* [gentoo-user] Need help with pvrusb2
@ 2011-10-23 21:36 Michael Sullivan
2011-10-23 21:52 ` Florian Philipp
2011-10-23 22:48 ` Neil Bothwick
0 siblings, 2 replies; 10+ messages in thread
From: Michael Sullivan @ 2011-10-23 21:36 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
Hello. I recently purchased a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR external TV card.
I'm trying to get it to work with Gentoo Linux. I think I've followed
the steps found at
http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-1900 correctly,
but I'm still getting errors. When I plug the TV card into the USB slot
in the back of the computer and search dmesg, it says:
michael@carter /lib/firmware $ dmesg | grep pvrusb2
pvrusb2: Hardware description: WinTV HVR-1950 Model 751xx
usbcore: registered new interface driver pvrusb2
pvrusb2: V4L in-tree version:Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-USB2 MPEG2 Encoder/Tuner
pvrusb2: Debug mask is 31 (0x1f)
pvrusb2: ***WARNING*** Device fx2 controller firmware seems to be missing.
pvrusb2: Did you install the pvrusb2 firmware files in their proper
location?
pvrusb2: request_firmware unable to locate fx2 controller file
v4l-pvrusb2-73xxx-01.fw
pvrusb2: Failure uploading firmware1
pvrusb2: Device initialization was not successful.
pvrusb2: Giving up since device microcontroller firmware appears to be
missing.
pvrusb2: Device being rendered inoperable
pvrusb2: Hardware description: WinTV HVR-1950 Model 751xx
pvrusb2: ***WARNING*** Device fx2 controller firmware seems to be missing.
pvrusb2: Did you install the pvrusb2 firmware files in their proper
location?
pvrusb2: request_firmware unable to locate fx2 controller file
v4l-pvrusb2-73xxx-01.fw
pvrusb2: Failure uploading firmware1
pvrusb2: Device initialization was not successful.
pvrusb2: Giving up since device microcontroller firmware appears to be
missing.
I've emerged linuxtv-dvb-firmware and reissued the above command with no
change. How do I get Gentoo to recognize this card?
-Michael Sullivan-
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* Re: [gentoo-user] Need help with pvrusb2
2011-10-23 21:36 [gentoo-user] Need help with pvrusb2 Michael Sullivan
@ 2011-10-23 21:52 ` Florian Philipp
2011-10-23 22:15 ` Michael Sullivan
2011-10-23 22:26 ` Michael Sullivan
2011-10-23 22:48 ` Neil Bothwick
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From: Florian Philipp @ 2011-10-23 21:52 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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Am 23.10.2011 23:36, schrieb Michael Sullivan:
> Hello. I recently purchased a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR external TV card.
> I'm trying to get it to work with Gentoo Linux. I think I've followed
> the steps found at
> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-1900 correctly,
> but I'm still getting errors. When I plug the TV card into the USB slot
> in the back of the computer and search dmesg, it says:
>
[...]
>
>
> I've emerged linuxtv-dvb-firmware and reissued the above command with no
> change. How do I get Gentoo to recognize this card?
> -Michael Sullivan-
>
Try media-tv/ivtv-firmware. For some reason, that works better for me.
And also media-tv/ivtv-utils.
BTW: If your HVR behaves the same as my old PVR2, it can sometimes help
to suspend and wake the system to get it working.
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* Re: [gentoo-user] Need help with pvrusb2
2011-10-23 21:52 ` Florian Philipp
@ 2011-10-23 22:15 ` Michael Sullivan
2011-10-23 22:26 ` Michael Sullivan
1 sibling, 0 replies; 10+ messages in thread
From: Michael Sullivan @ 2011-10-23 22:15 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On 10/23/11 16:52, Florian Philipp wrote:
> Am 23.10.2011 23:36, schrieb Michael Sullivan:
>> Hello. I recently purchased a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR external TV card.
>> I'm trying to get it to work with Gentoo Linux. I think I've followed
>> the steps found at
>> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-1900 correctly,
>> but I'm still getting errors. When I plug the TV card into the USB slot
>> in the back of the computer and search dmesg, it says:
>>
> [...]
