On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:25:51 +1000, yudi v wrote: >> The card seems detected so why not installing the suggested firmware >> (review the mentioned doc for instructions on how to do this) and check >> if that works? :-? >> >> >> I am not sure how to do this.
There has to be some instructions in the docs... let me check it. (...) /Documentation/dvb/README.dvb-usb *** 1. How to use? 1.1. Firmware Most of the USB drivers need to download a firmware to the device before start working. Have a look at the Wikipage for the DVB-USB-drivers to find out, which firmware you need for your device: http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB_USB *** And we follow that link we can see it explained ("Firmware" section) which seems to be just a copy/paste of the blob into "/lib/firmware folder". > should I just copy dvb-usb-af9015.fw to > /lib/firmware Yep, so it seems and afterwards, re-connect the card. > Or should I install kernel 2.6.34? I would try first with the firmware... who knows, maybe it works without much headache :-) > To install Kernel 2.6.34 or higher, I believe I need to enable > backports. Yep, and is not a task I would recommend to people with no experience in linux. And don't take me wrong, I'm using linux since 8 years and I'm still very reluctant to update/install a new kernel :-P > I plan to install nvidia's driver and I had a problem before where every > time after a kernel update (this was under Ubuntu), nvidia driver would > break. I don't want to be in the same situation again. That's the sort of things I meant... things can break and you have to know what to do and how to restore them. So before messing up your system, you can check if the card works from a LiveCD that has an updated kernel (≥2.6.34). > Once I setup the system I don't want to spend too much time fixing it. > Whats the best option under this situation? In order of (my) preference: 1. First, try with the firmware 2. If it does not work, test with a LiveCD And based on the results you get, you can take whatever action you prefer. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
