RE: [gentoo-user] OT - Need help getting MythTV to work withnew(er) kernel

[Rik van de Bovenkamp]

Hi,

In kernel config (at least in 2.6.15) there is an option to support the Philips SAA7115. That's the point where you get you're first error message.
I only got the ivtv driver to work ok in 2.6.15 after enabling the SAA7115 support. (I do not have my linux box at hand now so I cannot exactly tell you were the option is in the kernel config but it is somewhere like Device drivers > multimedia shit > v4L > extra or additonell drivers or so. There you have to options and when you choose for help (in make menuconfig) you will see the supp. For SAA7115 mentioned).
If you cannot find let me know I'll take a look tonight.

Sorry, when I mentioned XX.XXX in the ivtv command I meant : replace this by an actual frequency where there is a tv station.

Bye

Rik

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Sullivan [mailto:michael@××××××××××××.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 5:05 PM
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] OT - Need help getting MythTV to work withnew(er) kernel

On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 09:03 +0100, Rik van de Bovenkamp wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If you check dmesg, is everything OK loading ivtv?
> You should see the ivtv messages between two ======== lines.
> Using diff to compare the dmesg output for different kernels has led me to getting things to work.

I booted with my old kernel and copied the ivtv stuff from dmesg into a
file.  Here it is:

michael@camille ~ $ cat ivtv-2.6.14-r5
ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
ivtv:  version 0.4.2 (tagged release) loading
ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.14-gentoo-r5 SMP 486 gcc-3.4
ivtv:  In case of problems please include the debug info between
ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
ivtv:  any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 250 card (cx23416 based)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:05:00.0[A] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
tveeprom: ivtv version
tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 32552, rev = C168, serial# = 8059944
tveeprom: tuner = LG TAPE H001F MK3 (idx = 68, type = 47)
tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000)
tveeprom: audio processor = MSP4448 (type = 1b)
tveeprom: decoder processor = SAA7115 (type = 13)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]
tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
saa7115 0-0021: ivtv driver
saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=saa7115, addr=21]
msp3400 0-0040: ivtv driver
msp3400 0-0040: chip=MSP4448G-A2 +nicam +simple +simpler +radio
mode=simpler
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=MSP4448G-A2, addr=40]
msp3400 0-0040: msp34xxg daemon started
tda9887 0-0043: (ivtv) chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tda9887, addr=43]
ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB
total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
tuner: type set to 47 (LG NTSC (TAPE series)) by ivtv i2c driver #0
ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 250, card #0
ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================

michael@camille ~ $

Then I booted with the new kernel and did the same thing.  Here it is:

michael@camille ~ $ cat ivtv-2.6.15-r1
ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
ivtv:  version 0.4.2 (tagged release) loading
ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 SMP 486 gcc-3.4
ivtv:  In case of problems please include the debug info between
ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
ivtv:  any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 250 card (cx23416 based)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:05:00.0[A] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]
tveeprom 0-0050: Hauppauge model 32552, rev C168, serial# 8059944
tveeprom 0-0050: tuner model is LG TAPE H001F MK3 (idx 68, type 47)
tveeprom 0-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
tveeprom 0-0050: audio processor is MSP4448 (idx 27)
tveeprom 0-0050: decoder processor is SAA7115 (idx 19)
tveeprom 0-0050: has radio, has no IR remote
tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
ivtv0: Failed to load module saa7115
ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0x8004646b!
msp3400 0-0040: chip=MSP4448G-A2 +nicam +simple +simpler +radio
mode=simpler
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=MSP4448G-A2, addr=40]
msp3400 0-0040: msp34xxg daemon started
tda9887 0-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tda9887, addr=43]
ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB
total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
tuner 0-0061: type set to 47 (LG NTSC (TAPE series))
ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0x40085618!
ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0xc0045627!
ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0x40085618!
ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0x40045613!
ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0x40045612!
ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 250, card #0
ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================

michael@camille ~ $


And here's the diff:

michael@camille ~ $ diff ivtv-2.6.14-r5 ivtv-2.6.15-r1
3c3
< ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.14-gentoo-r5 SMP 486 gcc-3.4
---
> ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 SMP 486 gcc-3.4
10,15d9
< tveeprom: ivtv version
< tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 32552, rev = C168, serial# = 8059944
< tveeprom: tuner = LG TAPE H001F MK3 (idx = 68, type = 47)
< tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000)
< tveeprom: audio processor = MSP4448 (type = 1b)
< tveeprom: decoder processor = SAA7115 (type = 13)
17c11,17
< tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
---
> tveeprom 0-0050: Hauppauge model 32552, rev C168, serial# 8059944
> tveeprom 0-0050: tuner model is LG TAPE H001F MK3 (idx 68, type 47)
> tveeprom 0-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
> tveeprom 0-0050: audio processor is MSP4448 (idx 27)
> tveeprom 0-0050: decoder processor is SAA7115 (idx 19)
> tveeprom 0-0050: has radio, has no IR remote
> tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
19,22c19,20
< saa7115 0-0021: ivtv driver
< saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
< ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=saa7115, addr=21]
< msp3400 0-0040: ivtv driver
---
> ivtv0: Failed to load module saa7115
> ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0x8004646b!
26c24
< tda9887 0-0043: (ivtv) chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
---
> tda9887 0-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
35c33,38
< tuner: type set to 47 (LG NTSC (TAPE series)) by ivtv i2c driver #0
---
> tuner 0-0061: type set to 47 (LG NTSC (TAPE series))
> ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0x40085618!
> ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0xc0045627!
> ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0x40085618!
> ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0x40045613!
> ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0x40045612!
michael@camille ~ $

As you can see, there was a failure to load module saa7115 and several
warnings about client addresses not being found, among other things.  I
have no idea why these things are happening or how to fix them...


