[ubuntu-uk] Problems with WinTV Nova-t 500

[Kris Douglas]

On 10/01/2008, Alan Pope <alan at popey.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 04:57:04PM +0000, Kris Douglas wrote:
> > On 10/01/2008, LeeGroups <mailgroups at varga.co.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi, we have a MythTV home setup, and today our tuner suddenly
> stopped
> > > > working. I ran a test and these results were presented to me...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > root at ubuntu-server:~# dmesg | grep dvb
> > > > [   18.248000] dvb-usb: found a 'Hauppauge Nova-T 500 Dual DVB-T' in
> > > > cold state, will try to load a firmware
> > > > [   19.576000] dvb-usb: did not find the firmware file.
> > > > (dvb-usb-dib0700-01.fw) Please see linux/Documentation/dvb/ for more
> > > > details on firmware-problems. (-2)
> > > > [   19.576000] usbcore: registered new interface driver
> dvb_usb_dib0700
> > > >
> > > > It appeares that something has recently affected the firmware on the
> > > > device, and It can no longer install the usual way, any ideas
> anyone?
> > > >
> > > It's not that it's been affected, more that it can't find it...
> > >
> > > A lot of these DVB cards have there firmware loaded into them at boot
> > > time by their corresponding driver software.
> > > I think it's just complaining that it can find the
> > > "dvb-usb-dib0700-01.fw" file that it's expecting to find in some
> > > specific location in the harddrive...
> > >
> > > Lee
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> > >
> >
> > Its still there, its not as if it can just uninstall itself, right?
> >
>
> Well my system doesn't have that file in /lib/firmware/... so either it
> was
> there and was removed in a kernel update or you never had it :)
>
> Googling for the filename shows this guy has a copy on his webspace:-
>
>
> http://www.omskakas.se/2007/01/howto-hauppauge-nova-t-500-pci-under-linux.html
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
>
> --
> ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>

The tutorial on the MythTV wiki has the install process for the card, I did
install it...


... On that note, maybe you're right about the kernel update, I may have a
look at that one.

-- 
Kris Douglas
      Softdel Limited Hosting Services

      Web: www.softdel.net
      Mail: kris at softdel.net
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-uk/attachments/20080110/23bcb7da/attachment.htm