Re: PCTV 290e - assorted problems

2011-08-15 Thread Chris Rankin
--- On Mon, 15/8/11, Steve Kerrison wrote: > It depends on whether the problem is a weak signal or a too strong > signal. I suspect that the HD signal is too weak where I am, because I am in the transmitter's "green area". So it's possible that I'll have to wait until April before getting a dec

Re: PCTV 290e - assorted problems

2011-08-15 Thread Steve Kerrison
Hi Chris, Take a look at this breakdown of muxes on the crystal palace transmitter: http://www.ukfree.tv/txdetail.php?a=TQ339712 You'll see mixed power levels and FFT sizes. I have the same thing (albeit with a larger range of power levels) here in Mendip and as a result its very difficult to ge

Re: PCTV 290e - assorted problems

2011-08-15 Thread Steve Kerrison
That is most likely the em28xx locking bug. It'll happen when you plug a second em28xx device in, or plug one in for a second time. The steps you've shown include that process. Try doing `rmmod em28xx-dvb` before re-plugging the device. If that 'cures' it, you're a victim of the same problem. I'm

Re: PCTV 290e - assorted problems

2011-08-14 Thread Chris Rankin
>> INFO: task khubd:1100 blocked for more than 120 seconds. >> "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. >> khubd D 0 1100 2 0x >> 8801a694e930 0046 8801a691ffd8 8162b020 >> 00010280 f

Re: PCTV 290e - assorted problems

2011-08-14 Thread Antti Palosaari
On 08/15/2011 02:56 AM, Chris Rankin wrote: tuning status == 0x0f tuning status == 0x0f > WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!! > ERROR: initial tuning failed > dumping lists (0 services) > Done. > > Although it was working (briefly) on Saturday morning. > >> Have you tried it on Windows? > >

Re: PCTV 290e - assorted problems

2011-08-14 Thread Chris Rankin
--- On Mon, 15/8/11, Antti Palosaari wrote: > T 55400 8MHz + auto auto auto etc. > is enough. Hmm, not here it isn't: $ scandvb -u -vvv uk-CrystalPalace scanning uk-CrystalPalace using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' initial transponder 55400 0 9 9 6 2 4 4 >

PCTV 290e - assorted problems (cont)

2011-08-14 Thread Chris Rankin
Another thing I've noticed - a successful hotplug outputs the following messages into the dmesg log: DVB: registering new adapter (em28xx #0) DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Sony CXD2820R (DVB-T/T2))... DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 1 (Sony CXD2820R (DVB-C))... em28xx #0: Successfull

Re: PCTV 290e - assorted problems

2011-08-14 Thread Antti Palosaari
On 08/15/2011 02:20 AM, Chris Rankin wrote: > I've been experimenting with my new PCTV 290e DVB-T2 device this weekend, and > have a couple of observations. For example, the device sometimes has trouble > initialising itself: > INFO: task khubd:1100 blocked for more than 120 seconds. > "echo 0 >

PCTV 290e - assorted problems

2011-08-14 Thread Chris Rankin
Hi, I've been experimenting with my new PCTV 290e DVB-T2 device this weekend, and have a couple of observations. For example, the device sometimes has trouble initialising itself: usb 4-2: new high speed USB device number 4 using ehci_hcd em28xx: New device PCTV Systems PCTV 290e @ 480 Mbps (20