Bug #757

pcHDTV firmware not in LinHES 7 (test) install: HD-2000, HD-3000, HD-5500

Added by ywd almost 14 years ago. Updated over 13 years ago.

Status:Closed Start date:02/19/2011
Priority:Normal Due date:
Assignee:brfransen % Done:

0%
Category:Installation/Upgrade Spent time: -
Target version:7.1 Estimated time:0.50 hour

Description

Base install of LinHES 7 testing (LinHES_R7.00.01.iso) and core-testing does not have the firmware for pcHDTV HD-2000, HD-3000, HD-5500 HDTV tuner cards. The firmware was available in previous Knoppmyth base installs by default.

Without the proper firmware, LinHES still detects the DVB card and tries to scan for channels. There is no indication to the user that the firmware is not loaded. Scans does not return any channels.

Manually installed firmware into /lib/firmware to resolve problem:

sudo su -l
cd /lib/firmware
wget http://pchdtv.com/downloads/firmware.tar.gz
tar zxf firmware.tar.gz
mv firmware/dvb-fe-or51* .
rm -f firmware.tar.gz

Regards,
Howard

History

Updated by ywd almost 14 years ago

Britney pointed out all that is needed is:

sudo pacman -S hd3000firmware

Request that when the HD-3000 card is automatically detected, the firmware is also automatically installed.

Thanks.

Updated by jzigmyth over 13 years ago

Britney's solution does not work on a fresh install of 7.00.02.iso. I think the problem might be that pacman.conf points to local files for the core-testing and extra-testing repositories and not a server.

Updated by jzigmyth over 13 years ago

My guess about pacman.conf was right. The following bug report outlines how to edit pacman.conf to be correct.
http://linhes.org/bugs/issues/765

Updated by brfransen over 13 years ago

  • Estimated time set to 0.50
  • Assignee set to brfransen
  • Category set to Installation/Upgrade
  • Status changed from New to Closed
  • Target version set to 7.1

Added hd3000firmware for installation from iso.

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