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From: Michael Sullivan <msulli1355@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Need help with pvrusb2
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:40:59
Message-Id: 4EA4A62F.5020100@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Need help with pvrusb2 by Neil Bothwick
1 On 10/23/11 18:15, Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:00:52 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote:
3 >
4 >>>> pvrusb2: request_firmware unable to locate fx2 controller file
5 >>>> v4l-pvrusb2-73xxx-01.fw
6 >>>
7 >>> Is this file present in /lib/firmware?
8 >
9 >> Nope:
10 >
11 > It should be obvious that this needs to be addressed before anything
12 > else.
13 >
14 >> How do I get that file?
15 >
16 > Putting the filename into Google gave me those instructions in the first
17 > link.
18 >
19 >
20
21
22 OK I've got the file:
23
24 michael@carter /lib/firmware $ ls v4l-pvrusb2-73xxx-01.fw
25 v4l-pvrusb2-73xxx-01.fw
26
27 It's still giving me the same errors though:
28
29 michael@carter /lib/firmware $ dmesg | grep pvrusb
30 pvrusb2: Hardware description: WinTV HVR-1950 Model 751xx
31 usbcore: registered new interface driver pvrusb2
32 pvrusb2: V4L in-tree version:Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-USB2 MPEG2 Encoder/Tuner
33 pvrusb2: Debug mask is 31 (0x1f)
34 pvrusb2: ***WARNING*** Device fx2 controller firmware seems to be missing.
35 pvrusb2: Did you install the pvrusb2 firmware files in their proper
36 location?
37 pvrusb2: request_firmware unable to locate fx2 controller file
38 v4l-pvrusb2-73xxx-01.fw
39 pvrusb2: Failure uploading firmware1
40 pvrusb2: Device initialization was not successful.
41 pvrusb2: Giving up since device microcontroller firmware appears to be
42 missing.