> When you do a ivtv-tune -f xxx.xx   to set frequency.

camille ~ # ivtv-tune -f xxx.xx
/dev/video0: 0.000 MHz  (Signal Detected)

> After that cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg and you playback test.mpg is that OK (or you do mplayer /dev/video0)

camille ~ # cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg

camille ~ # ls -lh test.mpg
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 0 Mar 14 11:03 test.mpg

Nothing.  What should I do now?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Sullivan [mailto:michael@××××××××××××.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 7:39 PM
> To: gentoo-user
> Subject: [gentoo-user] OT - Need help getting MythTV to work with new(er) kernel
>
> I had MythTV working perfectly with linux-2.6.14-gentoo-r5.  I've tried
> to upgrade to linux-2.6.15-gentoo-r1 using genkernel and basing the
> newer kernel's configuration off of the older one.  I've booted with the
> new kernel, remerged ivtv and rebooted again with the new kernel, but
> still I cannot watch LiveTV in mythfrontend.  Here's the output of
> mythbackend.log:
>
> camille ~ # cat /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log
> Starting up as the master server.
>
> It is current (I stopped mythbackend, deleted the old mythbackend.log,
> restarted syslog-ng and then mythbackend.)  When I start mythfrontend
> and ask to watch LiveTV, all I see is the blank screen.  Here is the
> output of running mythfrontend from my terminal:
>
> michael@camille ~ $ mythfrontend
> 2006-03-13 13:30:34.209 New DB connection, total: 1
> Total desktop width=1024, height=768, numscreens=1
> 2006-03-13 13:30:34.229 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
> 2006-03-13 13:30:34.249 mythfrontend version: 0.18.1.20050510-1
> www.mythtv.org
> 2006-03-13 13:30:34.250 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
> 2006-03-13 13:30:34.526 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T.)
> mythtv: could not connect to socket
> mythtv: No such file or directory
> lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
> 2006-03-13 13:30:34.952 Joystick disabled.
> 2006-03-13 13:30:35.069 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
> 2006-03-13 13:30:40.671 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2006-03-13 13:30:40.710 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.1.3:6543
> (try 1 of 5)
> 2006-03-13 13:30:40.733 Using protocol version 15
> 2006-03-13 13:30:40.890 Using protocol version 15
> 2006-03-13 13:30:46.209 taking too long to be allowed to read..
> 2006-03-13 13:30:51.213 taking too long to be allowed to read..
> 2006-03-13 13:31:00.218 Waited 4 seconds for data to become available,
> waiting again...
> 2006-03-13 13:31:04.222 Waited 4 seconds for data to become available,
> waiting again...
> 2006-03-13 13:31:08.226 Waited 4 seconds for data to become available,
> waiting again...
> 2006-03-13 13:31:12.230 Waited 4 seconds for data to become available,
> waiting again...
> 2006-03-13 13:31:16.234 Waited 4 seconds for data to become available,
> waiting again...
> 2006-03-13 13:31:20.238 Waited 4 seconds for data to become available,
> waiting again...
> 2006-03-13 13:31:24.242 Waited 4 seconds for data to become available,
> waiting again...
> 2006-03-13 13:31:28.246 Waited 4 seconds for data to become available,
> waiting again...
> 2006-03-13 13:31:28.247 Waited 14 seconds for data to become available,
> aborting
> Couldn't read file: rbuf://192.168.1.3:6543/mnt/store//ringbuf1.nuv
> 2006-03-13 13:31:28.303 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> 2006-03-13 13:31:28.303 Decoder not alive, and trying to play..
> 2006-03-13 13:31:48.307 ReadStringList timeout (quick).
> Remote encoder not responding.
> 2006-03-13 13:31:48.323 Changing from None to None
> 2006-03-13 13:31:58.483 ReadStringList timeout (quick).
> 2006-03-13 13:31:58.483 RemoteFile::Read(): No response from control
> socket.
> 2006-03-13 13:31:58.483 RemoteFile::Read() failed in
> RingBuffer::safe_read().
> 2006-03-13 13:31:58.495 WriteStringList: Bad socket
> 2006-03-13 13:31:58.495 ReadStringList: Bad socket
> 2006-03-13 13:31:58.495 Remote file timeout.
>
>
>
> I see there:
>
> mythtv: could not connect to socket
> mythtv: No such file or directory
>
> But mythbackend IS running; from another teminal tab I issue this:
>
> camille ~ # ps ax | grep 'mythbackend'
> 12762 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/bin/mythbackend --verbose none
> --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log
> 12766 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/mythbackend --verbose none
> --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log
> 12767 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/mythbackend --verbose none
> --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log
> 12769 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/mythbackend --verbose none
> --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log
> 12770 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/mythbackend --verbose none
> --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log
> 12771 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/mythbackend --verbose none
> --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log
> 12772 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/mythbackend --verbose none
> --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log
> 12773 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/mythbackend --verbose none
> --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log
> 12774 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/mythbackend --verbose none
> --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log
> 12775 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/mythbackend --verbose none
> --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log
> 12776 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/mythbackend --verbose none
> --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log
> 12777 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/mythbackend --verbose none
> --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log
> 12792 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/mythbackend --verbose none
> --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log
> 12793 ?        S      0:00 /usr/bin/mythbackend --verbose none
> --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log
> 12821 pts/1    S+     0:00 grep mythbackend
> camille ~ #
>
> I would post the new kernel config, but since it's based off the old
> kernel config, and the old one worked, I don't see the necessity.  I
> will post it if it would be helpful.  Why is this not working?  Have I
> forgotten something?
>
>
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