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Old 10-08-2008, 04:35 PM   #1
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Internal TV Tuner - how to find more information


I'm wondering if theres any bored techies out there?

I've got an HP m8330f computer running Ubuntu 8.10 on it. Things are smooth and all but I'm not sure how to get the TV tuner configured.

Is there anyway to check the drivers to see if its installed or not? Or even how to check the device to see what drivers I should be looking for?

Thanks!
 
Old 10-08-2008, 04:38 PM   #2
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Do:
Code:
lspci -vv
 
Old 10-08-2008, 04:40 PM   #3
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Or even how to check the device to see what drivers I should be looking for?
Run lspci as root to show what devices are connected to the PCI bus. On my computer, information on the TV tuner card is shown on a line beginning with "Multimedia video controller".
 
Old 10-08-2008, 04:45 PM   #4
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Does this look correct? If so how can I tell if it has drivers installed?

Code:
04:00.0 Multimedia controller: ViXS Systems, Inc. Device 2100
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 48b0
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
	Region 0: Memory at fd900000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=1M]
	Region 2: Memory at fdaf0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Region 4: I/O ports at <unassigned>
	Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
		Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2- AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold-)
		Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
	Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
		Address: 0000000000000000  Data: 0000
	Capabilities: [60] Express (v1) Endpoint, MSI 00
		DevCap:	MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <128ns, L1 <2us
			ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE- FLReset-
		DevCtl:	Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
			RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
			MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
		DevSta:	CorrErr- UncorrErr+ FatalErr- UnsuppReq+ AuxPwr- TransPend-
		LnkCap:	Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <4us, L1 <64us
			ClockPM- Suprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
		LnkCtl:	ASPM Disabled; RCB 128 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+
			ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
		LnkSta:	Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
	Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting <?>
	Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel <?>
 
Old 10-08-2008, 09:47 PM   #5
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From what I gather is not supported. Call ViXS to find out if they have an experimental source code that you can try to compile for your kernel.
 
Old 10-09-2008, 05:49 AM   #6
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From what I gather is not supported. Call ViXS to find out if they have an experimental source code that you can try to compile for your kernel.
Ah well thank you for that.. I did some more digging after figuring out exactly what it was and came to the same conculsion.

My other question is basicly the same. I acctually have 2 TV Tuners.. I have that ViXS one we know isn't supported. But I also have a Hauppauge HVR-950 usb tuner.

The HVR-950 is currently supported with the new kernel and all.. However I couldn't get mine to work out of the box. So I had the people on the Ubuntu forums trying to help me get it working. However I think I broke the driver support for it now and I can't get any help figuring out how to revert back to start over.

My post at the Ubuntu forums is http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...48#post5922248

If anyone out there could help me figure out what I need to do to undo that post and start from scratch I'd be really greatful!
 
  


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