[mythtv-users] Nova-T PCI has disappeared

[Nick Morrott]

On 10/11/2008, David Watkins <watkinshome at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/11/2008, Paul Clark <battledean at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > 2008/11/10 Roy Lofthouse <lofty69 at gmail.com>
>  >
>  > > 2008/11/10 David Watkins <watkinshome at gmail.com>:
>  > > >> There is no frontend adapter showing at all in /dev/dvb
>  > > >>
>  > > >> and a modprobe budget does add the modules without error but still no
>  > > >> adapter frontend in /dev/dvb.
>  > > >
>  > > >
>  > > > I always had to modprobe cx88_dvb when my Nova-Ts failed to be
>  > autodetected.
>  > > >
>  > > > .. but if lspci isn't showing anything maybe you have some more serious
>  > problem.
>  > >
>  > > Isn't the Nova-t the Philips SAA7146 that is showing?
>
>
> Actually you could be right about that.  It's just I remember seeing
>  something a bit more obvious when was looking at my system, but I'm
>  not in front of it right now to check.  Sorry if I misled you.
>
>  The conexant stuff that Paul posted definitely looks familiar.

There were two versions of the Nova-T - the first using the Philips
SAA7146, and the second using the Conexant chips. More info at
http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB-T_PCI_Cards#Hauppage. As a
consequence they use different modules.

-- 
Nick Morrott

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