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On 7/24/06, Mike Dilger <mike@mikedilger.com> wrote:
> I finally got my Hauppauge PVR-150 today. If I had known better, I
> would have gotten the MCE edition that has the USB IR receiver...
>
> I'm having problems with the IR receiver.
>
> lirc-0.8.0-r4 (gentoo) doesn't have a driver for this one. The
> hauppauge driver doesn't work for me. I have also pulled a patched
> version for pvr150 from Mark at blushingpenguin
> (http://www.blushingpenguin.com/mark/blog/?p=24) and that one didn't
> work either.
>
> The modules load and say "lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered,
> at major 61", but the device file (/dev/lirc/0) doesn't get created.
> And for good reason because if I make it by hand (mknod /dev/lirc/0 c 61
> 0) and cat the device (cat /dev/lirc/0) I get
> /dev/lirc/0: No such device
>
> Advice?

You have set LIRC_DEVICES right in /etc/make.conf?

Steve

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On Monday 24 July 2006 8:52 pm, Mike Dilger wrote:
> I finally got my Hauppauge PVR-150 today. If I had known better, I
> would have gotten the MCE edition that has the USB IR receiver...
>
> I'm having problems with the IR receiver.
>
> lirc-0.8.0-r4 (gentoo) doesn't have a driver for this one.

mceusb2 is the one you need I think (and it is available for Gentoo)

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I don't know. I tried this:

LIRC_DEVICES="hauppauge"

When I tried the one pached for pvr150, it wasn't a gentoo package, and
I followed his instructions which created the lirc_pvr150 device...
which also didn't find my device.

-Mike

Steve Hodge wrote:
> On 7/24/06, Mike Dilger <mike@mikedilger.com> wrote:
>> I finally got my Hauppauge PVR-150 today. If I had known better, I
>> would have gotten the MCE edition that has the USB IR receiver...
>>
>> I'm having problems with the IR receiver.
>>
>> lirc-0.8.0-r4 (gentoo) doesn't have a driver for this one. The
>> hauppauge driver doesn't work for me. I have also pulled a patched
>> version for pvr150 from Mark at blushingpenguin
>> (http://www.blushingpenguin.com/mark/blog/?p=24) and that one didn't
>> work either.
>>
>> The modules load and say "lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered,
>> at major 61", but the device file (/dev/lirc/0) doesn't get created.
>> And for good reason because if I make it by hand (mknod /dev/lirc/0 c 61
>> 0) and cat the device (cat /dev/lirc/0) I get
>> /dev/lirc/0: No such device
>>
>> Advice?
>
> You have set LIRC_DEVICES right in /etc/make.conf?
>
> Steve
>
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I'll try that one...

Robert Fisher wrote:
> On Monday 24 July 2006 8:52 pm, Mike Dilger wrote:
>
>> I finally got my Hauppauge PVR-150 today. If I had known better, I
>> would have gotten the MCE edition that has the USB IR receiver...
>>
>> I'm having problems with the IR receiver.
>>
>> lirc-0.8.0-r4 (gentoo) doesn't have a driver for this one.
>>
>
> mceusb2 is the one you need I think (and it is available for Gentoo)
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That didn't work either.

I am experiencing other oddities with this... after ivtv loads, the
cx25840 driver
gives some weird messages:

cx25840 2-0044: 0x0000 is not a valid video input!
cx25840 2-0044: 1x1 is not a valid size!
-- repeated many times --
cx25840 2-0044: 32767x32767 is not a valid size!
-- occasionaly interspersed --

Mike


Mike Dilger wrote:
> I'll try that one...
>
> Robert Fisher wrote:
>
>> On Monday 24 July 2006 8:52 pm, Mike Dilger wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I finally got my Hauppauge PVR-150 today. If I had known better, I
>>> would have gotten the MCE edition that has the USB IR receiver...
>>>
>>> I'm having problems with the IR receiver.
>>>
>>> lirc-0.8.0-r4 (gentoo) doesn't have a driver for this one.
>>>
>>>
>> mceusb2 is the one you need I think (and it is available for Gentoo)
>>
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Mike Dilger wrote:
> I'll try that one...
>
> Robert Fisher wrote:
>
>> On Monday 24 July 2006 8:52 pm, Mike Dilger wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I finally got my Hauppauge PVR-150 today. If I had known better, I
>>> would have gotten the MCE edition that has the USB IR receiver...
>>>
>>> I'm having problems with the IR receiver.
>>>
>>> lirc-0.8.0-r4 (gentoo) doesn't have a driver for this one.
>>>
>>>
>> mceusb2 is the one you need I think (and it is available for Gentoo)
>>
If you don't have the MCE edition and the IR Receiver plugs directly
into the card then you need the hauppauge driver. The mceusb2 driver is
for the external USB dongle that comes with the PVR150MCE.

