Re: [gentoo-user] Cannot get TV Card to work

[Jamie Dobbs]

I get this output:

Gir ~ # v4lctl -v 1 setchannel 5 /dev/v4l/video0
vid-open: trying: v4l2-old...
vid-open: failed: v4l2-old
vid-open: trying: v4l2...
v4l2: open
v4l2: device info:
  saa7134 0.2.12 / Pinnacle PCTV Stereo (saa7134) @ PCI:0000:00:05.0
vid-open: ok: v4l2
freq: reading /usr/share/xawtv/Index.map
v4l2:   tuner cap: STEREO LANG1 LANG2
v4l2:   tuner rxs: MONO
v4l2:   tuner cur: MONO
cmd: "setchannel" "5" "/dev/v4l/video0"
v4l2: freq: 0.000
v4l2: close

W.Kenworthy wrote:

>The problem is almost sure to be the tuner card.  Try v4ctl with debug
>set to check for errors when tuning. (you will need xawtv installed)
>
>rattus ~ # v4lctl -v 1 setchannel 2 /dev/v4l/video0
>vid-open: trying: v4l2-old...
>vid-open: failed: v4l2-old
>vid-open: trying: v4l2...
>v4l2: open
>v4l2: device info:
>  bttv 0.9.15 / BT848 video (MIRO PCTV) @ PCI:0000:00:06.0
>vid-open: ok: v4l2
>freq: reading /usr/share/xawtv/Index.map
>v4l2:   tuner cap:
>v4l2:   tuner rxs: MONO
>v4l2:   tuner cur: MONO
>cmd: "setchannel" "2" "/dev/v4l/video0"
>v4l2: freq: 0.000
>v4l2: close
>rattus ~ # qpkg -f `which v4lctl`
>media-tv/xawtv *
>rattus ~ #
>
>(Note that I cant check the full args as I only have ssh access at work)
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>BillK
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>On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 16:49 +1200, Jamie Dobbs wrote:
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>>>Jamie. we seem to be following each other around the mailing lists. CLUG,
>>>mythtv, now here.
>>>
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>>True, and I always appreciate the help you offer :-)
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>>>You seem to have all the modules loaded, what is not working?
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>>I cannot tune in to any channels
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>>>is there a /dev/video/video0?
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>>Yes:
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>>jamie@Gir ~ $ ls -lah /dev/video0
>>lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 10 Jul 19 14:00 /dev/video0 -> v4l/video0
>>jamie@Gir ~ $ ls /dev/v4l/video0 -lah
>>crw-rw----  1 root video 81, 0 Jul 19 14:00 /dev/v4l/video0
>>jamie@Gir ~ $
>>
>>(the permissions on /dev/v4l/video0 don't look right to me and I do get an
>>error that /dev/video0 is not accessible when trying to run xawtv as any
>>user other than root)
>>
>>
>>
>>>does xawtv -c /dev/video/video0 give any output?
>>>
>>>
>>I will try this later tonight when I get home.
>>
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>>>On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 14:20:48 +1200 (NZST)
>>>Jamie Dobbs wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I've been working on this for several days but do not seem to make any
>>>>progress.
>>>>I have a Pinnacle PCTV Stereo card which is based on the Philips saa7134
>>>>chip. I have recomipled my kernel (2.6.12-gentoo-r6) to include the
>>>>saa7134 module and i2c support as a module.
>>>>
>>>>lsmod output :
>>>>
>>>>Module                  Size  Used by
>>>>tda9887                13144  0
>>>>saa7134               102996  0
>>>>tuner                  26920  0
>>>>video_buf              17924  1 saa7134
>>>>v4l2_common             5184  1 saa7134
>>>>v4l1_compat            14084  1 saa7134
>>>>ir_common               6660  1 saa7134
>>>>videodev                7808  1 saa7134
>>>>
>>>>Relevant entries added to my /etc/modules.conf after modules-update is
>>>>run:
>>>>(I am in New Zealand and know that card number and tuner number are
>>>>correct as I have had this card working in Mandrake 10.1 a week or so
>>>>ago)
>>>>
>>>>### modules-update: start processing /etc/modules.d/saa7134
>>>>options saa7134 card=26 tuner=5 oss=1
>>>>
>>>>### modules-update: end processing /etc/modules.d/saa7134
>>>>
>>>>### modules-update: start processing /etc/modules.d/tda9887
>>>>options tda9887 qss=0
>>>>
>>>>### modules-update: end processing /etc/modules.d/tda9887
>>>>
>>>>My Kernel .config file can be found at
>>>>http://drgnfire.orcon.net.nz/kernel_config
>>>>
>>>>I'd appreciate any feedback on what I might be doing wrong that is
>>>>causing
>>>>the TV Card not to work.
>>>>
>>>>Once I have the card working my aim is to build a MythTV box using this
>>>>card, so any pointers on this would also be appreciated (especially from
>>>>anyone in New Zealand who has experience in this area).
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>
>>>>Jamie
>>>>
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