Compro M1FAnalog TV tuner with Debian Lenny.

glore2002 · 05-15-2010, 08:20 AM

Hello!
I've bought a Compro M1F Analog TV Tuner. It works fine in windows (xp and 7) but it doesn't work under Debian Lenny. TVTime shows a blue screen with no image or sound. What steps should I follow to see if this card can be configured correctly with my Debian box?

Thanks in advance,
Glore2002.-

jim_p · 05-16-2010, 01:14 AM

How is it identified as in lsusb or lspci?

glore2002 · 05-18-2010, 09:43 PM

Sorry for the delay. lspci output shows the following:

Quote:

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 Host Bridge
00:02.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Graphics Port 0)
00:07.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 3)
00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2)
00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3)
00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4)
00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 14)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0640 (rev a1)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
03:06.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7131/SAA7133/SAA7135 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev d1)
03:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306 Fire II IEEE 1394 OHCI Link Layer Controller (rev c0)

If I use dmesg |grep saa, the output shows:

Quote:

[ 15.774942] saa7130/34: v4l2 driver version 0.2.14 loaded
[ 15.825396] saa7133[0]: found at 0000:03:06.0, rev: 209, irq: 21, latency: 64, mmio: 0xfdfff000
[ 15.825475] saa7133[0]: subsystem: 185b:c900, board: Compro VideoMate T750 [card=139,autodetected]
[ 15.825557] saa7133[0]: board init: gpio is 63f00
[ 15.825623] saa7133[0]: Oops: IR config error [card=139]
[ 15.980211] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 00: 5b 18 00 c9 54 20 1c 00 43 43 a9 1c 55 d2 b2 92
[ 15.981048] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 10: 00 ff 86 0f ff 20 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[ 15.981864] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 20: 01 40 01 02 02 03 01 03 08 ff 00 89 ff ff ff ff
[ 15.982681] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 30: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[ 15.982954] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 40: ff da 00 c6 86 ff ff ff 03 ff ff ff c6 ff 04 11
[ 15.982954] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 50: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff cb
[ 15.983777] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 60: 35 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[ 15.984593] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 70: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[ 15.985409] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 80: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[ 15.986224] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 90: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[ 15.986974] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom a0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[ 15.987796] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom b0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[ 15.988611] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom c0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[ 15.989427] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom d0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[ 15.990243] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom e0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[ 15.990980] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom f0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[ 16.047074] tuner' 1-0060: chip found @ 0xc0 (saa7133[0])
[ 16.063025] tuner' 1-0063: chip found @ 0xc6 (saa7133[0])
[ 16.170935] saa7133[0]: registered device video0 [v4l2]
[ 16.170935] saa7133[0]: registered device vbi0
[ 16.170935] saa7133[0]: registered device radio0
[ 16.226935] saa7133[0]/dvb: Huh? unknown DVB card?
[ 16.226935] saa7133[0]/dvb: frontend initialization failed

I will appreciate any help. Thank you!
Glore2002.-

glore2002 · 05-22-2010, 08:03 AM

Is it possible to set this tv card?

Thanks again,
Glore2002.-

jim_p · 05-23-2010, 07:47 AM

Well...

The module loads fine, it autodetects your card (as card=139 in dmesg) and fails after that.

I would unload the module and reload it with the card parameter. The entire listing of the supported cards and their numbers is located in /usr/share/doc/linux-doc-(your_kernel_version)/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134.gz.

Code:

modprobe saa7134 card=139

The above file is included in the linux-doc-(your_kernel_version) package, and it contains the following regarding Compro cards

Code:

 19 -> Compro VideoMate TV                      [185b:c100]
 40 -> Compro VideoMate TV PVR/FM               [185b:c100]
 41 -> Compro VideoMate TV Gold+                [185b:c100]
 49 -> Compro VideoMate Gold+ Pal               [185b:c200]
 62 -> Compro VideoMate TV Gold+II
 70 -> Compro Videomate DVB-T300                [185b:c900]
 71 -> Compro Videomate DVB-T200                [185b:c901]
103 -> Compro Videomate DVB-T200A
139 -> Compro VideoMate T750                    [185b:c900]
169 -> Compro VideoMate S350/S300               [185b:c900]

I would try all these for a start.

I am on 2.6.32, so yours may differ.

glore2002 · 05-23-2010, 11:53 AM

Thanks for your reply!
Mi kernel version is: 2.6.26-2 x64.
How do I unload the module currently running and upload the new one? (I guess modprobe is to reload but can't figure out how to unload).

Thanks for your help. I will be expecting your answer.
Glore2002.-

Quote:

Originally Posted by jim_p

Well...

The module loads fine, it autodetects your card (as card=139 in dmesg) and fails after that.

I would unload the module and reload it with the card parameter. The entire listing of the supported cards and their numbers is located in /usr/share/doc/linux-doc-(your_kernel_version)/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134.gz.

Code:

modprobe saa7134 card=139

The above file is included in the linux-doc-(your_kernel_version) package, and it contains the following regarding Compro cards

Code:

 19 -> Compro VideoMate TV                      [185b:c100]
 40 -> Compro VideoMate TV PVR/FM               [185b:c100]
 41 -> Compro VideoMate TV Gold+                [185b:c100]
 49 -> Compro VideoMate Gold+ Pal               [185b:c200]
 62 -> Compro VideoMate TV Gold+II
 70 -> Compro Videomate DVB-T300                [185b:c900]
 71 -> Compro Videomate DVB-T200                [185b:c901]
103 -> Compro Videomate DVB-T200A
139 -> Compro VideoMate T750                    [185b:c900]
169 -> Compro VideoMate S350/S300               [185b:c900]

I would try all these for a start.

I am on 2.6.32, so yours may differ.

jim_p · 05-24-2010, 12:34 AM

You unload a module like so

Code:

rmmod saa7134

Keep in mind that saa7134 may have other (child) modules loaded, ones that will make it work properly, so you will have to unload them in turn, before unloading the main one, like

Code:

rmmod saa7134-alsa
rmmod saa7134-dvb
rmmod saa7134

glore2002 · 05-24-2010, 07:01 AM

Thanks for you reply!
I will give this a try to see what happens. Maybe I have to update the kernel. How can I do so without reinstalling Debian?
Thanks again,
Glore2002.-

Quote:

Originally Posted by jim_p

You unload a module like so

Code:

rmmod saa7134

Keep in mind that saa7134 may have other (child) modules loaded, ones that will make it work properly, so you will have to unload them in turn, before unloading the main one, like

Code:

rmmod saa7134-alsa
rmmod saa7134-dvb
rmmod saa7134