Difficul;ties with trying to install and use tv adaptor
Bret Busby
bret.busby at gmail.com
Tue May 15 13:58:21 UTC 2018
On 15/05/2018, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 13/05/2018, Grizzly via ubuntu-users <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> wrote:
>> 13 May 2018 at 15:46, Bret Busby wrote:
>> Re: Difficul;ties with trying to in (at least in part)
>>
>>>On 13/05/2018, Grizzly via ubuntu-users <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>><snip>
>>>
>>>>>> I have purchased and tried to install, a tv adaptor;
>>>>>> AVerMedia A867R AVerTV Volar HD Nano USB TV Tuner
>>>>>> for PAL digital television in Austyralia, on UbuntuMATE 16.04.x
>>>>
>>>>>> I tried to inslall MythTV, which would not install from the Ubuntu
>>>>>> Software Centre, because it wants to get rid of MySQL, also tried to
>>>>>> install MeTV and TVTime.
>>>>
>>>> I would give Kaffiene a try, it worked a treat on my old DBV-TV
>>>> addaptor
>>>>
>>>
>>>Yes, I have tried Kaffeine, but I think that the system needs a driver
>>>for the device.
>>
>> I'm not familia with your adaptor, and if (or not) Ubuntu supports it
>> out-of-the-box, I did find a driver for it here
>>
>> https://www.avermedia.com/tv_more/download/avertv_volar_hd_nano
>>
>> http://storage.avermedia.com/web_release_www/A867R/A867R_drv_v1.0.29_20160707.ta
>> r.bz2
>>
>> I do note that all the info I can find dates back 6 to 8 years
>>
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>
> Having, on another system, run the commands as published on the web
> page of the second link above, and, having downloaded the driver, I
> get the following; the first part is the tail end of the dmesg output,
> the second part is where the driver got downloaded.
>
> Why is it not found?
>
> "
> [5024767.393352] usb 3-6.3: new high-speed USB device number 18 using
> xhci_hcd
> [5024767.487069] usb 3-6.3: New USB device found, idVendor=07ca,
> idProduct=1867
> [5024767.487083] usb 3-6.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
> SerialNumber=3
> [5024767.487085] usb 3-6.3: Product: A867
> [5024767.487086] usb 3-6.3: Manufacturer: AVerMedia TECHNOLOGIES, Inc
> [5024767.487088] usb 3-6.3: SerialNumber: 0500093000090
> [5024767.489915] usb 3-6.3: dvb_usb_af9035: prechip_version=00
> chip_version=03 chip_type=3802
> [5024767.490306] usb 3-6.3: dvb_usb_v2: found a 'AVerMedia HD Volar
> (A867)' in cold state
> [5024767.534535] usb 3-6.3: Direct firmware load for
> dvb-usb-af9035-02.fw failed with error -2
> [5024767.534540] usb 3-6.3: dvb_usb_v2: Did not find the firmware file
> 'dvb-usb-af9035-02.fw'. Please see linux/Documentation/dvb/ for more
> details on firmware-problems. Status -2
> [5024767.534549] dvb_usb_af9035: probe of 3-6.3:1.0 failed with error -2
> [5024768.167213] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=
> SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:5759:b093:254d:dbca
> DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001 LEN=64 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=1
> FLOWLBL=293196 PROTO=UDP SPT=8612 DPT=8612 LEN=24
> [5024768.167226] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=
> SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:5759:b093:254d:dbca
> DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001 LEN=64 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=1
> FLOWLBL=581787 PROTO=UDP SPT=8612 DPT=8610 LEN=24
> [5024768.177412] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=
> SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:5759:b093:254d:dbca
> DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001 LEN=64 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=1
> FLOWLBL=293196 PROTO=UDP SPT=8612 DPT=8612 LEN=24
> [5024864.300839] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT=
> MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:01:f8:ab:05:8e:34:fa:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.1
> DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=36 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=0 DF PROTO=2
> [5024989.298216] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT=
> MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:01:f8:ab:05:8e:34:fa:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.1
> DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=36 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=0 DF PROTO=2
> [5025114.296602] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT=
> MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:01:f8:ab:05:8e:34:fa:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.1
> DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=36 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=0 DF PROTO=2
> [5025239.293681] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT=
> MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:01:f8:ab:05:8e:34:fa:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.1
> DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=36 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=0 DF PROTO=2
> [5025364.291544] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT=
> MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:01:f8:ab:05:8e:34:fa:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.1
> DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=36 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=0 DF PROTO=2
> [5025489.290511] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT=
> MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:01:f8:ab:05:8e:34:fa:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.1
> DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=36 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=0 DF PROTO=2
> [5025614.289294] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT=
> MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:01:f8:ab:05:8e:34:fa:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.1
> DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=36 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=0 DF PROTO=2
> [5025739.287975] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT=
> MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:01:f8:ab:05:8e:34:fa:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.1
> DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=36 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=0 DF PROTO=2
> [5025864.287176] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT=
> MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:01:f8:ab:05:8e:34:fa:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.1
> DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=36 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=0 DF PROTO=2
> bret at bret-Aspire-V3-772-UbuntuMATE:~$ ls /lib/firmware
> 3.19.0-31-generic ct2fw-3.2.3.0.bin
> ipw2100-1.3-i.fw iwlwifi-7260-9.ucode mrvl
> r128 tigon
> 3com ct2fw-3.2.5.1.bin
> ipw2100-1.3-p.fw iwlwifi-7265-10.ucode
> mt7601u.bin r8a779x_usb3_v1.dlmem
> ti-keystone
> 4.4.0-112-generic ctefx.bin ipw2200-bss.fw
> iwlwifi-7265-12.ucode mt7650.bin
> r8a779x_usb3_v2.dlmem tlg2300_firmware.bin
> 4.4.0-116-generic ctfw-3.2.1.1.bin ipw2200-ibss.fw
> iwlwifi-7265-13.ucode mts_cdma.fw
> r8a779x_usb3_v3.dlmem ttusb-budget
> 4.4.0-59-generic ctfw-3.2.3.0.bin
> ipw2200-sniffer.fw iwlwifi-7265-16.ucode
> mts_edge.fw radeon
> ueagle-atm
> a300_pfp.fw ctfw-3.2.5.1.bin isci
> iwlwifi-7265-17.ucode mts_gsm.fw
> README usbdux
> a300_pm4.fw ctspeq.bin
> iwlwifi-1000-5.ucode iwlwifi-7265-8.ucode
> mts_mt9234mu.fw rp2.fw
> usbduxfast_firmware.bin
> acenic cxgb3
> iwlwifi-100-5.ucode iwlwifi-7265-9.ucode
> mts_mt9234zba.fw RS9113_AP_BT_DUAL_MODE.rps
> usbdux_firmware.bin
> adaptec cxgb4
> iwlwifi-105-6.ucode iwlwifi-7265D-10.ucode mwl8k
> RS9113_WLAN_BT_DUAL_MODE.rps
> usbduxsigma_firmware.bin
> advansys dsp56k
> iwlwifi-135-6.ucode iwlwifi-7265D-12.ucode mwlwifi
> RS9113_WLAN_QSPI.rps
> v4l-cx231xx-avcore-01.fw
> agere_ap_fw.bin dvb-fe-xc4000-1.4.1.fw
> iwlwifi-2000-6.ucode iwlwifi-7265D-13.ucode
> myri10ge_eth_big_z8e.dat rsi_91x.fw
> v4l-cx23418-apu.fw
> agere_sta_fw.bin dvb-fe-xc5000-1.6.114.fw
> iwlwifi-2030-6.ucode iwlwifi-7265D-16.ucode
> myri10ge_ethp_big_z8e.dat rt2561.bin
> v4l-cx23418-cpu.fw
> amdgpu dvb-fe-xc5000c-4.1.30.7.fw
> iwlwifi-3160-10.ucode iwlwifi-7265D-17.ucode
> myri10ge_ethp_z8e.dat rt2561s.bin
> v4l-cx23418-dig.fw
> ar3k dvb-usb-af9035-02.fw
> iwlwifi-3160-12.ucode iwlwifi-7265D-21.ucode
