[pvrusb2] WinTV-HVR-1950 will not load firmware

[Michael Krufky]

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Mike Isely <isely at isely.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Oct 2009, Michael Krufky wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Ken Bass <kbass at kenbass.com> wrote:
>> > I just recently bought a WinTV-HVR-1950. I went the USB route thinking it
>> > would be simple plug and play, so far a real PITA. I'm running Fedora 11.
>> > The label on the box bottom says 75111 LF, Rev C3E9
>> >
>
>   [...]
>
>> >
>> > So I am unsure from the logs if the v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw was ever loaded.
>> > However, a cat /dev/video0 > test.ts 'works' at that point (including
>> > audio).
>> >
>> > I also tried the current standalone driver (pvrusb2: 20091011 (from
>> > www.isely.net):Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-USB2 MPEG2 Encoder/Tuner) with the same
>> > result.
>>
>> You should smack yourself upside the head, for rebuilding a distro
>> kernel and complaining about a known problem that was already resolved
>> instead of googling about the problem and simply downloading the
>> updated driver.  F11 is known to be buggy, I can't explain why Fedora
>> themselves haven't yet absorbed the fix.
>>
>> Meanwhile, for best results, use the following driver repository --
>> the bug is fixed here, along with additional tuning performance
>> improvements:
>>
>> http://kernellabs.com/hg/kernellabs
>>
>> For instructions on how to use mercurial to install the drivers, see
>> the instructions here, but use the above repository that I pointed to:
>>
>> http://linuxtv.org/repo
>>
>> Of course, you can use Mike Isely's standalone pvrusb2 driver, but it
>> does not install the updated tuner / demodulator components.  I
>> recommend the kernellabs tree.
>
> Mike:
>
> The problem he's describing looks a lot like the FX2 firmware is not
> correct.  That has nothing to do with tuner / demod components.  Ken
> e-mailed me directly 2 days ago with other issues involving firmware
> extraction - I just hadn't replied yet (I did a few minutes ago
> however).  There are a number of avenues to chase to get that FX2
> firmware straightened out.  I will followup on this later tonight once I
> have the right pieces in front of me to help.

Mike,

Are you sure this isn't the "dont disconnect from usb" problem that
you fixed a few months ago?

-Mike