[mythtvnz] Udev, 3 pci cards dance around the os.

[Barry Clearwater]

>
> 2009/8/7 Jason Taylor <killerkiwi2005 at gmail.com>
>
>> Create udev rule for your USB device as well.. ?
>>
>> As I understand it.. the reason this is still so hard is there wasn't
>> a generic way to apply udev rules for all video devices (including
>> webcams, tuner cards etc) so originally there were no rules..
>>
>> Im sure I saw somewhere a fix was on its way but my google skills are
>> failing to find it again at the moment
>>
>> Jason Taylor
>>
>> 2009/8/7 Barry Clearwater <barryc at bcsystems.co.nz>:
>> > 2009/8/6 Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com>
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Barry Clearwater<
>> barryc at bcsystems.co.nz>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Problem. On reboot, pci cards are changing their positions with
>> respect
>> >> > to
>> >> > Myth.
>> >> > Much good reading on Udev in the mythtv wiki, followed this and tried
>> to
>> >> > apply the answers, created a rule set with adaptor101 adaptor102 etc
>> >> > I now have a quandary. The machine has two Nova S satellite cards and
>> 1
>> >> > Nova
>> >> > T 500 dual terrestrial digital card.
>> >> > Udev has helped us nail the two Satellite cards to a fixed position,
>> >> > mainly
>> >> > because they each have a different serial number. The USB based Nova
>> T
>> >> > is
>> >> > however being a pig.There is nothing to differentiate one of the usb
>> >> > receivers from the other.
>> >> >
>> >> > 1. Does anybody have 2 satellite + dual nova t setup like ours that
>> >> > could
>> >> > share their Udev solution?
>> >> > 2. Is there another way or something I've missed?
>> >> > 3. Why is this so darn hard?
>> >>
>> >> Why does it matter if the two DVB-T tuners swap place with each other?
>> >
>> >
>> >>
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>> > If  it was just with each other I would not be asking for help, as there
>> > would not be problems cropping up.
>> > They swap places with the dvb s cards as well. A dvb s card needs an
>> lnb.
>> > Plus its difficult to create a udev rule or link to both receivers in
>> the
>> > card as they don't have any differentiating attributes.
>> >
>> >
>> > Has anybody got the dual nova t with satellite cards in the same box?
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > Barry Clearwater
>> > Email: barryc at bcsystems.co.nz
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>>
> Yes, I've done the udev rule, but there are two receivers on the card
> udevadm finds them both but they have the same serial number, no way to
> differentiate between the two, result: only one receiver showing up.
>
> So have people who had satelite cards then got a nova t 500 taken out their
> satellite cards or what?
>
>
> Barry Clearwater
> Email: barryc at bcsystems.co.nz
>



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