6981 Driver install problem

[sctmon]

Hi,
Can anyone offer any help with installing the drivers for my new TBS 6981 dual dvb-s2 card. It is a new install of mythbuntu 14.04, kernel is 3.13.0-24 and this is the terminal output with the error.

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make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-24-generic'
./scripts/rmmod.pl check
found 519 modules
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/tbs/linux-tbs-drivers/v4l'
make -C /usr/tbs/linux-tbs-drivers/v4l install
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/tbs/linux-tbs-drivers/v4l'

Removing obsolete files from /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/media/common:
Removing obsolete files from /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/frontends:
Removing obsolete files from /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/media/IR/keymaps:
Removing obsolete files from /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/media/IR:
Removing obsolete files from /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/media/video:
Removing obsolete files from /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/cinergyT2:
Distro kernel with a non-standard place for modules detected.
....................................
Removing old/obsolete LUM files from /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic//updates/dkms:
Installing kernel modules under /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/media/:
   dvb/pt1/: earth-pt1.ko install: cannot remove '/lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/pt1/earth-pt1.ko': Permission denied

strip:/lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/pt1/earth-pt1.ko: could not create temporary file to hold stripped copy: No error
make[1]: *** [media-install] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/tbs/linux-tbs-drivers/v4l'
make: *** [install] Error 2


Thanks in advance!

[sctmon]

I managed to get the install to run without errors but the drivers don't seem to have loaded on a reboot. This is the output of dmesg | grep cx if that helps?

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[    3.002970] cx23885: disagrees about version of symbol ir_raw_event_handle
[    3.002974] cx23885: Unknown symbol ir_raw_event_handle (err -22)
[    3.003016] cx23885: disagrees about version of symbol tda18271_attach
[    3.003018] cx23885: Unknown symbol tda18271_attach (err -22)
[    3.003142] cx23885: disagrees about version of symbol ir_raw_event_store
[    3.003143] cx23885: Unknown symbol ir_raw_event_store (err -22)
[    3.003278] cx23885: disagrees about version of symbol rc_register_device
[    3.003279] cx23885: Unknown symbol rc_register_device (err -22)
[    3.003326] cx23885: disagrees about version of symbol rc_free_device
[    3.003327] cx23885: Unknown symbol rc_free_device (err -22)
[    3.003354] cx23885: disagrees about version of symbol rc_allocate_device
[    3.003356] cx23885: Unknown symbol rc_allocate_device (err -22)
[    3.003435] cx23885: disagrees about version of symbol rc_unregister_device
[    3.003436] cx23885: Unknown symbol rc_unregister_device (err -22)



[cody]

please, read FAQ text file included with the drivers.

[sctmon]

Thanks, I did see the faq a while ago before I bought the card but seem to have forgotton about it. Will try it out tomorrow!

[sctmon]

I was holding off replying to (hopefully) make sure I wasn't being stupid and missing something obvious this time.

I followed the FAQ and then installed the drivers as per the instructions, reboot and the dev/dvb folder is there. My mythtv backend can see the tuners but with this message:
could not get info for card /dev/dvb/adaptor0/frontend0/subtype: unknown error

When I reboot again, dev/dvb is gone. this happens every time I rebuild the drivers.

Can anyone offer any help or suggestions?

[sctmon]

Just for the benefit of anyone else having problems with the TBS Linux drivers, they just dont seem to work (at least for me). I followed the instructions (and FAQ) on fresh installs of Mythbuntu and Ubuntu 14.04 and 12.04 as well as Linux mint 16 but just couldn't make it work.

What I hadn't realised until now is that open source drivers for the 6981 are included in the current kernel, I hadn't noticed because I had just been installing the os then building the drivers without checking first.
All you need to do is copy the firmware available from TBS to lib/firmware and it works.

Again, don't was your time with the 'proprietary' drivers, more grief than they are worth.