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kaffeine package

I can't scan for new dvb-t channels. All buttons are disabled.

Bug #449839 reported by jck
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: kaffeine

I have the following dvb-t card installed:

00:08.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 05)
It used to work fine in jaunty.
Now on karmic I can't scan for channels.

All buttons are disabled in the dialogue.

Feel free to contact me if more information is needed.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 12 22:23:36 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: kaffeine 1.0~pre2-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-13.43-generic
SourcePackage: kaffeine
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-13-generic i686

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jck (cornelius-keller) wrote :
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mr.goose (editor-garfnet) wrote :

Same here. Just upgraded. Downloaded the scan data. But still unable to scan channels. Buttons grayed out as described by last poster.

My card is a LifeView Duo (Philips Semiconductors SAA7131/SAA7133/SAA7135 Video Broadcast Decoder). It has worked perfectly since Gutsy.

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Sami Mäkinen (sami-makinen-helsinki) wrote :

have a look at dmesg. I have an A-Link DVB USB dongle, and I noticed in dmesg that there is no firmware! I installed the linux-firmware-nonfree package, which includes the A-Link firmware. Then remove adapter, re-insert, open kaffeine. Now open menu "Television" > "Configure Television" then select tab "Device 1". On "Device 1" tab select Source: Autoscan and press OK. Then go to menu "Television" > "Channels" - now "start scan" button is enabled.

Does this work for you? I think a new bug could be filed against Kaffeine, so that on Kaffeine would clearly indicate that no TV adapter is found, and perhaps even would suggest installing the missing firmware.

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m-tfiu (m-tfiu) wrote :

One reason for this behaviour may be that hal is not installed or the hal daemon is not running, since kaffeine (at least as of 1.0-2) uses HAL to find DVB devices.

To find out if that is your problem, look for messages like

QStringList Solid::Backends::Hal::HalManager::findDeviceByDeviceInterface(const Solid::DeviceInterface::Type&) error: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown"

in a terminal in which you start kaffeine. The quick fix is to install hal.

kaffeine should probably at least recommend hal for the time being.

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