[pvrusb2] My tuners occasionally get stuck

[Mike Isely]

On Wed, 11 Apr 2012, Jan Ceuleers wrote:

> Jan Ceuleers wrote:
> > I have now done two things:
> > 
> > - automated the power cycling of the tuners whenever a zero-length
> > recording has just finished (using a power socket controlled by sispmctl).
> > 
> > - installed kernel 3.3.0.
> > 
> > The issue has not recurred since, but it was not unusual for it not to
> > occur for 2 weeks and then to happen a few times the next week. So I
> > can't yet tell whether the kernel upgrade has solved it. But I do hope
> > that if the issue recurs while I'm away the damage will be limited by my
> > power-cycling rig. (That's unless USB really goes haywire again because
> > the power socket is also controlled through USB).
> > 
> > I'll report back in a little while.
> 
> It's been 20 days since I did the above, and the issue still has not recurred.
> I will keep touching wood, but my working hypothesis is that the problem was
> fixed by the kernel upgrade.

Glad to hear that!

  -Mike


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