Technotrend S2-3200 (Or Technisat Skystar HD) on LinuxMCE 0710 (Kubuntu Feisty)

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Jelle De Loecker

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2008-05-15 08:38 UTC #0 lore raw

Good morning all,

I'm having difficulty getting my DVB-S2 card to work on LinuxMCE 0710 (Kubuntu Feisty, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic) I'll start with some lspci info to prove the card is connected:

lspci -v:
04:01.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7146 (rev 01)
Subsystem: Technotrend Systemtechnik GmbH S2-3200
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16 Memory at febffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]

I can compile the drivers just fine, I followed the instructions from this French page:
http://wilco.bercot.org/debian/s2-3200.html
<http://wilco.bercot.org/debian/s2-3200.html>(I don't completely understand French, but we all speak code!)

But after loading the drivers I don't get a /dev/dvb folder. My dmesg output only shows this message:
saa7146: register extension 'budget_ci dvb'.

My problem reminds me of this one, from this mailing list:
http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2007-May/018287.html

However, on that post (which is over a year old) they're talking about other drivers from the same author (stb0899-v4l-dvb) which seem to be part of the multiproto drivers now.
(Adding to all the confusion is another driver called "multiproto-plus".)

Basically, I'm following year old tutorials and I don't know which driver is correct.

I do know that both drivers requires some kind of patch, but for the multiproto drivers this seems to be for a newer kernel ("Patch pour noyau 2.6.24") and the patch for the stb0899-v4l-dvb is a dead-link now.

Keep in mind that I have not connected my LNB yet - I still need to put up my satellite tonight, but I should still be able to see the /dev/dvb links, no?

Thank you for your time!

Jelle De Loecker
<http://jusst.de/manu/stb0899-v4l-dvb.tar.bz2>

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David BERCOT

2008-05-15 09:12 UTC #1 lore raw

Hi Jelle,

I've seen your mail this morning ;-)

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Good morning all,
I'm having difficulty getting my DVB-S2 card to work on LinuxMCE 0710 (Kubuntu Feisty, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic) I'll start with some lspci info to prove the card is connected:
lspci -v:
04:01.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7146 (rev 01)
Subsystem: Technotrend Systemtechnik GmbH S2-3200
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16 Memory at febffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
I can compile the drivers just fine, I followed the instructions from this French page:
http://wilco.bercot.org/debian/s2-3200.html
<http://wilco.bercot.org/debian/s2-3200.html>(I don't completely understand French, but we all speak code!)

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But after loading the drivers I don't get a /dev/dvb folder. My dmesg output only shows this message:
saa7146: register extension 'budget_ci dvb'.

Have you reboot your computer ? May be it can solve your problems... If not, I'll do another version with the multiproto plus driver soon.

Good luck.

David.

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Rudy Zijlstra

2008-05-15 09:40 UTC #2 lore raw

Quoted 24 lines · David BERCOT

Hi Jelle,
I've seen your mail this morning ;-)
Le Thu, 15 May 2008 10:38:10 +0200,
Quoted 17 lines · Jelle De Loecker
Good morning all,
I'm having difficulty getting my DVB-S2 card to work on LinuxMCE 0710 (Kubuntu Feisty, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic) I'll start with some lspci info to prove the card is connected:
lspci -v:
04:01.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7146 (rev 01)
Subsystem: Technotrend Systemtechnik GmbH S2-3200
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16 Memory at febffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
I can compile the drivers just fine, I followed the instructions from this French page:
http://wilco.bercot.org/debian/s2-3200.html
<http://wilco.bercot.org/debian/s2-3200.html>(I don't completely understand French, but we all speak code!)

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But after loading the drivers I don't get a /dev/dvb folder. My dmesg output only shows this message:
saa7146: register extension 'budget_ci dvb'.
Have you reboot your computer ? May be it can solve your problems... If not, I'll do another version with the multiproto plus driver soon.

Remains the question, what is the difference between multiproto and multiproto plus?

Its something i also would like to understand. Another question, how if progress on CI with the TT-3200?

Cheers,

Rudy

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Jelle De Loecker

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2008-05-15 13:04 UTC #5 lore raw

This is my first mailing-list experience, but I'm liking it more then a regular forum! :-P

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I have rebooted the computer multiple times.
I also unloaded the modules and reloaded them without rebooting. I even added the modules to the blacklist, rebooted, loaded the modules manually - they still won't go.
Hum, I don't understand...

