Mygica X8550 - CX23885

[kochu_baby]

Hello all,
I am new here as a registered user, but have been using and referring to ubuntu forums for the past 3 years now. I have always found my answers here and never really had to register, but this question is driving me to the edge of my seat.
Some details- Ubuntu 10.04, 64 bit computer.
I have a MygicaX8550A TV Tuner(PCI-E) and am unable to get it up and running in ubuntu. here is what lshw show it as:

*-pci:3
          description: PCI bridge
          product: MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge
          vendor: nVidia Corporation
          physical id: 13
          bus info: pci@0000:00:13.0
          version: a1
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress bus_master cap_list
          configuration: driver=pcieport
          resources: irq:26 memory:fea00000-febfffff
        *-multimedia
             description: Multimedia video controller
             product: CX23885 PCI Video and Audio Decoder
             vendor: Conexant Systems, Inc.
             physical id: 0
             bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
             version: 02
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pciexpress pm vpd msi bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=cx23885 latency=0
             resources: irq:17 memory:fea00000-febfffff

And here is dmesg:

[ 643.452852] cx23885 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 674.043717] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
[ 674.051917] cx23885 driver version 0.0.2 loaded
[ 674.052193] cx23885 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LN3A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 674.052205] cx23885[0]: Your board isn't known (yet) to the driver.
[ 674.052207] cx23885[0]: Try to pick one of the existing card configs via
[ 674.052209] cx23885[0]: card=<n> insmod option. Updating to the latest
[ 674.052211] cx23885[0]: version might help as well.
[ 674.052215] cx23885[0]: Here is a list of valid choices for the card=<n> insmod option:
[ 674.052219] cx23885[0]: card=0 -> UNKNOWN/GENERIC
[ 674.052222] cx23885[0]: card=1 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1800lp
[ 674.052226] cx23885[0]: card=2 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1800
[ 674.052230] cx23885[0]: card=3 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1250
[ 674.052233] cx23885[0]: card=4 -> DViCO FusionHDTV5 Express
[ 674.052236] cx23885[0]: card=5 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1500Q
[ 674.052239] cx23885[0]: card=6 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1500
[ 674.052242] cx23885[0]: card=7 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1200
[ 674.052245] cx23885[0]: card=8 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1700
[ 674.052248] cx23885[0]: card=9 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1400
[ 674.052252] cx23885[0]: card=10 -> DViCO FusionHDTV7 Dual Express
[ 674.052255] cx23885[0]: card=11 -> DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Dual Express
[ 674.052258] cx23885[0]: card=12 -> Leadtek Winfast PxDVR3200 H
[ 674.052262] cx23885[0]: card=13 -> Compro VideoMate E650F
[ 674.052265] cx23885[0]: card=14 -> TurboSight TBS 6920
[ 674.052268] cx23885[0]: card=15 -> TeVii S470
[ 674.052271] cx23885[0]: card=16 -> DVBWorld DVB-S2 2005
[ 674.052274] cx23885[0]: card=17 -> NetUP Dual DVB-S2 CI
[ 674.052277] cx23885[0]: card=18 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1270
[ 674.052280] cx23885[0]: card=19 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1275
[ 674.052283] cx23885[0]: card=20 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1255
[ 674.052286] cx23885[0]: card=21 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1210
[ 674.052289] cx23885[0]: card=22 -> Mygica X8506 DMB-TH
[ 674.052292] cx23885[0]: card=23 -> Magic-Pro ProHDTV Extreme 2
[ 674.052295] cx23885[0]: card=24 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1850
[ 674.052298] cx23885[0]: card=25 -> Compro VideoMate E800
[ 674.052539] CORE cx23885[0]: subsystem: 14f1:8503, board: UNKNOWN/GENERIC [card=0,autodetected]
[ 674.179960] cx23885_dev_checkrevision() Hardware revision = 0xb0
[ 674.179967] cx23885[0]/0: found at 0000:04:00.0, rev: 2, irq: 17, latency: 0, mmio: 0xfea00000
[ 674.179975] cx23885 0000:04:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 674.179979] IRQ 17/cx23885[0]: IRQF_DISABLED is not guaranteed on shared IRQs

Please help me get this up and running, I have scoured through this forum and the INTERNET to find an answer, but to no avail. Please help me get this card running because this is the only thing that is holding me from completely moving away from 7.
I shall be here all day waiting for responses. If you need more information, let me know.

Thanks,
KB

[kochu_baby]

Some help guys. really need this to work

[Inflatable Soulmate]

Create a config file:

sudo nano -w /etc/modprobe.d/cx23885.conf

and type in the following line:

options cx23885 card=20

save the file and reboot.

This worked for me... thanks to kc on #ubuntu-mythtv on the freenode irc network for helping me figure this one out. I would imagine that if this doesn't work for you, you could also try using the other Hauppauge HVR-12xx card numbers and hopefully one would work.

Edit: sorry. I was looking for a different post that I had come across involving the HVR-1250 card. After posting this, I realised that you aren't using a Hauppauge card. I should have looked closer. Anyway, maybe it can't hurt to just go down the list until one hopefully works?

[NiteShdw]

Sorry to dredge up an old topic, but I was curious if a solution had been figured out to get the X8550 card working?

[sirota]

Hy I had the same problem with my PCI-E TV Card based on cx23885.
Then I create config file in /etc/modprobe.d after resetting PC
with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS the driver cx23885.ko was loaded and then PCI-E TV Card are defines correctly. But I stil have not /dev/video{N} or /dev/dvb{N} in udev parent root.
I`d read RTFM about udev, udevd and udevadm but really nothing understand how can I make the rule for this device.
So I want to ask somebody help me
Give me please for an example a listing of its files-of-rules.rules from /etc/udev/rules.d directory
Thanks heaps all.

[overdrank]

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