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On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 09:50:52PM +0000, Graeme Hilton wrote:
> Cayenne-uk wrote:
> >
> > It sounds like you're missing the firmware for it. Do you have the
> > firmware for the device in /lib/firmware?
> >
> > Er, I don't think so. I notice that some of the forum threads have links
> > to the firmware. But before I try to get and install it, will it update
> > the firmware on the stick itself? It works fine under Win Xp, and I
> > would hate for a firmware update to screw that side up!
>
> >From what I can understand, USB DVB-T devices usually require the
> firmware to be loaded each and every time they are powered up. They
> have volatile memory that is blanked whenever they are unplugged or the
> machine is switched off. From what I can surmise the firmware is loaded
> by the Windows driver and then retained through the reboot (as the USB
> ports do not lose power during this) and then Linux can see and use the
> device as it is "fully loaded".
This is indeed correct -- and the behaviour described above, with
Windows doing the initialisation, is what suggested to me that you
don't have the firmware on your Linux system.
> You may want to have a look around the linuxtv [1] website and see if
> your device is supported and where to get the drivers from.
Actually, Patrick Boettcher's USB DVB pages[1] are probably a
better bet.
Hugo.
[1]
http://www.wi-bw.tfh-wildau.de/~pboettch/home/index.php?site=dvb-usb
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