> myri10ge_eth_z8e.dat rt2661.bin
> v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw
> ar5523.bin dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw
> iwlwifi-3160-13.ucode iwlwifi-7265D-22.ucode
> myri10ge_rss_eth_big_z8e.dat rt2860.bin
> v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw
> as102_data1_st.hex dvb-usb-it9135-01.fw
> iwlwifi-3160-16.ucode iwlwifi-7265D-27.ucode
> myri10ge_rss_ethp_big_z8e.dat rt2870.bin
> v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg
> as102_data2_st.hex dvb-usb-it9135-02.fw.bak
> iwlwifi-3160-17.ucode iwlwifi-7265D-29.ucode
> myri10ge_rss_ethp_z8e.dat rt3070.bin
> v4l-cx23885-avcore-01.fw
> asihpi dvb-usb-terratec-h5-drxk.fw
> iwlwifi-3160-7.ucode iwlwifi-8000C-13.ucode
> myri10ge_rss_eth_z8e.dat rt3090.bin
> v4l-cx25840.fw
> ath10k ea
> iwlwifi-3160-8.ucode iwlwifi-8000C-16.ucode netronome
> rt3290.bin
> v4l-pvrusb2-24xxx-01.fw
> ath3k-1.fw edgeport
> iwlwifi-3160-9.ucode iwlwifi-8000C-21.ucode NPE-B
> rt73.bin
> v4l-pvrusb2-29xxx-01.fw
> ath6k emi26
> iwlwifi-3168-21.ucode iwlwifi-8000C-27.ucode NPE-C
> RTL8192E vicam
> ath9k_htc emi62
> iwlwifi-3168-22.ucode iwlwifi-8000C-31.ucode nvidia
> rtl_bt vntwusb.fw
> atmel ene-ub6250
> iwlwifi-3168-27.ucode iwlwifi-8265-21.ucode ositech
> rtl_nic vpu_d.bin
> atmel_at76c504_2958.bin ess
> iwlwifi-3168-29.ucode iwlwifi-8265-22.ucode phanfw.bin
> rtlwifi vpu_p.bin
> atmel_at76c504a_2958.bin f2255usb.bin
> iwlwifi-3945-2.ucode iwlwifi-8265-27.ucode
> qat_895xcc.bin s2250.fw vxge
> atmsar11.fw go7007
> iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode iwlwifi-8265-31.ucode
> qat_895xcc_mmp.bin s2250_loader.fw
> WHENCE.ubuntu
> atusb GPL-3
> iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-33.ucode
> qat_c3xxx.bin s5p-mfc.fw
> whiteheat.fw
> av7110 hfi1_dc8051.fw
> iwlwifi-5150-2.ucode iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-33.ucode
> qat_c3xxx_mmp.bin s5p-mfc-v6.fw
> whiteheat_loader.fw
> bnx2x hfi1_fabric.fw
> iwlwifi-6000-4.ucode kaweth
> qat_c62x.bin s5p-mfc-v6-v2.fw
> wil6210.brd
> brcm hfi1_pcie.fw
> iwlwifi-6000g2a-5.ucode keyspan
> qat_c62x_mmp.bin s5p-mfc-v7.fw
> wil6210.fw
> carl9170-1.fw hfi1_sbus.fw
> iwlwifi-6000g2a-6.ucode keyspan_pda
> qat_mmp.bin s5p-mfc-v8.fw
> wsm_22.bin
> carl9170fw hp
> iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode korg qca
> sb16 yam
> cavium htc_7010.fw
> iwlwifi-6050-5.ucode lbtf_usb.bin qcom
> scripts yamaha
> cbfw-3.2.1.1.bin htc_9271.fw
> iwlwifi-7260-10.ucode lgs8g75.fw qed
> sdd_sagrad_1091_1098.bin zd1201-ap.fw
> cbfw-3.2.3.0.bin i2400m-fw-usb-1.4.sbcf
> iwlwifi-7260-12.ucode libertas
> ql2100_fw.bin slicoss zd1201.fw
> cbfw-3.2.5.1.bin i2400m-fw-usb-1.5.sbcf
> iwlwifi-7260-13.ucode liquidio
> ql2200_fw.bin sun zd1211
> cis i6050-fw-usb-1.5.sbcf
> iwlwifi-7260-16.ucode Makefile
> ql2300_fw.bin tehuti
> configure i915
> iwlwifi-7260-17.ucode matrox
> ql2322_fw.bin ti_3410.fw
> cpia2 intel
> iwlwifi-7260-7.ucode mellanox
> ql2400_fw.bin ti_5052.fw
> ct2fw-3.2.1.1.bin ipw2100-1.3.fw
> iwlwifi-7260-8.ucode moxa
> ql2500_fw.bin ti-connectivity
> bret at bret-Aspire-V3-772-UbuntuMATE:~$
> "
>
>
> --
>
> Bret Busby
> Armadale
> West Australia
>
> ..............
>
> "So once you do know what the question actually is,
> you'll know what the answer means."
> - Deep Thought,
> Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
> "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
> A Trilogy In Four Parts",
> written by Douglas Adams,
> published by Pan Books, 1992
>
> ....................................................
>
It seems strange to me, but, after half an hour or so, the firmware
seems to take effect, and, away it goes.
The only thing is that, on this computer, the sound is all weird. The
voices, in the programmes, are too quite to be heard, but, the
incidental music comes through okay.
--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............
"So once you do know what the question actually is,
you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
A Trilogy In Four Parts",
written by Douglas Adams,
published by Pan Books, 1992
....................................................
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