DVB broken in Lucid for Kaffeine-KDE3 compiled from source [was: DVB broken in Lucid]

[Nils Kassube]

DVB isn't broken in Lucid - I'm watching DVB-T with my Lucid test 
machine right now.

Muzer wrote:
> I've installed Kaffeine-KDE3 from source (all other media players,
> including Kaffeine-KDE4, simply aren't good enough). 

What is the problem with Kaffeine-KDE4?

> However, the DVB
>  is refusing to tune. I know Kaffeine-KDE3 isn't supported or
>  anything, but from looking on the internet it seems like the sort of
>  problem that extends to all packages using DVB.

> Basically, it refuses to tune into any channels or pick up any
>  channels in a scan. The full debug output on the command-line I get
>  is:

> Tuning to: BBC ONE / autocount: 0
> DvbCam::probe(): /dev/dvb/adapter0/ca0: : No such file or directory
> Using DVB device 0:0 "Philips TDA10046H DVB-T"
> tuning DVB-T to 706000000 Hz
> inv:2 bw:0 fecH:3 fecL:9 mod:1 tm:0 gi:0 hier:0
> ...
> 
> Not able to lock to the signal on the given frequency
> Frontend closed
> Tuning delay: 6493 ms

Well, maybe the problem is your way of compiling from source or you need 
an additional package to make your DVB hardware work with Lucid. To make 
my DVB-T module work, I need the additional packages linux-firmware-
nonfree and kubuntu-restricted-extras.

I just installed as a test the Kaffeine-KDE3 version of Hardy and it 
works without a problem. If you want to install the Hardy version, add 
the line

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted

to your file "/etc/apt/sources.list". Well, maybe the "restricted" 
repository isn't needed but I didn't check it. To downgrade the kaffeine 
package to the Hardy version with synaptic you would reload and then 
search for kaffeine and select the line of the kaffeine package. Then 
use Package -> Force Version... and select the Hardy version. After you 
installed that version you can lock it with Package -> Lock Version. 
Sorry, I can't tell you how to achieve it with other package managers.


Nils