[mythtv-users] My Ceiling Fan Controls My Mythtv Sound

Gucchu Gul Lalwani gglalwani at gmail.com
Mon Jul 31 16:28:29 UTC 2006


Hi John (JSA),

My ceiling fan is not remote controlled. 

Thanks,

Gucchu.


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Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 11:36:11 +0200
From: Ryszard <ryszard99 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] My Ceiling Fan Controls My Mythtv Sound  :( 
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
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this has given me a fantastic laugh for the day! thx!

On 7/31/06, John Andersen <jsamyth at gmail.com> wrote:

>>
>> On 7/29/06, Gucchu Gul Lalwani <gglalwani at gmail.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > Strangely but I have no audio on Mythtv. To get audio I need to turn on
>>> > and off my ceiling fan,
>>> > Hardware:
>>> >
>>> > 1 Sound Card:
>>> > Model: .Elitegroup Sound Controller, Vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems
>>> > Corp; SIS 7012.
>>> > Running ALSA 1.0.10-0
>>> > 2. TV Tuner Card
>>> > BT878 Prolink Pixel ViewPlayTv Pro.
>>> > Vendor: Brooktree Corporation
>>> > Card Configuration
>>> > BTTV Card r, (Prolink Pixelview PV-BT878P+9B (PlayTv Pro rev.9BFM+NICAM)
>>> > Tuner > > B/DFF, I did not find the exact tuner support in bttv documentation]
>>> >
>>> > OS and Configuration
>>> >
>>> > 3. Running SUSE 10.0 Kernel version 2.6.13-15-default
>>> > KDE version 3.4.3-27.2 i586
>>> > Mythtv 0.19-1
>>> >
>>> > 4. modprobe enteries
>>> > optionss bttv cardr tunerX pll=1 radio=1
>>> > alias char-major-89 i2c-dev
>>> >
>>> > 5.  Reading somethreads about KDE and audio issues with TV applications
>>> > I confirmed the following is having a modular support in my default
>>    
>>
>> kernel.
>  
>
>>> >
>>> >     * the *snd_bt87x.ko* driver for the Audio (CONFIG_SND_BT87X: in
>>> >       Device Drivers -> Sound -> ALSA -> PCI Devices -> bt87x Audio
>>> >       Capture)
>>> >           o If you use the obsolete OSS system instead of ALSA, you want
>>> >             CONFIG_SOUND_BT878 (in Device Drivers -> Sound -> OSS -
>>> >             bt878 audio DMA, /and/ Tv card (bt848) mixer support)
>>> >     * I²C Support (Device Drivers -> I²C Support -> I²C Support and I²C
>>> >       bit-banging interfaces)
>>> >     * the *bttv.ko* driver, under Video4Linux (CONFIG_VIDEO_BT848:
>>> >       Device Drivers -> Multimedia devices -> Video For Linux -> BT848
>>> >       Video For Linux) (you HAVE to activate I2C support in order that
>>> >       BT848 appears in the menu)
>>> >
>>> > Do we know if there is a bug fix available? Please suggest if I need to
>>> > migrate to another version of software to fix the issue on my computer
>>> > or tweak some settings?
>>    
>>
>>
>> Gucchu, you seem to have left out any information about the
>> ceiling fan.
>>
>> How are we supposed to diagnose this without
>> all the details.  Are you running all the fan patchs released
>> to date? What chipset is the fan running?  How many blades?
>>
>> Have you scanned the fan for viruses?  When you reboot
>> your fan does it work right?
>>
>> Is the fan getting too hot? Does the fan seem to be thrashing?
>>
>> Ok, ok, I'll stop....
>>
>> Does the fan use a remote control?  (Mine does, but I have
>> not tested to see if it interfers with lirc).
>>
>>
>>
>>
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