What I was trying to say: I tried everything I could think of to get them to work! (rebooting, modprobe -r && modprobe, adding the modules to /etc/modprobe/d/blacklist to make them not load at boot and load them afterwards)

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As stated before, I'm also curious what the difference between all these drivers are.
I don't know. I did not have time to look at it but I hope, soon, I will be able to study it...

I look forward to it! :-)

If I can't get it to work on my LinuxMCE machine (which is a strange beast, after all!) I'll just install Mythbuntu 8.04 on another partition and try that out.

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Met vriendelijke groeten,
Mhummm, it looks like a strange language ;-)

Am I wrong to assume you live in France? Otherwise you're not recognising your neighbouring country's language! :-D It's Dutch, by the way ;)

Greetings,

Jelle De Loecker

David BERCOT schreef:

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Hi again,
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Ah, my apologies, I'm trying to get help from every available resource, and asking the person who wrote the tutorial seemed like a good idea! :)
Yes, it was ;-) No problem...
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I have rebooted the computer multiple times.
I also unloaded the modules and reloaded them without rebooting. I even added the modules to the blacklist, rebooted, loaded the modules manually - they still won't go.
Hum, I don't understand...
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As stated before, I'm also curious what the difference between all these drivers are.
I don't know. I did not have time to look at it but I hope, soon, I will be able to study it...
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Am I correct in assuming the CI doesn't work yet?
It doesn't matter. The CI doesn't work on my computer (I don't know why) but everything else is OK !
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It's not such a big deal at the moment, I just spent all my money on the setup!
I'll get along with freesat & othe free-to-air channels untill I finally get a subscription, I'm just curious.
For me, I have another terminal, so, it explains why I don't take time to do other tests... But I'll do ;-)

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Met vriendelijke groeten,
Mhummm, it looks like a strange language ;-)
David.
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Jelle De Loecker
Rudy Zijlstra schreef:
Quoted 55 lines · David BERCOT
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Hi Jelle,
I've seen your mail this morning ;-)
Le Thu, 15 May 2008 10:38:10 +0200,
Quoted 17 lines · Jelle De Loecker
Good morning all,
I'm having difficulty getting my DVB-S2 card to work on LinuxMCE 0710 (Kubuntu Feisty, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic) I'll start with some lspci info to prove the card is connected:
lspci -v:
04:01.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7146 (rev 01) Subsystem: Technotrend Systemtechnik GmbH S2-3200
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16 Memory at febffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
I can compile the drivers just fine, I followed the instructions from this French page:
http://wilco.bercot.org/debian/s2-3200.html
<http://wilco.bercot.org/debian/s2-3200.html>(I don't completely understand French, but we all speak code!)
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But after loading the drivers I don't get a /dev/dvb folder. My dmesg output only shows this message:
saa7146: register extension 'budget_ci dvb'.
Have you reboot your computer ? May be it can solve your problems... If not, I'll do another version with the multiproto plus driver soon.
Remains the question, what is the difference between multiproto and multiproto plus?
Its something i also would like to understand. Another question, how if progress on CI with the TT-3200?
Cheers,
Rudy
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manu

2008-05-15 20:12 UTC #6 lore raw

Quoted 8 lines · Jelle De Loecker

This is my first mailing-list experience, but I'm liking it more then a
regular forum! :-P
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I have rebooted the computer multiple times.
I also unloaded the modules and reloaded them without rebooting. I even added the modules to the blacklist, rebooted, loaded the modules manually - they still won't go.

So to make it clear: you compiled and installed the drivers from the multiproto tree of Manu Abraham (not me, another Manu ;-) Then how do you test it? I use mythtv but for that you need to patch it (I use mythtv-0.21 branch).
Bye
Manu

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Jelle De Loecker

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2008-05-15 20:18 UTC #7 lore raw

manu schreef:

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I have rebooted the computer multiple times.
I also unloaded the modules and reloaded them without rebooting. I even added the modules to the blacklist, rebooted, loaded the modules manually - they still won't go.

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So to make it clear: you compiled and installed the drivers from the multiproto tree of Manu Abraham (not me, another Manu ;-) Then how do you test it? I use mythtv but for that you need to patch it (I use mythtv-0.21 branch).
Bye
Manu

Hi Manu,

I never got to test it! I would never get a /dev/dvb map with the needed devices in it. Apparently it's a problem with that kernel, because I tried the latest Mythbuntu 8.04 and the drivers do work there!

I wish it could be fixed, though, as I strongly prefer LinuxMCE to Mythbuntu.

Now that I'm temporarily running Mythbuntu I'm trying to get *any* signal from my LNB (through a disecq switch) Fingers crossed!

