[mythtvnz] Mythbackend crashes

Steven Ellis mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Wed, 6 Sep 2006 17:20:38 +1200 (NZST)


Wade Maxfield wrote:
>>Wade Maxfield wrote:
>>>>
>>  >
>>>  Hints on how to identify the driver?
>>
>>dmesg | grep -i dvb
>>
>>and
>>
>>lsmod | grep dvb
>>
>>Should hopefully give you some idea of the driver which will you can then
>>check the version of using
>>
>>modinfo "module_name"
>>
>>eg
>>
>>modinfo dvb-ttpci
>>
>>Hope this helps
>>
>>Steve
>>
>
> Thanks Steve,
>
> Excuse the verbose output, but this is what I get:
>
> # dmesg | grep -i dvb
> DVB: registering new adapter (FlexCop Digital TV device).
> DVB: registering frontend 0 (ST STV0299 DVB-S)...
> b2c2-flexcop: initialization of 'Sky2PC/SkyStar 2 DVB-S' at the 'PCI'
> bus controlled by a 'FlexCopIIb' complete
>
> # /sbin/lsmod | grep dvb
> dvb_core              130800  2 b2c2_flexcop,stv0299
> dvb_pll                47429  2 b2c2_flexcop,nxt200x
>
> # /sbin/modinfo dvb_core
> filename:
> /lib/modules/2.6.17-1.2174_FC5/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb-core.ko
> description:    DVB Core Driver
> author:         Marcus Metzler, Ralph Metzler, Holger Waechtler
> license:        GPL
> vermagic:       2.6.17-1.2174_FC5 SMP mod_unload gcc-4.1
> depends:
> srcversion:     218720858132E49B71143E0
> parm:           dvb_net_debug:enable debug messages (int)
> parm:           dvb_powerdown_on_sleep:0: do not power down, 1: turn
> LNB volatage off on sleep (default) (int)
> parm:           dvb_override_tune_delay:0: normal (default), >0 =>
> delay in milliseconds to wait for lock after a tune attempt (int)
> parm:           dvb_force_auto_inversion:0: normal (default), 1:
> INVERSION_AUTO forced always (int)
> parm:           dvb_shutdown_timeout:wait <shutdown_timeout> seconds
> after close() before suspending hardware (int)
> parm:           frontend_debug:Turn on/off frontend core debugging
> (default:off). (int)
> parm:           cam_debug:enable verbose debug messages (int)
> parm:           debug:Turn on/off debugging (default:off). (int)
> parm:           dvbdev_debug:Turn on/off device debugging (default:off).
> (int)
>
> # /sbin/modinfo dvb_pll
> filename:
> /lib/modules/2.6.17-1.2174_FC5/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/dvb-pll.ko
> description:    dvb pll library
> author:         Gerd Knorr
> license:        GPL
> vermagic:       2.6.17-1.2174_FC5 SMP mod_unload gcc-4.1
> depends:
> srcversion:     2C190ED28073D37F8CD6656
> parm:           debug:enable verbose debug messages (int)
>
> I can see a srcversion but no nice pretty version number.  8)
>
The two that are most interesting i've included output from one of my
boxes below

root@mythtv:~# modinfo b2c2_flexcop
filename:      
/lib/modules/2.6.15-chw-2/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/b2c2/b2c2-flexcop.ko
author:         Patrick Boettcher <patrick.boettcher@desy.de
description:    B2C2 FlexcopII/II(b)/III digital TV receiver chip
license:        GPL
vermagic:       2.6.15-chw-2 SMP preempt 586 gcc-3.3
depends:       
dvb-pll,dvb-core,mt312,stv0299,lgdt330x,mt352,i2c-core,stv0297,nxt2002,bcm3510,firmware_class
parm:           debug:set debug level
(1=info,2=tuner,4=i2c,8=ts,16=sram,32=reg (|-able)). (debugging is not
enabled) (int)
root@mythtv:~# modinfo stv0299
filename:      
/lib/modules/2.6.15-chw-2/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stv0299.ko
description:    ST STV0299 DVB Demodulator driver
author:         Ralph Metzler, Holger Waechtler, Peter Schildmann, Felix
Domke, Andreas Oberritter, Andrew de Quincey, Kenneth Aafl
license:        GPL
vermagic:       2.6.15-chw-2 SMP preempt 586 gcc-3.3
depends:        dvb-core,i2c-core
parm:           debug:Turn on/off frontend debugging (default:off). (int)
parm:           debug_legacy_dish_switch:Enable timing analysis for Dish
Network legacy switches (int)

Steve