[Bug 622397] [NEW] USB DVB-T: TDA18218 not yet compiled in af9015

Sun Aug 22 19:11:38 UTC 2010

Public bug reported:

Short: This is a request to get the TDA18218 patched compiled into the
Ubuntu Linux kernel.

Long:

I have a DVB-T USB stick with an af9015 chip, and a TDA18218 tuner. The
TDA18218 is not recognized. This is a well known problem. The relevant
message in /var/log/messages is:

af9015: tuner id:179 not supported, please report!

For some months, there is a patch to make the tda18218 work. I've
created an (ugly, as I had to remove firedtv stuff) script to make it
work. See http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9723087&postcount=133
and below.

So: can the TDA18218 stuff be included into the standard Ubuntu kernel?

Complete /var/log/messages:

Aug 22 21:00:44 athlon64 kernel: [   75.290038] usb 1-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
Aug 22 21:00:44 athlon64 kernel: [   75.444770] usb 1-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Aug 22 21:00:44 athlon64 kernel: [   75.448016] Afatech DVB-T 2: Fixing fullspeed to highspeed interval: 10 -> 7
Aug 22 21:00:44 athlon64 kernel: [   75.448378] input: Afatech DVB-T 2 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.5/usb1/1-6/1-6:1.1/input/input6
Aug 22 21:00:44 athlon64 kernel: [   75.448499] generic-usb 0003:15A4:9016.0003: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.01 Keyboard [Afatech DVB-T 2] on usb-0000:00:13.5-6/input1
Aug 22 21:00:44 athlon64 kernel: [   75.552398] af9015: tuner id:179 not supported, please report!
Aug 22 21:00:44 athlon64 kernel: [   75.552442] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_af9015

sander at athlon64:~$ lsusb
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 03f0:0024 Hewlett-Packard KU-0316 Keyboard
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. M-UV69a/HP M-UV96 Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 15a4:9016 Afatech Technologies, Inc. AF9015 DVB-T USB2.0 stick
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 059f:1019 LaCie, Ltd 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
sander at athlon64:~$ 

sander at athlon64:~$ uname -a
Linux athlon64 2.6.32-24-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 19 01:38:40 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

sander at athlon64:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release 
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS"
sander at athlon64:~$ 

Script to get the TDA18218 compiled in:

#!/bin/sh
# sanderj, thanks to size_XXM
# http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9722751#post9722751
# 2010-08-15, 2

sudo apt-get install mercurial

DIR=tda18218-attempt.`uname -r`.$$
cd ~
mkdir usb-dvb
cd usb-dvb
mkdir $DIR
cd $DIR
echo "hallo" > file.txt

hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/~anttip/tda18218/
cd tda18218/
time make 
sed -i 's/FIREDTV=m/FIREDTV=n/g' v4l/.config
time make
sudo make install
# wget http://palosaari.fi/linux/v4l-dvb/firmware/af9015/4.95.0.0/dvb-usb-af9015.fw
wget http://palosaari.fi/linux/v4l-dvb/firmware/af9015/5.1.0.0/dvb-usb-af9015.fw
sudo cp dvb-usb-af9015.fw /lib/firmware/

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-24-generic 2.6.32-24.41
Regression: No
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.41-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic x86_64
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  sander     1697 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfe020000 irq 16'
   Mixer name	: 'Realtek ALC883'
   Components	: 'HDA:10ec0883,10438232,00100002'
   Controls      : 38
   Simple ctrls  : 21
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfdcfc000 irq 19'
   Mixer name	: 'ATI RS690/780 HDMI'
   Components	: 'HDA:1002791a,00791a00,00100000'
   Controls      : 4
   Simple ctrls  : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Date: Sun Aug 22 21:01:14 2010
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=d6d1a648-4c1a-4ce5-8e0f-74a76cf87952
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=6315540a-5dd2-4fc2-9143-e56c4c5527f0 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34.1
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
WpaSupplicantLog:

dmi.bios.date: 10/22/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: ASUS M2A-VM HDMI ACPI BIOS Revision 2201
dmi.board.name: M2A-VM HDMI
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: 1.XX
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 123456789000
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvrASUSM2A-VMHDMIACPIBIOSRevision2201:bd10/22/2008:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM2A-VMHDMI:rvr1.XX:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid needs-upstream-testing

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USB DVB-T: TDA18218 not yet compiled in af9015
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