed and the happy > > > string, "FE_HAS_LOCK" is typed out! > > > > > > The system log has all the details. > > > > > > But there must be a much, much smoother way to get the firmware > > > uploaded. The "modprobe cx88-dvb" command can be put into > > > /etc/rc.d/rc.local, which will smooth-out that part of it. But > > > that's not enough to get the firmware loaded. > > > > > > How else might the firmware be uploaded, without having to manually > > > enter a command, such as "azap kmsp" ? > > > > I just stuck "cx88-dvb" into my /etc/modules (list of modules to > > automatically at system startup). The firmware seems to get > > automatically loaded just fine. > > > > Your distro may use a different convention (my system is > > debian/ubuntu). > > Thanks Rob, > > I'm using Fedora Core 3, with the aforementioned added > kernel 2.6.12.-rc6. Surely, the debian/ubuntu folks have > done the extra work to make it a bit easier to use the DVB > driver with less manual work - nice for you debian users !
Well, here's part of an answer. After a re-boot of the system, as root I issued the command, modprobe cx88-dvb. That went OK, nothing unusual. Then instead of trying the azap kmsp command, I started the backend with /etc/rc.d/init.d/mythbackend start and the firmware loaded - I have no idea how !! Does anyone have an idea what the backend does to get the firmware loaded into the HD-3000 ? Is the backend even involved ? Sometimes, even a blind squirrel finds an acorn. -- MM _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
