[mythtv-users] Has my DVB-S card died ?

[Pieter De Wit]

Hi,

For quite some time now I have used mythtv as my primary TV. Yesterday I 
got LiveTV blacking out on me. I changed the permissions of 
/var/lib/mythtv/livetv to 777 and it started working (I got errors about 
deleting 0 MB chunks)

Now, I see the following errors in the backend log:

Apr 23 18:24:56 media mythbackend[2618]: W TVRecEvent dvbchannel.cpp:347 
(CheckFrequency) DVBChan(6:/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0): Your frequency 
setting (12483000) is out of range. (min/max:950000/2150000)

This card was used to tune to this transponder.

Here is some more errors when switching to LiveTV:

Apr 23 18:29:25 media mythbackend[2618]: I ProcessRequest 
mainserver.cpp:1360 (HandleAnnounce) MainServer::ANN Playback
Apr 23 18:29:25 media mythbackend[2618]: I ProcessRequest 
mainserver.cpp:1362 (HandleAnnounce) adding: media as a client (events: 0)
Apr 23 18:29:25 media mythbackend[2618]: I TVRecEvent tv_rec.cpp:1014 
(HandleStateChange) TVRec(5): Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
Apr 23 18:29:25 media mythbackend[2618]: I TVRecEvent tv_rec.cpp:3456 
(TuningCheckForHWChange) TVRec(5): HW Tuner: 5->5
Apr 23 18:29:25 media mythbackend[2618]: W TVRecEvent dvbchannel.cpp:227 
(Open) DVBChan(5:/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0): Opening DVB frontend 
device failed.#012#011#011#011eno: Device or resource busy (16)
Apr 23 18:29:26  mythbackend[2618]: last message repeated 19 times
Apr 23 18:29:26 media mythbackend[2618]: E TVRecEvent dvbchannel.cpp:232 
(Open) DVBChan(5:/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0): Failed to open DVB 
frontend device due to fatal error or too many attempts.
Apr 23 18:29:26 media mythbackend[2618]: W TVRecEvent dvbchannel.cpp:227 
(Open) DVBChan(5:/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0): Opening DVB frontend 
device failed.#012#011#011#011eno: Device or resource busy (16)
Apr 23 18:29:27  mythbackend[2618]: last message repeated 19 times
Apr 23 18:29:27 media mythbackend[2618]: E TVRecEvent dvbchannel.cpp:232 
(Open) DVBChan(5:/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0): Failed to open DVB 
frontend device due to fatal error or too many attempts.
Apr 23 18:29:27 media mythbackend[2618]: E TVRecEvent dtvchannel.cpp:188 
(SetChannelByString) DTVChan(/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0): 
SetChannelByString(1): Channel object will not open, can not change 
channels.
Apr 23 18:29:27 media mythbackend[2618]: E TVRecEvent tv_rec.cpp:3642 
(TuningFrequency) TVRec(5): Failed to set channel to 1. Reverting to 
kState_None
Apr 23 18:29:27 media mythbackend[2618]: I TVRecEvent tv_rec.cpp:1014 
(HandleStateChange) TVRec(5): Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
Apr 23 18:29:35 media mythbackend[2141]: I HouseKeeping 
housekeeper.cpp:225 (RunHouseKeeping) Running housekeeping thread

Here is the log after a reboot:

http://pastebin.com/ZinzgDsY

# lspci
06:02.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. 
CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 05)
06:02.1 Multimedia controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI 
Video and Audio Decoder [Audio Port] (rev 05)
06:02.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI 
Video and Audio Decoder [MPEG Port] (rev 05)
06:02.4 Multimedia controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI 
Video and Audio Decoder [IR Port] (rev 05)

Cheers,

Pieter