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manu

2008-05-15 21:15 UTC #8 lore raw

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manu schreef:
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I have rebooted the computer multiple times.
I also unloaded the modules and reloaded them without rebooting. I even added the modules to the blacklist, rebooted, loaded the modules manually - they still won't go.
So to make it clear: you compiled and installed the drivers from
the
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multiproto tree of Manu Abraham (not me, another Manu ;-) Then how do you test it? I use mythtv but for that you need to
patch
it
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(I use mythtv-0.21 branch).
Bye
Manu
Hi Manu,
I never got to test it! I would never get a /dev/dvb map with the needed
devices in it.
Apparently it's a problem with that kernel, because I tried the latest
Mythbuntu 8.04 and the drivers do work there!
I wish it could be fixed, though, as I strongly prefer LinuxMCE to Mythbuntu.
Now that I'm temporarily running Mythbuntu I'm trying to get *any* signal from my LNB (through a disecq switch)
Fingers crossed!

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If you have some problem getting locks, try to add 4 MHz to the frequencies (I hacked the mythtv sources directly). For my setup this gives me perfect tuning anyatime for all transponders (DVB-S only though, no DVB-S2 around here).
Bye
Manu

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manu

2008-05-15 20:12 UTC #9 lore raw

In reply to Rudy Zijlstra

Quoted 40 lines · Rudy Zijlstra

Quoted 10 lines · David BERCOT
Hi Jelle,
I've seen your mail this morning ;-)
Le Thu, 15 May 2008 10:38:10 +0200,
Quoted 3 lines · Jelle De Loecker
Good morning all,
I'm having difficulty getting my DVB-S2 card to work on LinuxMCE
0710
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(Kubuntu Feisty, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic) I'll start with some
lspci
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info to prove the card is connected:
lspci -v:
04:01.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7146
(rev
01)
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Subsystem: Technotrend Systemtechnik GmbH S2-3200
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16 Memory at febffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
I can compile the drivers just fine, I followed the instructions
from
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this French page:
http://wilco.bercot.org/debian/s2-3200.html
<http://wilco.bercot.org/debian/s2-3200.html>(I don't completely understand French, but we all speak code!)
But after loading the drivers I don't get a /dev/dvb folder. My dmesg output only shows this message:
saa7146: register extension 'budget_ci dvb'.
Have you reboot your computer ? May be it can solve your
problems...
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If not, I'll do another version with the multiproto plus driver
soon.
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Remains the question, what is the difference between multiproto and multiproto
plus?
Its something i also would like to understand. Another question, how if
progress on CI with the TT-3200?

Here TT-3200 working with my CAm with no problem (almost every channel is scrambled on my sat). I can even have 2channels simustaneously recorded (Astoncrypt cam is able to decode 2 streams simultaneously).
Software: multiproto (1- months old I think)+mythtv-0.21 (I had to modify it: I need to ADD 4 MHz to the frequency, else I have unreliable or no lock).
HTH
Bye
Manu

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Manu Abraham

2008-05-17 21:19 UTC #10 lore raw

In reply to Rudy Zijlstra

Quoted 32 lines · Rudy Zijlstra

Quoted 24 lines · David BERCOT
Hi Jelle,
I've seen your mail this morning ;-)
Le Thu, 15 May 2008 10:38:10 +0200,
Quoted 17 lines · Jelle De Loecker
Good morning all,
I'm having difficulty getting my DVB-S2 card to work on LinuxMCE 0710 (Kubuntu Feisty, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic) I'll start with some lspci info to prove the card is connected:
lspci -v:
04:01.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7146 (rev 01)
Subsystem: Technotrend Systemtechnik GmbH S2-3200
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16 Memory at febffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
I can compile the drivers just fine, I followed the instructions from this French page:
http://wilco.bercot.org/debian/s2-3200.html
<http://wilco.bercot.org/debian/s2-3200.html>(I don't completely understand French, but we all speak code!)
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But after loading the drivers I don't get a /dev/dvb folder. My dmesg output only shows this message:
saa7146: register extension 'budget_ci dvb'.
Have you reboot your computer ? May be it can solve your problems... If not, I'll do another version with the multiproto plus driver soon.

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Remains the question, what is the difference between multiproto and multiproto plus?
Its something i also would like to understand. Another question, how if progress on CI with the TT-3200?

CI with regards to the STB0899 + 7146 based cards works properly AFAICS.

In fact, received quite some mails long back itself that CA on these cards worked properly.

On some machines with buggy BIOS'es, APIC issues I2C and CA issues were kind of prominent, but generally, saw quite some successfully decrypted DVB-S2 HD streams with some few persons around.

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