TT Skystar 1

Lucian Lancea lancea at rdslink.ro
Thu Apr 20 05:19:01 UTC 2006


> Well, if you are using the stock debian kernel 2.6.8, it should work
> more or less out of the box (but the drivers in newer kernels should
> be much better). *The first thing you should know is that you need to
> download the firmware for the card from 
> http://www.linuxtv.org/download/firmware the file dvb-ttpci-01.fw-xxxx
> this file must be placed in /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/ and renamed to
> dvb-ttpci.fw *
>   
DONE, but I renamed it to *dvb-ttpci-01.fw*

> *Then you should try to load the module for your card (dvb-ttpci).*
>   
NOT DONE , I don't know how! :(

> *(If vdr later works when you load the module manually, you can add the
> entry dvb-ttpci to /etc/modules - this will cause the module to be
> loaded automatically everytime you start your computer.)
> *
NOT DONE , I don't know how! :(

> *A simple "apt-get install vdr" is enough to install it, after the
> installation,* 
DONE
> *you have to enable the deamon in /etc/default/vdr *
NOT DONE, I don't know how!!! :(
> *you can start vdr by calling "/etc/init.d/vdr start".*
>   
ERROR :(
> *When vdr starts sucessfully (please take a look at /var/log/syslog, if
> the driver was not loaded completely, vdr will restart itself every
> few seconds), you should see a picture on a TV-Set.*
>
>   
Only on TV-Set? Nothing on my monitor???
> I do not know which sattelite network you intend to use (here in
> Germany, most people are using Astra-19.2E), but if it is another one
> than Astra-19.2E, you should download a channels.conf-file for vdr and
> your sattelite network from somewhere, or you can try to create a own
> one with the "scan" utility from the package dvb-utils.
>
>   
Astra-19.2E is ok for now.

Now I told you what I have done and what I have not done, in previous 
email I told you what error does it "say" then I run "/etc/init.d/vdr 
start", BUT I didn't do some steps because I don't know how :(

Please help me. Thanks!
Regards,
Lucian



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