Mike Isely wrote: > On Sun, 28 Feb 2010, Dean wrote: > >> I tried your suggestions only with Mandriva, not the other four >> distros. So far I've not been able to load the driver in Mandriva. >> By the way, it looks like all of Mandriva's kernel drivers/modules >> exist on the disk only as .gz files. > > Well there must be something in that distro that auto-unzips modules as > they are needed. First I've ever heard of that, though it does make > some sense to have something like that. > > >> I looked in some of my log files for any record of the USB stack >> calling the kernel module. I don't know much about it but it seems >> like there should be some log that says a certain module has been >> called and found/not found. Unfortunately I didn't find any such >> logs, and as this is not my area of expertise I opened a Mandriva bug >> report about the issue. >> > > You won't find any such thing in the log. > > > >> I have a working HVR-850 which uses the em28xx kernel module. I was >> able to replicate the pvrusb2 problem with the HVR-850 just by >> renaming the em28xx directory where it's .gz drivers are stored. >> After renaming, connecting the HVR-850 resulted in just a few lines, >> maybe 6, in dmesg buffer, and no error message. > > What is *supposed* to happen is that the USB ID of the device should > trigger the loading of the pvrusb2 module. Once loaded, the pvrusb2 > module is logically attached to the pvrusb2 module and everything works. > > Everything you've described to this point suggests that your device is > not being associated with the pvrusb2 module. This is surprising since > the device you are trying to run has worked with the pvrusb2 module for > quite some time. The kernel version you listed should have been recent > enough. > > I just realized something here, and I'm sorry I didn't realize this > earlier. You're running an OnAir GT? That is an entirely different > device, not supported by the pvrusb2 driver. That would explain > everything you've observed. > > -Mike
Yes, I have the OnAir GT. Initially I had confused it with the OnAir Creator. How can I find out what chips are used in the GT model? Is there some software tool you guys use, or do you just open the units and have a look at what's inside? Dean _______________________________________________ pvrusb2 mailing list [email protected] http://www.isely.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pvrusb2
