TV card major problems

krock923 · 07-31-2005, 06:30 PM

there is nothing in lsmod that says tuner. is that part of the problem you think?

maroonbaboon · 07-31-2005, 06:46 PM

I don't have a TV card installed right now, so I can't check, but I'm pretty sure you need a tuner module. It should be loaded automatically by 'modprobe saa7134'. You should check the kernel logs for any errors when the saa7134 module is loaded (output of 'dmesg' command).

Also try adding tuner=x as suggested, trying different values for x.

krock923 · 07-31-2005, 07:16 PM

Thanks for all of your help, by the way. Sorry I'm having such a difficult time. There is a module called tuner (i.e. /sbin/modprobe tuner type=5). Should I use that instead?

maroonbaboon · 07-31-2005, 08:33 PM

Can't do any harm. I guess you should load it before saa7134. Otherwise

modprobe saa7134 card=? tuner=?

Also 'rmmod saa7134', 'rmmod tuner' in between.

Did you check the log files? In a terminal window do 'dmesg | less'. Then you can page throught the output.

krock923 · 07-31-2005, 08:45 PM

this keeps coming up in dmesg in the tuner section. maybe it's an indication of the problem.

tuner: Ignoring new-style parameters in presence of obsolete ones

maroonbaboon · 07-31-2005, 09:36 PM

Sorry I'm not sure what that means. What did you do produce it?

Probably the best thing for you to do is get a copy of the driver source from the bytesex site mentioned earlier and have a look at the documentation. There is quite a bit on identifying hardware. In particular if your tuner (the big metal thing) has any labelling the listings given may help you ID it.

krock923 · 07-31-2005, 10:12 PM

if i type /sbin/modprobe tuner type=2 that error line comes up in dmesg for every one that I entered

maroonbaboon · 08-01-2005, 09:15 AM

OK I guess the tuner module has no type option. But it does have a debug option, so try loading it with 'modprobe tuner debug=1'. Maybe this will give more informative error messages when you load saa7134 and it tries to find the tuner. saa7134 is supposed to figure out what type of tuner is in use automatically, but if it doesn't you need to modprobe saa7134 with a tuner=x option.

Unless you want to keep going in circles you should try to at least ID the tuner type by looking at the card, googling, manufacturers website or whatever. Or try knoppix, which has some of the best hardware detection around.