[mythtvnz] Tuning FreeView - can't lock transponder and FRONTEND DEVICE busy?

Steven Ellis mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:59:57 +1200


Craig Whitmore wrote:
>> Getting frontend event
>> FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_LOCK FE_HAS_CARRIER FE_HAS_VITERBI
>> FE_HAS_SYNC
>> Event:  Frequency: 11756000
>>        SymbolRate: 22500000
>>        FEC_inner:  3
>>
>> Bit error rate: 0
>> Signal strength: 62208
>> SNR: 62495
>> FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_LOCK FE_HAS_CARRIER FE_HAS_VITERBI
>> FE_HAS_SYNC
>> frontend: 8FRONTEND DEVICE: : Device or resource busy
>>
>>
>
> This is normal with one of these cards. (the drivers are a little
> bugy) :-(  Don't fret.. just continue. the 8FRONTEND DEVICE: : Device
> or resource busy is just a bug in the drivers and actually means you
> have locked into a correct freq.
>
> Just tune in with myth as normal and everything will work. All the
> above step does is test if you get a signal.
Ooo. Thats a pain. Its so nice to get the feedback on a dvbtune with the
Skystar cards.

Steve

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