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2013-05-10, 12:59
(This post was last modified: 2013-05-10, 19:39 by NickElliott.)
I had a working set-up in XBMCbuntu Frodo but now get this message when I try to watch Live TV:
Tvheadend HTSP Client
No hardware present
The EPG etc. still works but as I haven't used Live TV for a while this may have been broken for some time e.g. after upgrading to 12.1 or 12.2.
In Tvheadend the TV adapter is still correctly identified and configured (it's a dual tuner card).
Anyone else seen this issue or know how to fix it?
Thanks
Nick
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Are you sure it's correct on the backend? Have you recorded something, or can you stream in the web interface?
Your EPG may be coming from an XML feed, so your tuner may not be connected for some reason and yet you'd still have up-to-date schedule information.
You can also reset the EPG information on XBMC and see that it reloads properly ... if it does, that's a good sign that the addon is talking okay to the backend, at least.
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Thanks Prof,
I'll start with the easy stuff - I reset the EPG and it reloaded instantly.
As far as recording - I have recorded programmes with this set-up in the past but obviously can't record anything at the moment, nor were there any old recordings available for me to playback.
Can you explain "stream in the web interface" - off the top of my head I'm not sure where I do this?
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Paste the output of typing 'dmesg' in the terminal onto pastebin and put the link here. That'll tell us whether your card is indeed present. The epg will work fine for as long as it had read ahead of time, but if your card drivers aren't loading it will eventually go blank thanks to not getting any fresh data.
I suspect you've upgraded the kernel and not reinstalled the drivers.
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There's no DVB device being loaded in that output, so the drivers aren't anywhere that the system is looking. Try reinstalling the drivers again, paying attention to whether there's any errors in the process. If you put '> blah.log' at the end of each command (with a different file name for each command) you'll be able to show us any output from the process, which may highlight where the problem is.
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Ok - I'm trying a re-install, let's see what happens...
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TBS cards always need the drivers re-compiling on a kernel upgrade, unless they're linked in with dkms. That's what's bolloxed it.
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The re-install appears to run without error but the card is still not working.
I've looked at the TBS website and a new driver was published 6th May so I'm going to try that.
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Back in business!
Thank you both for helping me troubleshoot the problem, it was invaluable.
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Glad to have helped... TBS makes great cards, but this is one of their quirks.
As an aside, this driver installation method also means that TBS tuners don't necessarily play nicely with other manufacturers' adapters - that's why they're not well supported in OpenElec, for example.