>>
>>
>> I've emerged linuxtv-dvb-firmware and reissued the above command with no
>> change. How do I get Gentoo to recognize this card?
>> -Michael Sullivan-
>>
>
> Try media-tv/ivtv-firmware. For some reason, that works better for me.
> And also media-tv/ivtv-utils.
>
> BTW: If your HVR behaves the same as my old PVR2, it can sometimes help
> to suspend and wake the system to get it working.
>
I suspended the system, but now I can't wake it up again! I hit the
power button, and I heard a sound through the speakers similar to an
error sound. I would say a barb sound, but I doubt any of you would be
able to make sense of it. The only visual output of that computer is a
video output component going to the TV set. I work on that computer
through ssh from another one in another room. Should I just restart it
manually? If not, how do I wake it up?
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* Re: [gentoo-user] Need help with pvrusb2
2011-10-23 21:52 ` Florian Philipp
2011-10-23 22:15 ` Michael Sullivan
@ 2011-10-23 22:26 ` Michael Sullivan
1 sibling, 0 replies; 10+ messages in thread
From: Michael Sullivan @ 2011-10-23 22:26 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On 10/23/11 16:52, Florian Philipp wrote:
> Am 23.10.2011 23:36, schrieb Michael Sullivan:
>> Hello. I recently purchased a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR external TV card.
>> I'm trying to get it to work with Gentoo Linux. I think I've followed
>> the steps found at
>> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-1900 correctly,
>> but I'm still getting errors. When I plug the TV card into the USB slot
>> in the back of the computer and search dmesg, it says:
>>
> [...]
>>
>>
>> I've emerged linuxtv-dvb-firmware and reissued the above command with no
>> change. How do I get Gentoo to recognize this card?
>> -Michael Sullivan-
>>
>
> Try media-tv/ivtv-firmware. For some reason, that works better for me.
> And also media-tv/ivtv-utils.
>
> BTW: If your HVR behaves the same as my old PVR2, it can sometimes help
> to suspend and wake the system to get it working.
>
OK. I restarted the computer. (I have never suspended that computer
before and was unsure of what would happen, but I did not realize at the
time that my the game running on my wife's computer was using a samba
share that would be disrupted.) I had no luck with ivtv-firmware, so I
have reinstalled linuxtv-dvb-firmware-2009.09.19. Now the output of
dmesg has changed somewhat:
michael@carter ~ $ dmesg | grep -i pvr
pvrusb2: Hardware description: WinTV HVR-1950 Model 751xx
usbcore: registered new interface driver pvrusb2
pvrusb2: V4L in-tree version:Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-USB2 MPEG2 Encoder/Tuner
pvrusb2: Debug mask is 31 (0x1f)
pvrusb2: ***WARNING*** Device fx2 controller firmware seems to be missing.
pvrusb2: Did you install the pvrusb2 firmware files in their proper
location?
pvrusb2: request_firmware unable to locate fx2 controller file
v4l-pvrusb2-73xxx-01.fw
pvrusb2: Failure uploading firmware1
pvrusb2: Device initialization was not successful.
pvrusb2: Giving up since device microcontroller firmware appears to be
missing.
Does this help?
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* Re: [gentoo-user] Need help with pvrusb2
2011-10-23 21:36 [gentoo-user] Need help with pvrusb2 Michael Sullivan
2011-10-23 21:52 ` Florian Philipp
@ 2011-10-23 22:48 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-23 23:00 ` Michael Sullivan
1 sibling, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread
From: Neil Bothwick @ 2011-10-23 22:48 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:36:41 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> pvrusb2: request_firmware unable to locate fx2 controller file
> v4l-pvrusb2-73xxx-01.fw
Is this file present in /lib/firmware?
--
Neil Bothwick
UNILINGUAL: American.