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Mike Dilger wrote:
> That didn't work either.
>
> I am experiencing other oddities with this... after ivtv loads, the
> cx25840 driver
> gives some weird messages:
>
> cx25840 2-0044: 0x0000 is not a valid video input!
> cx25840 2-0044: 1x1 is not a valid size!
> -- repeated many times --
> cx25840 2-0044: 32767x32767 is not a valid size!
> -- occasionaly interspersed --
>
Sounds like you might need to force the tuner settings. I'm surprised
you managed to pick up the older non MCE unit that comes with the remote
as they are hard to find these days.

Are you forcing any ivtv settings when the modules load?

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OpenMedia Support wrote:
> Mike Dilger wrote:
>
>> That didn't work either.
>>
>> I am experiencing other oddities with this... after ivtv loads, the
>> cx25840 driver
>> gives some weird messages:
>>
>> cx25840 2-0044: 0x0000 is not a valid video input!
>> cx25840 2-0044: 1x1 is not a valid size!
>> -- repeated many times --
>> cx25840 2-0044: 32767x32767 is not a valid size!
>> -- occasionaly interspersed --
>>
>>
> Sounds like you might need to force the tuner settings. I'm surprised
> you managed to pick up the older non MCE unit that comes with the remote
> as they are hard to find these days.
>
> Are you forcing any ivtv settings when the modules load?
>
> Steve
>
Well I'm ready to throw in the towel. I've tried everything I can think
of. I've enabled every i2c device, tried multiple kernels, unloaded and
reloaded lirc_dev and lirc_i2c ad nauseum, rebuild lirc over and over
(using primarily hauppauge, but tried mceusb and mceusb2 as well), and I
still can't get any lirc device to show up... nothing shows up like
/dev/lirc/0, even though there is a udev rule for any lirc device known
to the kernel, and even though lirc_dev reports it creates a device at
major 61, trying to read from any such device file yields ENODEV.

lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61

# mknod /dev/lirc0 c 61 0
# cat /dev/lirc0
cat: /dev/lirc0: No such device

I can watch TV with mythtv or mplayer, and ivtv otherwise works. It's
just that this damn IR Blaster i2c-based remote is completely undetectable.

I suppose I'd have to test this on a windoze machine to know for sure
that it's dead... I'm not sure Ascent will take it back just because I'm
having Linux problems with it.

ivtv gives me this output (the "failed to load module" bits are because
I have them compiled into the kernel now).

ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
ivtv: version 0.7.0 (tagged release) loading
ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.17-gentoo-r3cinema preempt mod_unload K8 gcc-4.1
ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info between
ivtv: the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
ivtv: any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150 card (cx23416 based)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:08.0[A] -> Link [LNK3] -> GSI 11 (level,
low) -> IRQ 11
wm8775 2-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
tuner 2-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
tda9887 2-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
cx25840 2-0044: cx25842-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
cx25840 2-0044: loaded v4l-cx25840.fw firmware (16382 bytes)
tveeprom 2-0050: The eeprom says no radio is present, but the tuner type
tveeprom 2-0050: indicates otherwise. I will assume that radio is present.
tveeprom 2-0050: Hauppauge model 26139, rev G1A5, serial# 9533933
tveeprom 2-0050: tuner model is TCL MPE05-2 (idx 105, type 38)
tveeprom 2-0050: TV standards PAL(B/G) PAL(I) SECAM(L/L') PAL(D/D1/K)
(eeprom 0x74)
tveeprom 2-0050: audio processor is CX25842 (idx 36)
tveeprom 2-0050: decoder processor is CX25842 (idx 29)
tveeprom 2-0050: has radio, has IR remote
ivtv0: Failed to load module cx25840
ivtv0: Failed to load module wm8775
ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 161 x 12960 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 80 x 26208 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
tuner 2-0061: type set to 38 (Philips PAL/SECAM multi (FM1216ME MK3))
ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150, card #0
ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ====================


So if anyone read this far... can you recommend a different remote
control unit?

