[mythtvnz] Mythbackend crashes

Wade Maxfield mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Wed, 6 Sep 2006 17:01:14 +1200


>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)

  - Wade