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Ubuntu Driver For Digital Devices DuoFlex S2 Mini PCIe

Added by Daniel Hitchcock almost 12 years ago

Hi.

First time poster, intermediate linux knowledge, first time TVHeadend user.

I have just recently (yesterday) decided to make the switch from Windows Home Server 2011 with MediaPortal TV Server to Ubuntu Server and TV Headend.

I have been trying to install the drivers for my Digital Devices DuoFlex S2 Mini PCIe TV card but have come to a bit of an abrupt stop.

I discovered that there are no Linux drivers for my particular TV card (first D'oh moment)! After a bit of googling, I found this little gem:

http://www.vdr-portal.de/board16-video-disk-recorder/board85-hdtv-dvb-s2/95811-digital-devices-duoflex-s2-minipcie-linux-treiber/

It contains a link to a website here:

http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Mystique_SaTiX-S2_Dual

And also contains a duoflex_0.diff patch:

http://www.vdr-portal.de/index.php?page=Attachment&attachmentID=25028&h=46d3835de04770b3ceb8362d0d88ac109790795f

And another patch (ngene_shutdown_workaround_1.diff) which addresses some sleep issues:

http://www.vdr-portal.de/index.php?page=Attachment&attachmentID=26402&h=7482603c39f6b1a0d299c4df0adddedfcd99c9eb

Right, hallelujah! I thought,

First hurdle: The firmware link included in the driver build wiki link above is missing! (Second D'oh moment)! I found it here:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/all/linux-firmware-nonfree/filelist

I cloned the files from the mercurial source as stated, and tried applying the duoflex_0.diff patch - This failed and I do not have the knowledge to tweak it to work - The second patch ngene_shutdown_workaround_1.diff applies fine!!

Please can someone help me out?? I feel that I am so close to getting it all working - And have thoroughly done my homework and exhausted all other avenues!!

Any help will be greatly received!!

Many thanks!! (and sorry for the essay)

Dan.


Replies (3)

RE: Ubuntu Driver For Digital Devices DuoFlex S2 Mini PCIe - Added by Harald Nehring almost 12 years ago

Dan, have you checked out this thread: http://www.vdr-portal.de/board16-video-disk-recorder/board85-hdtv-dvb-s2/113367-aktuelle-treiber-für-octopus-ddbridge-cines2-ngene-ddbridge-duoflex-s2-duoflex-ct-cinect-sowie-tt-s2-6400-teil-2/? It's in German but should get you started with Digital Devices drivers. This guy UFO maintains a media_build fork with patched drivers for ngene and ddbridge hardware.

I haven't tried it out myself (still running on "old" CaBIX cards), though.

Harald

RE: Ubuntu Driver For Digital Devices DuoFlex S2 Mini PCIe - Added by Daniel Hitchcock almost 12 years ago

Thanks Harald,

The links I posted above were from the same forum (different discussion though).. The patches I posted above were created by UFO too...

The link that you posted looks to be the one that I was after though.. Thank you very very much!! Will try tonight and post my successes and failures :)

RE: Ubuntu Driver For Digital Devices DuoFlex S2 Mini PCIe - Added by Rob vh almost 12 years ago

I'm running a DuoFlex S2 with an Octopus PCIe card. The drivers were part of DVB in Mythbuntu 12.04. Note, I did not install a raw Ubuntu.
Back with Ubuntu 10.04, I installed UFO's drivers but had to re-install them each time Ubuntu got a new kernel version. And since I ran with automated updates, I got surprised several times when the updates included a kernel fix. So now, I'm content with the standard ngene driver.

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