ubuntu 12.4 (lts) tvheadend and TBS 6981 card

Hi there, i have searched, and i have tried many methods for installing / compiling the drive found through google.
but after 4 or 5 reinstalls i still cannot get the drive loaded or shown in tvheadend.

ive followed guides and even made a script but it just never shows.

ive got the card currently installed in a prolian microserver. (does it need the extra power cable in all machines? although i have tried with and without)

in the end i found this

http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/TBS6981_DVB-S2_Dual_Tuner_PCIe_Card

using nano i created a script in tmp, using this
[code]
#!/bin/sh

cd ~
wget http://www.tbsdtv.com/download/document/common/tbs-linux-drivers_v130927.zip
apt-get install y gcc rar tar gzip
aptitude install -y linux-headers`uname -r` build-essential cvs libncurses5-dev gcc rar tar gzip unzip
cd /usr/local/src/
rm tbs* -r
mkdir tbs6981
cd tbs6981
unzip ~/tbs-linux-drivers_v130927.zip
tar xjvf linux-tbs-drivers.tar.bz2
find linux-tbs-drivers -type d -exec chmod u+wx '{}' \;
find linux-tbs-drivers -name "*.sh" -o -name "*.pl" -exec chmod u+x '{}' \;
cd linux-tbs-drivers
./v4l/tbs-x86.sh
make
make install
cd ..
cp v4l-cx23885-avcore-01.fw /lib/firmware/
echo ""
echo "please reboot..."
echo ""[/code]

as you can see ive edited it to reflect the latest drivers. it installs correctly with no visible errors, and i reboot

but still nothing, if i do

dmesq I grep frontend (excuse typo my keyboard wont allow me to put in the right character)

i get no output

tvheadend wont show the card under tc cards either.

please note i am simply fresh install of ubuntu 12.04, install tv head end, and then try to get the drivers installed / compiled.

can anyone help please?

thanks

Replies (3)

RE: ubuntu 12.4 (lts) tvheadend and TBS 6981 card - Added by dan jericho about 11 years ago

Yep,

Im having issues getting the V4L-dvb drivers to install on ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Ive followed the guide and copied the CX24117 firmware into the /lib/firmware folder.

When I do a modprobe, it throws some errors and there is nothing in my adapters list within TVheadend.

Ive had this working before with the new firmware, and it seems to work ok on ubuntu 13

RE: ubuntu 12.4 (lts) tvheadend and TBS 6981 card - Added by Baum K about 11 years ago

Hello world,

TBS698x looks to have a big history with TVH.

Did you read the Adam Sutton 's news here => https://tvheadend.org/news/57
and also https://github.com/ljalves/linux_media/wiki

and also pay a beer,

BaumK

RE: ubuntu 12.4 (lts) tvheadend and TBS 6981 card - Added by mr monkey about 11 years ago

ok, so ive managed it, and have some instructions here for yall.

you can make a script if you like or just do each command from terminal / ssh

these are working and are current, but in the future you may need to change the driver filename (goto tbs website see what latest driver is called and change the commands accordingly.

tested on ubuntu 12.4 and 12.10 64bit.


cd ~
wget http://www.tbsdtv.com/download/document/common/tbs-linux-

drivers_v130927.zip
apt-get install -y gcc rar tar gzip
aptitude install -y linux-headers-`uname -r` build-essential cvs libncurses5-dev 

gcc rar tar gzip unzip
cd /usr/local/src/
rm tbs* -r
mkdir tbs6981
cd tbs6981
unzip ~/tbs-linux-drivers_v130927.zip
tar xjvf linux-tbs-drivers.tar.bz2
find linux-tbs-drivers -type d -exec chmod u+wx '{}' \;
find linux-tbs-drivers -name "*.sh" -o -name "*.pl" -exec chmod u+x '{}' \;
cd linux-tbs-drivers
./v4l/tbs-x86_64.sh
make
make install
cd ..
cp v4l-cx23885-avcore-01.fw /lib/firmware/
echo "" 
echo "please reboot..." 
echo ""

if you wish to creat a script


nano /tmp/install.sh

copy and paste the above code into it

ctrl+x

Y for yes

enter

then

chown <username> /tmp/install.sh

e.g.

chown root /tmp/install.sh

chmod 755 /tmp/install.sh

/tmp/install.sh

this will run the script, once finished it will alert you to reboot.

at this point you can install tvheadend

nano /etc/apt/sources.list

"add this deb"

deb http://apt.tvheadend.org/stable wheezy main

curl http://apt.tvheadend.org/repo.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -

apt-get update

apt-get install tvheadend

hope this helps, im no linux god, but the above definatley works 100%

once done reboot system then check with this command

dmesg | grep cx23885

but i will guarantee your card will now be recognized in tvheadend

thanks, though i would post here as it took me a while, i know my way round linux a little but am certainly no god!!!

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