Subj : Re: Pinnacle PCTV PRO card
To   : comp.os.linux
From : john
Date : Wed Sep 01 2004 04:45 pm

ambar wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I am struggling to get the Pinnacle pctv pro card to work on my
> Redhatlinux 9, kernel version 2.4.25. Basically I was trying to get
> the radio portion of this card to work on linux.
> A very strange thing. If I go to windows and start pinnacle radio then
> I boot into linux, atleast FM radio works. But after power up without
> going to windows I come directly to linux, then FM radio does not
> work. I was wondering why ?
> 
> I did a modprobe bttv. Following are the messages from dmesg :
> 
> bttv: driver version 0.9.12 loaded
> bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture
> bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
> bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 01:02.0, irq: 9, latency: 32, mmio:
> 0xceafe000
> bttv0: detected: Pinnacle PCTV [card=39], PCI subsystem ID is
> 11bd:0012
> bttv0: using: Pinnacle PCTV Studio/Rave [card=39,autodetected]
> bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00fffbff [init]
> msp34xx: init: chip=MSP3410G-B11 +nicam +simple +radio
> msp3410: daemon started
> i2c-core.o: client [MSP3410G-B11] registered to adapter [bt878 #0
> [sw]](pos. 0).
> tvaudio: found pic16c54 (PV951) @ 0x96
> i2c-core.o: client [pic16c54 (PV951)] registered to adapter [bt878 #0
> [sw]](pos.
>  1).
> i2c-core.o: adapter bt878 #0 [sw] registered as adapter 0.
> bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... found
> bttv0: pinnacle/mt: id=2 info="PAL+SECAM / stereo" radio=yes
> bttv0: using tuner=33
> bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... found
> bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found
> bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found
> bttv0: registered device video0
> bttv0: registered device vbi0
> bttv0: registered device radio0
> bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 . ok
> 
> I verified by giving other card name also, I found card type 39 most
> suitable.
> But still my problem is whatever radio station is tuned in windows, I
> can listen to the only that station in linux, I cannot tune in any new
> station in linux also every time I power on I have to go to windows [I
> hate this] then come to linux.
> 
> Any solution please ?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ambar

sounds like the windws driver is loading firmware and its being carried 
over to the linux session and probably being wiped. you may have a bad 
card at this point. return it and tell them you've been using it under 
linux and be sure to mention you have windows installed on your hard 
drive with all the proper drivers just like the box says. its not your 
fault the manufactures of hardware and software are too dumb to realize 
linux reads and writes not only ext2, ext3 and r but also native fat, 
fat32 and ntfs so it doesn't matter what os is run--their driver should 
work. c (which is used for most drivers) is portable and the only time 
assembly is used is for  the firmware. this proprietarty one os 
silliness is just that silly. it only shows their incompitence to the world.

john the great

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