Lost my TV adapters after upgrade to 4.0.6 from 4.0.5
Added by Erik Peterzen about 9 years ago
Yup. Just as the title implies.
All was well, and then I updated from 4.0.5 and now I can watch TV any more...
I noticed that there are no "TV adapters" (where I used to have two), and that has to be a bad sign...
Server is running Ubuntu Linux 14.04.1 (Linux 3.13.0-66-generic on x86_64).
The TV tuner is a "PCTV tripleStick (292e)".
The first time around I followed these instructions (which was hard with my limited linux skills...);
http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/How_to_Obtain,_Build_and_Install_V4L-DVB_Device_Drivers
Together with this firmware;
http://palosaari.fi/linux/v4l-dvb/firmware/Si2168/Si2168-B40/d8da7ff67cd56cd8aa4e101aea45e052/
I've tried rebooting the server - nothing.
I've tried restarting just TVheadend - nothing.
I've tried stopping TVheadend - plugged out the USB, plugged it in again - restarted TVheadend - nothing.
"lsusb" gives me;
"Bus 003 Device 005: ID 2013:025f PCTV Systems"
The firmware is still in "lib/firmware"
Soooo...I'm sort of at loss here...any ideas?
Replies (9)
RE: Lost my TV adapters after upgrade to 4.0.6 from 4.0.5 - Added by Mark Clarkstone about 9 years ago
Check dmesg & see if it has registered the adapters if not you've more than likely had a kernel update & will need to reinstall the media_tree again.
RE: Lost my TV adapters after upgrade to 4.0.6 from 4.0.5 - Added by c128 m about 9 years ago
Did you take a kernel upgrade too, when you moved to 4.0.6?
I use in-kernel drivers now, but in days gone by, with TBS cards, a kernel upgrade meant a re-build of the out of tree drivers. You may need to follow those instructions again .
RE: Lost my TV adapters after upgrade to 4.0.6 from 4.0.5 - Added by Erik Peterzen about 9 years ago
Thanks for super fast replies!
Oki, "dsmeg" gives me a lot of text, but I'm guessing this is what would be of interest...;
"[12399.893559] usb 3-9: USB disconnect, device number 2
[12401.417583] usb 3-9: new high-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
[12401.434298] usb 3-9: New USB device found, idVendor=2013, idProduct=025f
[12401.434305] usb 3-9: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=1, SerialNumber=2
[12401.434310] usb 3-9: Product: PCTV 292e
[12401.434314] usb 3-9: Manufacturer: PCTV
[12401.434318] usb 3-9: SerialNumber: 0011493159
[17346.927206] usb 3-9: USB disconnect, device number 4
[17355.359296] usb 3-9: new high-speed USB device number 5 using xhci_hcd
[17355.376195] usb 3-9: New USB device found, idVendor=2013, idProduct=025f
[17355.376203] usb 3-9: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=1, SerialNumber=2
[17355.376208] usb 3-9: Product: PCTV 292e
[17355.376212] usb 3-9: Manufacturer: PCTV
[17355.376216] usb 3-9: SerialNumber: 0011493159"
Would this imply that I need to follow those complicated instructions again...?
Also, I did not upgrade my Kernel (at least not knowingly...), just tvheadend.
RE: Lost my TV adapters after upgrade to 4.0.6 from 4.0.5 - Added by Mark Clarkstone about 9 years ago
Erik Peterzen wrote:
Thanks for super fast replies!
Oki, "dsmeg" gives me a lot of text, but I'm guessing this is what would be of interest...;
"[12399.893559] usb 3-9: USB disconnect, device number 2
[12401.417583] usb 3-9: new high-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
[12401.434298] usb 3-9: New USB device found, idVendor=2013, idProduct=025f
[12401.434305] usb 3-9: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=1, SerialNumber=2
[12401.434310] usb 3-9: Product: PCTV 292e
[12401.434314] usb 3-9: Manufacturer: PCTV
[12401.434318] usb 3-9: SerialNumber: 0011493159
[17346.927206] usb 3-9: USB disconnect, device number 4
[17355.359296] usb 3-9: new high-speed USB device number 5 using xhci_hcd
[17355.376195] usb 3-9: New USB device found, idVendor=2013, idProduct=025f
[17355.376203] usb 3-9: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=1, SerialNumber=2
[17355.376208] usb 3-9: Product: PCTV 292e
[17355.376212] usb 3-9: Manufacturer: PCTV
[17355.376216] usb 3-9: SerialNumber: 0011493159"Would this imply that I need to follow those complicated instructions again...?
Yes, unfortunately, you could upgrade your kernel that includes the needed drivers but if you think building media_tree is complicated it might not be such a good idea.
Also, I did not upgrade my Kernel (at least not knowingly...), just tvheadend.
RE: Lost my TV adapters after upgrade to 4.0.6 from 4.0.5 - Added by Erik Peterzen about 9 years ago
Hmmm.. it wasn't too complicated to rebuild the media_tree after all, and yes - that solved my problem - so thanks!
RE: Lost my TV adapters after upgrade to 4.0.6 from 4.0.5 - Added by l s about 9 years ago
Erik Peterzen wrote:
Hmmm.. it wasn't too complicated to rebuild the media_tree after all, and yes - that solved my problem - so thanks!
hi
how do i upgrade to 4.0.6 and rebuild the media_tree?
RE: Lost my TV adapters after upgrade to 4.0.6 from 4.0.5 - Added by Erik Peterzen about 9 years ago
On ubuntu I guess updating to latest version was something like;
"sudo apt-get update"
followed by
"sudo apt-get upgrade"
This would update all repositories though, not just tvheadend.
To be honest, I'm lazy and use "Webmin" (which simply asked my if I wanted to upgrade), so I don't recall the exact command used, but the above commands should work.
SOmeone else might might help you with an exact command how to upgrade to 4.0.6 (but 4.0.7 is out now).
Reinstalling the media_tree was as easy as deleting (or in my case, renaming) the folder in my home directory called "media_build".
After that I just followed the ""Basic" Approach" in these instructions;
http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/How_to_Obtain,_Build_and_Install_V4L-DVB_Device_Drivers
Good luck!
RE: Lost my TV adapters after upgrade to 4.0.6 from 4.0.5 - Added by l s about 9 years ago
Thanks, is 4.0.7 is better?
RE: Lost my TV adapters after upgrade to 4.0.6 from 4.0.5 - Added by Erik Peterzen about 9 years ago
I don't know, but I'd guess so.