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Re: Ubuntu 18.04 TBS 6285 driver install fails at 'make'

PostPosted: Wed Jan 02, 2019 1:26 am
by smf
I just tried the posted approach as you suggested. I can now see the tuners which is a big step forward but don't seem to have correct frequency data to scan for channels. (This may well be something else I've failed to configure as yet) I also got a fair selection of error messages but its moved forward somewhat from where I previously had got to. It would be really nice if someone could just fix the basic problem, I have no idea how much of a change would be required to do this though.

Re: Ubuntu 18.04 TBS 6285 driver install fails at 'make'

PostPosted: Wed Jan 02, 2019 1:53 am
by smf
And yes, its fully working now - Thanks.

Re: Ubuntu 18.04 TBS 6285 driver install fails at 'make'

PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2019 12:00 am
by Moaddin
steven Wrote:Hi

Please have a try with older kernel first for kernle 4.15 we will add support soon

Thanks

Kind Regards

steven


When does the closed-source-driver support kernel version 4.15? I have installed the open-source-driver, but it seems not to be as stable as the closed-source-driver. With the closed-version I never had problems...

Re: Ubuntu 18.04 TBS 6285 driver install fails at 'make'

PostPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 6:40 pm
by nickman9271
thanx a lot for the driver how to , but there is only 3 tuners on 6285 instead of 4

Code: Select All Code
dmesg | grep frontend
[    9.515482] SAA716x Budget 0000:05:00.0: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (TurboSight TBS 6285 DVB-T/T2/C)...
[    9.520258] SAA716x Budget 0000:05:00.0: DVB: registering adapter 1 frontend 0 (TurboSight TBS 6285 DVB-T/T2/C)...
[    9.523793] SAA716x Budget 0000:05:00.0: TurboSight TBS 6285  frontend 2 attach failed
[    9.529635] SAA716x Budget 0000:05:00.0: DVB: registering adapter 3 frontend 0 (TurboSight TBS 6285 DVB-T/T2/C)...
[   17.998502] SAA716x Budget 0000:05:00.0: DVB: adapter 3 frontend 0 frequency 0 out of range (42000000..870000000)
[   20.681881] SAA716x Budget 0000:05:00.0: DVB: adapter 1 frontend 0 frequency 0 out of range (42000000..870000000)
[   21.362727] SAA716x Budget 0000:05:00.0: DVB: adapter 0 frontend 0 frequency 0 out of range (42000000..870000000)

is there a problem with my card ?

Re: Ubuntu 18.04 TBS 6285 driver install fails at 'make'

PostPosted: Thu Jun 27, 2019 9:02 pm
by Moaddin
Moaddin Wrote:
steven Wrote:Hi

Please have a try with older kernel first for kernle 4.15 we will add support soon

Thanks

Kind Regards

steven


When does the closed-source-driver support kernel version 4.15? I have installed the open-source-driver, but it seems not to be as stable as the closed-source-driver. With the closed-version I never had problems...


I'm still interested for when support for kernel 4.15 will be added................

Best regards
Martin

Re: Ubuntu 18.04 TBS 6285 driver install fails at 'make'

PostPosted: Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:43 pm
by s0nnenschein
genesis74 Wrote:But: After every update of the Linux kernel the driver is gone and I have to go through the whole installation again. Is there any way to automate this?

Phil

I have a very simple solution. Just boot into the old kernel where you have installed the driver. You need to use another entry in grub2. Of course you could automate it. There is no need to install it each time the kernel changes.

But then be warned to connect the PC to the internet as you might use software and packages with potential security issues...

Re: Ubuntu 18.04 TBS 6285 driver install fails at 'make'

PostPosted: Fri Jun 28, 2019 12:06 am
by deadite66
i use 'sudo apt-mark hold linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic' to stop it updating.
then checkout the changelog for the new kernel to see if i need to update for security reasons.
https://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelog ... n/l/linux/

Re: Ubuntu 18.04 TBS 6285 driver install fails at 'make'

PostPosted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 6:22 am
by domini
@rubenscg thank you very much !

Perfect your tutorial!

I really like the people from TBS, they have good products!!! I like Steven a lot, but your tutorial is much more complete and easy to understand... :D

Re: Ubuntu 18.04 TBS 6285 driver install fails at 'make'

PostPosted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 6:28 am
by BlueSky
rubenscg Wrote:hello,

the solucion for you,
try install drivers on ubuntu server 18.04 1 LTS with this commands:

apt-get install git
apt-get install build-essential patchutils libproc-processtable-perl linux-headers-`uname –r` git linux-source
apt-get install cmake
cd /usr/src
git clone https://github.com/tbsdtv/media_build.git
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/tbsdtv/linux_media.git -b latest ./media
cd media_build
uname -a
rm -rf /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/extra
rm -rf /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/media
rm -rf /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/staging/media
rm -Rf /lib/modules/4.15.0-29-generic/kernel/drivers/media
make dir DIR=../media
make remove
make clean
make dir DIR=../media
make allyesconfig
make -j4
make install
cd
reboot
dmesg | grep frontend
wget http://www.tbsdtv.com/download/document ... .0.tar.bz2
tar jxvf tbs-tuner-firmwares_v1.0.tar.bz2 -C /lib/firmware/

Regards


I used this procedure to install the drivers on Ubuntu 20.04 and it worked great. I did not do the parts that are highlighted, the first because it was a brand new install of Ubuntu 20.04 so there were no old drivers to uninstall, and the second because I have no USB-connected tuners therefore nothing that requires firmware. Anyway it worked great, but now I am wondering what is the procedure to rebuild the drivers after a kernel update? I knew how to do it with the old proprietary drivers, but I have no idea how you do it with the open source drivers - or do they even need to be rebuilt after a kernel upgrade like the older drivers did?

Re: Ubuntu 18.04 TBS 6285 driver install fails at 'make'

PostPosted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 10:04 am
by steven
Hi BlueSky

After udpate the kernel you need rebuild the driver again as the new kernel have not driver inside ,after update the kernel you can compile like before

Thanks

Kind Regards

steven