Re: [opensuse] Renumbering of DVB devices?

Per Jessen wrote:

John Layt wrote:

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On 7 November 2012 19:19, Per Jessen wrote:

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I'm making good progress with getting a Media Center to run MythTV, but the arbitrary numbering of DVB devices after a reboot is a major nuisance (2 single-receiver cards, one dual-receiver with CAM). I guess I'll have to write some udev rules, but I thought I'd ask here just in case somebody's got a better idea?

Stupid GoogleMail not replying to list...

Yes, there is a better way. The dvb module has an adapter_nr parameter you can set for each unique driver. If you have two different cards that use different drivers this is the best approach. I use this on my Ubuntu XBMC machine and it works perfectly with the minimum of effort. Just don't set an adaptor number above the maximum value of 5 (I think).

For more details see the MythTV wiki

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Device_Filenames_and_udev#Alternatives_to_udev_fo...

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Thanks John, that was immensely helpful! I don't know how I managed to skip that wiki page. I'll be back tomorrow with an update on my progress.

Hmm, this morning, I created /etc/modules-load.d/dvb with adapter_nr options for the two modules, and rebooted the box. No immediate issues, and the numbering worked fine. However, when I tried to reconfigure mythtv (with mythtvsetup), I could not get a lock on the transponder - S/N was pretty poor, 80%. As I haven't changed the dish+lnb setup since last night, I concluded something was wrong with the module options, so I removed them again. Rebooted, and now no problems with tuning/scanning/locking. Very weird. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (5.8°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free DNS hosting, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org