Mike

On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:10:32 +1200
Mike Dilger wrote:

>
>
> So if anyone read this far... can you recommend a different remote
> control unit?
>
> Mike

yes, read it all.

As Steve from openmedia said, there are two types of remotes that come
with th hauppauge. On a quick scan through this thread I am still unsure which one you have.

Quoting Steve:

> If you don't have the MCE edition and the IR Receiver plugs directly
> into the card then you need the hauppauge driver. The mceusb2 driver
is
> for the external USB dongle that comes with the PVR150MCE.

So what, physically, do you have?


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Nick Rout wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:10:32 +1200
> Mike Dilger wrote:
>
>
>> So if anyone read this far... can you recommend a different remote
>> control unit?
>>
>> Mike
>>
>
> yes, read it all.
>
> As Steve from openmedia said, there are two types of remotes that come
> with th hauppauge. On a quick scan through this thread I am still unsure which one you have.
>
> Quoting Steve:
>
>
>> If you don't have the MCE edition and the IR Receiver plugs directly
>> into the card then you need the hauppauge driver. The mceusb2 driver
>>
> is
>
>> for the external USB dongle that comes with the PVR150MCE.
>>
>
> So what, physically, do you have?
>
>
>
It is NOT the MCE edition. The IR receiver plugs into a jack in the
back of the card. I have been using 'hauppauge' as the driver, as
expected for this edition, but I tried mceusb2 just for kicks.

I'm seeing posts on the lirc list where other people have got problems
when they upgraded to linux 2.6.17, lirc 0.80.0 and ivtv 0.7.0, so maybe
it's just broken software at the moment...

Mike


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> Nick Rout wrote:
>> So what, physically, do you have?
>>
>>
>>
> It is NOT the MCE edition. The IR receiver plugs into a jack in the
> back of the card. I have been using 'hauppauge' as the driver, as
> expected for this edition, but I tried mceusb2 just for kicks.
>
> I'm seeing posts on the lirc list where other people have got problems
> when they upgraded to linux 2.6.17, lirc 0.80.0 and ivtv 0.7.0, so maybe
> it's just broken software at the moment...
>
> Mike

Your type of card works fine on Knoppmyth with 2.6.15 and ivtv 0.4.4.
Looks like there are some shakedown issues with 2.6.17 and ivtv 0.7.0. Any
chance you can give a go with 2.6.16 and ivtv 0.6.x?

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> Your type of card works fine on Knoppmyth with 2.6.15 and ivtv 0.4.4.
> Looks like there are some shakedown issues with 2.6.17 and ivtv 0.7.0. Any
> chance you can give a go with 2.6.16 and ivtv 0.6.x?
>
> Steve
>
I'll try those revisions. There's nothing particular about 2.6.17 that
I desperately need.

Hmm...maybe I should setup a seperate boot for Knoppmyth, and see what
I'm potentially missing...


Mike

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Mike Dilger wrote:
>> Your type of card works fine on Knoppmyth with 2.6.15 and ivtv 0.4.4.
>> Looks like there are some shakedown issues with 2.6.17 and ivtv 0.7.0. Any
>> chance you can give a go with 2.6.16 and ivtv 0.6.x?
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
> I'll try those revisions. There's nothing particular about 2.6.17 that
> I desperately need.
>
Yay! I found the magic combination!
Linux kernel 2.6.16
ivtv 0.6.3
lirc 0.8.0


Thanks Steve!

Now I can finally kick back and watch some TV.

Mike


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Mike Dilger wrote:
> Mike Dilger wrote:
>
>>> Your type of card works fine on Knoppmyth with 2.6.15 and ivtv 0.4.4.
>>> Looks like there are some shakedown issues with 2.6.17 and ivtv 0.7.0. Any
>>> chance you can give a go with 2.6.16 and ivtv 0.6.x?
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I'll try those revisions. There's nothing particular about 2.6.17 that
>> I desperately need.
>>
>>
> Yay! I found the magic combination!
> Linux kernel 2.6.16
> ivtv 0.6.3
> lirc 0.8.0
>
>
> Thanks Steve!
>
> Now I can finally kick back and watch some TV.
>
Happy to help. Heard some interesting things about 2.6.17 due to the
work to merge ivtv into the baseline kernel.

Steve

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