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Card refuses to work, drivers kill Nova-T-500 card

Postby moorsey » Mon Feb 17, 2014 2:58 am

Hi all,

Had this card for about a year and it's been pretty solid, recently though, it vanished from my system.

Anyway, a replacement and several re-installs later and I still cannot get it to work correctly. It shows in lspci:

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$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 06)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x16 Controller (rev 06)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06)
00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller (rev 06)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev d4)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #3 (rev d4)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Z87 Express LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7160 (rev 03)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)
04:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 41)
05:01.0 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 62)
05:01.1 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 62)
05:01.2 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 65)


I have followed the instructions on http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/TBS6280, after installing and rebooting, not only does the TBS card not show in /dev/dvb, but my other TV card, a Nova-T-500, also vanishes.

I have found the only way to get this back is to run:

rm -R /lib/modules/3.8.0-35-generic/kernel/drivers/media

sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-image-3.8.0-36-generic

and reboot

I have also tried the later version of the driver, which is not yet showing on the wiki page, but this makes no difference.

Any clues as to where I might be going wrong would be appreciated! These cards worked together just fine before. Is it the kernel version??

Cheers
moorsey
 
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Re: Card refuses to work, drivers kill Nova-T-500 card

Postby sparkyboy » Sun Jul 20, 2014 4:09 am

Hi.
Rather than start a new thread thought i would post in this.
Just updated to kubuntu 14.04 lts and have the same problem.
same win nova T500 card.
reinstalling kernal failed for some reason. ended up doing a re-install.
Am wary of installing again untill problem has confirmed fix.
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Re: Card refuses to work, drivers kill Nova-T-500 card

Postby moorsey » Sun Jul 20, 2014 4:18 am

Glad it's not just me!

Not used my TBS card this year at all due to this issue, totally useless and unfortunately, zero support.

Please add any findings you come across to this thread!

Cheers

Martin
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Re: Card refuses to work, drivers kill Nova-T-500 card

Postby stilmant » Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:17 pm

I'm wondering if your are explaining clearly your issue?

When updating from one kernel to another you need to follow again the building instruction from TBS readme files:
the process is more or less the following:

sudo apt-get update upgrade dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
reboot to run on the correct eventually updated kernel
I use to be in root shell to do the following
mv dvb-usb-tbs******.fw /lib/firmware/ <- do it for all new TBS drivers you download
tar xjvf linux-tbs-drivers.tar.bz2
cd linux-tbs-drivers
./v4l/tbs-x86_64.sh < follow readme for correct script
maybe you have to : ./v4l/tbs-dvbc-x86_64.sh or other according to README
and the following is maybe your missing part:
rm -rf /lib/modules/3.X.Y-ZZ-generic/kernel/drivers/media/
this for all X.Y.ZZ existing in your installation (keep kernel/drivers/media/ to not delete other folders)
make -j3 (for dual core, -J5 on quadcore)
make install

I don't know about Nova-T-500 card but it is not TBS right? but if it was working at some time in the past, should still work.
Hoping this will help at least for TBS device
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Re: Card refuses to work, drivers kill Nova-T-500 card

Postby sparkyboy » Sun Aug 17, 2014 3:26 am

Hi.
More info/calrification.
when i installed 14.04 it was a clean install with a new partition layout. new root and home.
after basic install my t500 card worked perfectly. i then installed all my backup files and programs including all steam games.
i updated to latest kernel and rebooted. everything worked perfectly, including t500 card.
i then installed drivers for your card and rebooted.
i then tried to wath tv and no card was detected. re-installing kernel mods failed.
I have u had this card since it was released and have updated os and kernels on regular occasions.(backports enabled)
i have tried google for prob but it just gave this thread as main result. And although i have used linux for a few years i am still a google and copy paste level of fault finding.
Since this prob i have updated kernel a couple of times but your driver is still at 140707 and dont want to risk borking my install again.
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