Re: Gene's pcHDTV 3000 analog problem

[Don Koch <aardvark@krl.com>]

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 18:01:16 -0500
Michael Krufky wrote:


> It seems that Gene, Perry and Don are having problems with their analog 
> tuners (they each have pcHDTV 3000) ever since nxt200x got added.
> 
> Gene, Perry and Don - What happens if you have the cx88 module loaded, 
> but you do NOT load up cx88-dvb (nxt200x will not be loaded) ... Does 
> the problem persist?
> 
> You do not need cx88-dvb to view analog television.

Same thing.

> Kirk, we need a control group!  Please test analog on both boards.
> 
> Kirk, there is a thread on the v4l/dvb mailing lists right now about an 
> i2c gate dealing with Hauppauge cards and cx22702 frontend.  What Steve 
> Toth has described about this 'i2c gate' is starting to sound similar to 
> what you mentioned about making hidden i2c devices visible.
> 
> I'm getting the feeling that nxt200x is indeed the problem.
> 
> Gene, Perry and Don .... Another thing you can try -- Once again, 
> install v4l-dvb cvs on top of your running kernel, but this time, before 
> compiling, edit v4l-dvb/v4l/Makefile , and remove the line:
> 
>  EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_NXT200X=1
>
> ... This line appears twice, you only need to remove the top one, as it 
> pertains to the cx88 card, although it is safe to remove both for the 
> purposes of this test.
> 
> If this fixes your problem, then we know that nxt200x is the cause.

Working on this build, now.

> -Mike
> 

-d