[gentoo-user] Cannot get TV Card to work

[gentoo-user] Cannot get TV Card to work

[Jamie Dobbs]

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

[Nick Rout]

Jamie. we seem to be following each other around the mailing lists. CLUG, mythtv, now here. 

You seem to have all the modules loaded, what is not working? 

is there a /dev/video/video0?
does xawtv -c /dev/video/video0 give any output?



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

[Jamie Dobbs]

> Jamie. we seem to be following each other around the mailing lists. CLUG,
> mythtv, now here.

True, and I always appreciate the help you offer :-)

> You seem to have all the modules loaded, what is not working?

I cannot tune in to any channels

> is there a /dev/video/video0?

Yes:

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.

>
> 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
>>
>>
>> --
>> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
>
> --
> Nick Rout
>
> --
> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
>
>
>
>


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

[W.Kenworthy]

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)

BillK


On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 16:49 +1200, Jamie Dobbs wrote:
> > Jamie. we seem to be following each other around the mailing lists. CLUG,
> > mythtv, now here.
> 
> True, and I always appreciate the help you offer :-)
> 
> > You seem to have all the modules loaded, what is not working?
> 
> I cannot tune in to any channels
> 
> > is there a /dev/video/video0?
> 
> Yes:
> 
> 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.
> 
> >
> > 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
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
> >
> > --
> > Nick Rout
> >
> > --
> > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 

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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)
>
>BillK
>
>
>On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 16:49 +1200, Jamie Dobbs wrote:
>  
>
>>>Jamie. we seem to be following each other around the mailing lists. CLUG,
>>>mythtv, now here.
>>>      
>>>
>>True, and I always appreciate the help you offer :-)
>>
>>    
>>
>>>You seem to have all the modules loaded, what is not working?
>>>      
>>>
>>I cannot tune in to any channels
>>
>>    
>>
>>>is there a /dev/video/video0?
>>>      
>>>
>>Yes:
>>
>>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.
>>
>>    
>>
>>>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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>>>>        
>>>>
>>>--
>>>Nick Rout
>>>
>>>--
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>    
>>
>
>  
>

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

[W.Kenworthy]

Hi Jaimie, its obviously talking to the tuner ok, so the problems
further on (maybe).  Did you try and set the setnorm, setinput and
setfreqtab values?  I have found that some apps (such as gnomemeeting)
dont always select the input you want until it eventually dawns on you
that its set to something with no video feed!

Does xawtv work?  I have used the above to remotely tune the receiver
for aatv (watch tv on an ssh console!)

I didnt see what program you are tring to use to control/view the card.
tvtime and xawtv seem to work well, with tvtime my current favourite -
it "mostly" just works except when upgrades get in the way :(

BillK



On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 17:51 +1200, Jamie Dobbs wrote:
> I get this output:
> 


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

[Jamie Dobbs]

Nick Rout wrote:

>Jamie. we seem to be following each other around the mailing lists. CLUG, mythtv, now here. 
>
>You seem to have all the modules loaded, what is not working? 
>
>is there a /dev/video/video0?
>does xawtv -c /dev/video/video0 give any output?
>
>  
>
Output of xawtv -c /dev/video0

This is xawtv-3.94, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.12-gentoo-r6)
WARNING: Your X-Server has no DGA support.
WARNING: couldn't find framebuffer base address, try manual
         configuration ("v4l-conf -a <addr>")
v4l2: open /dev/video0: Permission denied
v4l2: open /dev/video0: Permission denied
v4l: open /dev/video0: Permission denied
no video grabber device available

>
>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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>>    
>>
>
>  
>

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

[Iain Buchanan]

On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 17:54 +1200, Jamie Dobbs wrote:
> Output of xawtv -c /dev/video0
[snip]
> v4l: open /dev/video0: Permission denied

are you in the video group?

$ grep video /etc/group

and make sure it looks something like

video::27:root,jamie

you can edit /etc/group with any editor, but be careful.  Then log out
and in again.

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

[W.Kenworthy]

Is the user a member of the video group, does it work as root?

BillK

On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 17:54 +1200, Jamie Dobbs wrote:
> Nick Rout wrote:
> 
> >Jamie. we seem to be following each other around the mailing lists. CLUG, mythtv, now here. 
> >
> >You seem to have all the modules loaded, what is not working? 
> >
> >is there a /dev/video/video0?
> >does xawtv -c /dev/video/video0 give any output?
> >
> >  
> >
> Output of xawtv -c /dev/video0
> 
> This is xawtv-3.94, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.12-gentoo-r6)
> WARNING: Your X-Server has no DGA support.
> WARNING: couldn't find framebuffer base address, try manual
>          configuration ("v4l-conf -a <addr>")
> v4l2: open /dev/video0: Permission denied
> v4l2: open /dev/video0: Permission denied
> v4l: open /dev/video0: Permission denied
> no video grabber device available


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