[mythtv-users] SAA7146 'budget' PCI

[mat]

> On Thu, April 8, 2010 10:26 am, mat wrote:
>> Hi there MythTv'ers,
>>
>> I'm trying to get a Philips Semiconductors SAA7146 based 'budget' PCI
>> card
>> working alongside my NOVA-T-500-DualTuner in MythTV 0.21 on Debian Etch
>> (kernel 2.6.22.19)
>>
>> It appears I require a firmware file, this  I have:
>>
>> dvb-fe-tda10046.fw (24478)
>> dvb-fe-tda10045.fw (30555)
>>
>> in /lib/firmware
>>
>> If I modprobe budget_ci budget_core tda tda1004x, then the device node
>> gets created just fine but the logs don't mention the above firmware. My
>> understanding is that a cold-boot is required to load the firmware
>> again,
>> which suggests to me that the firmware is loaded and all is cool. Except
>> it's not as MythTV "cannot access card", when I attempt to set it up
>> with
>> the Mythtv-setup.
>>
>> Is there a way of forcing the firmware to be reloaded?
>> Is it even neccesary, as the dev node is created?
>> How can I determine why Myth fails to access card?
>>
>> I was hoping that I could try some stuff here at work (via ssh, no X).
>>
>> I would really like to get this working as the Analog TV's been switched
>> of here now, so my server will get some more usage.
>>
>> Any ideas, gratefully recieved.
>
> An obvious one, have you checked the permissions on the device?
>
> Robert.

Thanks robert,

I hadn't but the permissions are the same as the other DBV card that is in
there, so I think it's okay.

mat