[Bug 99120] Re: Missing frontend for avermedia dvb-t 771 (yet working for another 771 card)

2007-04-10 Thread Richard Brooklyn
** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.20 (Ubuntu) Status: Needs Info = Rejected -- Missing frontend for avermedia dvb-t 771 (yet working for another 771 card) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/99120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug

[Bug 99120] Re: Missing frontend for avermedia dvb-t 771 (yet working for another 771 card)

2007-04-10 Thread Phillip Lougher
Thanks for your detailed follow-up information, and I unfortunately recognise and appreciate your comment about work leaving little free time and energy :) It does seem odd both cards are working in each other's PCI slots. As you said, it may have been a loose card, or perhaps there is a subtle

[Bug 99120] Re: Missing frontend for avermedia dvb-t 771 (yet working for another 771 card)

2007-04-08 Thread Richard Brooklyn
Hi, Sorry to be taking so long with getting back to you. Work has left me with very little free time or energy recently. To confirm. Mandriva's kernel version shows as 2.6.17-13mdv in uname. I did some digging, with surprising results: When card one is installed on it's own: No issues. When

[Bug 99120] Re: Missing frontend for avermedia dvb-t 771 (yet working for another 771 card)

2007-04-02 Thread Richard Brooklyn
I get the exact same error message in Mandrive One LiveCD 2007.1 This this is either a hardware issue (in which case, I apologise for wasting time and bandwidth) or a kernel issue. Interestingly, the mt352_read_register error message appears in the same place (when I modprobe the dvb-bt8xx

[Bug 99120] Re: Missing frontend for avermedia dvb-t 771 (yet working for another 771 card)

2007-04-02 Thread Phillip Lougher
All DVB-T cards need a front end tuner (FET) to tune to the correct terrestrial multiplex, and then to convert the signal into something that can be de-multiplexed to obtain the desired audio/video MPEG streams. Unfortunately, there are a number of these FETs, all with different programming

[Bug 99120] Re: Missing frontend for avermedia dvb-t 771 (yet working for another 771 card)

2007-04-02 Thread Richard Brooklyn
Hello Phillip, Thank you for your lengthy reply. It's nice to see this bug is being taken seriously, despite my amateurish attempts at reporting it. Attached is the full dmesg report, as requested. I cannot confirm right now that it only happens on the second card. I'll have a play with