Hi again Nigel, Thank you for the tutorial. Actually I made a deep search in google before and that's one of the tutorials I've found then. Most of these tutorials I found contain essentially the same steps, so I applied them (compiling the v4l-dvb-kernel, downloading the corresponding firmware, modeprobing the modules, etc). However, there is one thing I failed to do, that is obtaining the v4l-dvb-kernel through the mercurial command (hg clone) because I always get a HTTP 503 error when I try to access that website ( http://mcentral.de). Thus, I managed to download the a package called v4l-dvb from linuxtv.org and compiled it successfully. I don't know if that is an enough substitute to the mercurial command. Perhaps it is one cause of this issue.
I appreciate your kindness in proposing that you buy the tv-tuner and try it yourself. I don't know wether it is available in France (actually its price is about 30 to 40 USD), but I don't want you to take the trouble. I am trying now other packages from linuxtv.org (those related to v4l or em28xx) hoping that I may find a beam of light in them. I will try also the tv-tuner on another PC that has USB 2.0 support. Thanks again for your continuous help. - Anas On 7/5/08, Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi again Anas. Well I wasn't sure if USB2 devices would work on a mobo that > only had USB1.1, but looking at the hardware forum at > www.linuxquestions.org, > apparently they do, but obviously not with the USB2 transfer rates. > > I also found a bit of info on ohci-hcd, uhci-hcd, and ehci-hcd, which I > didn't > know before. Both ohci-hcd, and uhci-hcd are for USB1.1 controllers on the > mobo, but I don't know how they differ, and do know that for getting my usb > midi keyboard working on one of my distros, I had to specifically load > uhci-hcd. The ehci-hcd appears to be specifically for USB2 controllers, and > I > verified that by looking at lsmod on a new machine that I've just built > which > has USB2, and both ohci-hcd (USB1.1), and ehci-hcd (USB2), are loaded. > > Going back to your MSI DigiVox A/D TV card, I found this link on Google, > which > seems to be saying that you need to load some firmware, to get the card > working. Now I don't know anything about loading firmware, but the link > with > details is below. > > http://www.2nrds.com/digital-tv-in-linux-with-em28xx-devices > > Scroll down a bit to where it says: > "Some users will need a firmware file to make their devices work.....", and > you'll see that the MSI DigiVox A/D needs firmware version2 > > Scroll down a bit more, and there's a link to where to get the firmware > from. > > Some of the stuff on the page I've provided the link to above, may not be > necessary, and it's for using the TV card with Kaffeine, not xawtv, or > tvtime, but it does appear that you have to load firmware for your TV card. > > This may not be much help, but see how you get on with it. > > All the best. > > Nigel. > > btw: If the card is not too expensive, and available in France, I might buy > one, and give it a try on both a machine that only has USB1.1, and my new > machine that has USB2. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- If the only tool you have is a hammer, you will see every problem as a nail