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* Re: [gentoo-user] Need help with pvrusb2
2011-10-23 22:48 ` Neil Bothwick
@ 2011-10-23 23:00 ` Michael Sullivan
2011-10-23 23:15 ` Neil Bothwick
0 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread
From: Michael Sullivan @ 2011-10-23 23:00 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On 10/23/11 17:48, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:36:41 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote:
>
>> pvrusb2: request_firmware unable to locate fx2 controller file
>> v4l-pvrusb2-73xxx-01.fw
>
> Is this file present in /lib/firmware?
>
>
Nope:
michael@carter ~ $ ls /lib/firmware
3com cpia2 ess mts_gsm.fw ti_3410.fw vicam
acenic cxgb3 kaweth ositech ti_5052.fw
whiteheat.fw
adaptec dabusb keyspan_pda qlogic tigon
whiteheat_loader.fw
advansys e100 korg r128 tr_smctr.bin yamaha
atmsar11.fw edgeport matrox radeon ttusb-budget
bnx2 emi26 mts_cdma.fw sun v4l-cx25840.fw
cis emi62 mts_edge.fw tehuti v4l-cx25840.fw.1
How do I get that file?
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* Re: [gentoo-user] Need help with pvrusb2
2011-10-23 23:00 ` Michael Sullivan
@ 2011-10-23 23:15 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-23 23:41 ` Michael Sullivan
2011-10-24 1:15 ` [gentoo-user] Need help with pvrusb2 [SOLVED] Michael Sullivan
0 siblings, 2 replies; 10+ messages in thread
From: Neil Bothwick @ 2011-10-23 23:15 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:00:52 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> >> pvrusb2: request_firmware unable to locate fx2 controller file
> >> v4l-pvrusb2-73xxx-01.fw
> >
> > Is this file present in /lib/firmware?
> Nope:
It should be obvious that this needs to be addressed before anything
else.
> How do I get that file?
Putting the filename into Google gave me those instructions in the first
link.
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Neil Bothwick
Rainbows are just to look at, not to really understand.
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* Re: [gentoo-user] Need help with pvrusb2
2011-10-23 23:15 ` Neil Bothwick
@ 2011-10-23 23:41 ` Michael Sullivan
2011-10-24 1:15 ` [gentoo-user] Need help with pvrusb2 [SOLVED] Michael Sullivan
1 sibling, 0 replies; 10+ messages in thread
From: Michael Sullivan @ 2011-10-23 23:41 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On 10/23/11 18:15, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:00:52 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote:
>
>>>> pvrusb2: request_firmware unable to locate fx2 controller file
>>>> v4l-pvrusb2-73xxx-01.fw
>>>
>>> Is this file present in /lib/firmware?
>
>> Nope:
>
> It should be obvious that this needs to be addressed before anything
> else.
>
>> How do I get that file?
>
> Putting the filename into Google gave me those instructions in the first
> link.
>
>
OK I've got the file:
michael@carter /lib/firmware $ ls v4l-pvrusb2-73xxx-01.fw
v4l-pvrusb2-73xxx-01.fw
It's still giving me the same errors though:
michael@carter /lib/firmware $ dmesg | grep pvrusb
pvrusb2: Hardware description: WinTV HVR-1950 Model 751xx
usbcore: registered new interface driver pvrusb2
pvrusb2: V4L in-tree version:Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-USB2 MPEG2 Encoder/Tuner
pvrusb2: Debug mask is 31 (0x1f)
pvrusb2: ***WARNING*** Device fx2 controller firmware seems to be missing.
pvrusb2: Did you install the pvrusb2 firmware files in their proper
location?
pvrusb2: request_firmware unable to locate fx2 controller file
v4l-pvrusb2-73xxx-01.fw
pvrusb2: Failure uploading firmware1
pvrusb2: Device initialization was not successful.
pvrusb2: Giving up since device microcontroller firmware appears to be
missing.
