[ivtv-users] ivtv 0.4.4 and HAUPPAUGE WinTV-PVR 350 - no "/dev/video0"

[Mag. Leonhard Landrock]

Am Sonntag, 23. April 2006 17:34 schrieb Mag. Leonhard Landrock:
> Hi everybody!
>
> I tried to install ivtv (version 0.4.4) on my Debian Linux (testing) but I
> do not get the /dev/video0 device.
>
> Here comes the output of "messages":

[...]

I just realized, that the output of "/var/log/syslog" is a bit more detailed:

Apr 23 17:15:32 veneto kernel: ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV 
====================
Apr 23 17:15:32 veneto kernel: ivtv:  version 0.4.4 (tagged release) loading
Apr 23 17:15:32 veneto kernel: ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.15-1-686 686 gcc-4.0
Apr 23 17:15:32 veneto kernel: ivtv:  In case of problems please include the 
debug info between
Apr 23 17:15:32 veneto kernel: ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV 
lines, along with
Apr 23 17:15:32 veneto kernel: ivtv:  any module options, when mailing the 
ivtv-users mailinglist.
Apr 23 17:15:32 veneto kernel: ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 350 card (cx23415 
based)
Apr 23 17:15:32 veneto kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:01:0a.0 (0004 -> 
0006)
Apr 23 17:15:32 veneto kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:0a.0[A] -> Link 
[APC1] -> GSI 16 (level, high) -> IRQ 217
Apr 23 17:15:32 veneto kernel: ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x50 not found 
for command 0x0!
Apr 23 17:15:32 veneto kernel: ivtv0: Error -19 reading Hauppauge eeprom.
Apr 23 17:15:32 veneto kernel: ivtv0: Possible causes: the tveeprom module was 
not loaded, or
Apr 23 17:15:32 veneto kernel: ivtv0: the eeprom kernel module was loaded 
before the tveeprom module.
Apr 23 17:15:32 veneto kernel: ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found 
for command 0x8004646b!
Apr 23 17:15:32 veneto kernel: ivtv0: Failed to load module msp3400
Apr 23 17:15:32 veneto kernel: ivtv0: Could not detect tuner standard, 
defaulting to NTSC.
Apr 23 17:15:33 veneto kernel: ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware 
(262144 bytes)
Apr 23 17:15:33 veneto kernel: ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw firmware 
(262144 bytes)
Apr 23 17:15:33 veneto kernel: ivtv0 warning: Encoder mailbox not found
Apr 23 17:15:33 veneto kernel: ivtv0 warning: Decoder mailbox not found
Apr 23 17:15:33 veneto kernel: ivtv0: Error locating firmware.
Apr 23 17:15:33 veneto kernel: ivtv0: Error -12 on initialization
Apr 23 17:15:33 veneto kernel: ivtv: probe of 0000:01:0a.0 failed with 
error -12
Apr 23 17:15:33 veneto kernel: ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  
====================

> I have kernel "Linux 2.6.15-1-686" and udev.
>
> Basically I followed the "General Purpose (Main) Howto" to install ivtv.
> The firmware did I take
> from "http://www.heise.de/ct/ftp/projekte/vdr/firmware.shtml". But I don't
> think that did any bad, as ivtv writes that it has loaded the firmware.
>
> Can anyone give me siome hints what might have gone wrong?
>
> Kind regards,
> Leonhard.