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* Re: [gentoo-user] Need help with pvrusb2 [SOLVED]
2011-10-23 23:15 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-23 23:41 ` Michael Sullivan
@ 2011-10-24 1:15 ` Michael Sullivan
2011-10-24 15:12 ` Florian Philipp
1 sibling, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread
From: Michael Sullivan @ 2011-10-24 1:15 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On 10/23/11 18:15, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:00:52 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote:
>
>>>> pvrusb2: request_firmware unable to locate fx2 controller file
>>>> v4l-pvrusb2-73xxx-01.fw
>>>
>>> Is this file present in /lib/firmware?
>
>> Nope:
>
> It should be obvious that this needs to be addressed before anything
> else.
>
>> How do I get that file?
>
> Putting the filename into Google gave me those instructions in the first
> link.
>
>
I downloaded that file and rebooted and dmesg griped about another file
and I found it and downloaded it and rebooted and now my output looks
like this, which I'm happy with:
michael@carter ~ $ dmesg | grep -i pvrusb2
pvrusb2: Hardware description: WinTV HVR-1950 Model 751xx
usbcore: registered new interface driver pvrusb2
pvrusb2: V4L in-tree version:Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-USB2 MPEG2 Encoder/Tuner
pvrusb2: Debug mask is 31 (0x1f)
pvrusb2: Binding ir_rx_z8f0811_haup to i2c address 0x71.
pvrusb2: Binding ir_tx_z8f0811_haup to i2c address 0x70.
cx25840 2-0044: cx25843-24 found @ 0x88 (pvrusb2_a)
pvrusb2: Attached sub-driver cx25840
pvrusb2: Attached sub-driver tuner
pvrusb2: Supported video standard(s) reported available in hardware:
PAL-M/N/Nc;NTSC-M/Mj/Mk;ATSC-8VSB/16VSB
pvrusb2: Mapping standards mask=0x300b700
(PAL-M/N/Nc;NTSC-M/Mj/Mk;ATSC-8VSB/16VSB)
pvrusb2: Setting up 6 unique standard(s)
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=0 name=PAL-M
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=1 name=PAL-N
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=2 name=PAL-Nc
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=3 name=NTSC-M
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=4 name=NTSC-Mj
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=5 name=NTSC-Mk
pvrusb2: Initial video standard (determined by device type): NTSC-M
pvrusb2: Device initialization completed successfully.
pvrusb2: registered device video0 [mpeg]
DVB: registering new adapter (pvrusb2-dvb)
Speaking of which, isn't there an easier way to reload modules than
rebooting? When I started using Gentoo in 2004, there was an
/etc/init.d/hotplug, which was replaced by /etc/init.d/coldplug, but
neither one seems to be present anymore on the system. What service
loads modules on bootup now?
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* Re: [gentoo-user] Need help with pvrusb2 [SOLVED]
2011-10-24 1:15 ` [gentoo-user] Need help with pvrusb2 [SOLVED] Michael Sullivan
@ 2011-10-24 15:12 ` Florian Philipp
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From: Florian Philipp @ 2011-10-24 15:12 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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Am 24.10.2011 03:15, schrieb Michael Sullivan:
> On 10/23/11 18:15, Neil Bothwick wrote:
>> On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:00:52 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote:
>>
>>>>> pvrusb2: request_firmware unable to locate fx2 controller file
>>>>> v4l-pvrusb2-73xxx-01.fw
>>>>
>>>> Is this file present in /lib/firmware?
>>
>>> Nope:
>>
>> It should be obvious that this needs to be addressed before anything
>> else.
[...]
>>
>
> I downloaded that file and rebooted and dmesg griped about another file
> and I found it and downloaded it and rebooted and now my output looks
> like this, which I'm happy with:
>
>
[...]
>
> Speaking of which, isn't there an easier way to reload modules than
> rebooting? When I started using Gentoo in 2004, there was an
> /etc/init.d/hotplug, which was replaced by /etc/init.d/coldplug, but
> neither one seems to be present anymore on the system. What service
> loads modules on bootup now?
>
You mean like `modprobe -vr pvrusb2 && modprobe -v pvrusb2`? I joined
Gentoo in 2006 so I'm not sure if that is what you mean.
It doesn't help much with pvrusb2, anyway ... (but you can still try)
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