Hi all..
I had a terrible time getting my Nova-T USB (Technotrend chipset) working. So here's a guide.
Basically, you need the firmware for the device. This is made easy by a script that's in the linux-doc package.
This automatically downloads the Windows drivers and extracts the firmware for you. All you have to do then is copy it to the right place.
Here we go.
(1) Plug in the device, and check that Linux can see it:
type in:
$ sudo lsusb
(or, for PCI cards, sudo lspci )
I get:
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0b48:1005 TechnoTrend AG Technotrend/Hauppauge USB-Nova
There it is..
(2) Let's update sources.list so that we can get the linux-doc package
Dapper: http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper#H...a_repositories
Edgy: http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:E...a_repositories
Feisty: http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:F...a_repositories
(3) Get the linux-doc package.
$ sudo apt-get install linux-doc
(4) Find the script and run it
For me it's /usr/share/doc/linux-doc-2.6.15/Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware.gz
# If you can't find it, do this
#
# $ sudo updatedb
# $ locate get_dvb
Copy it to your home dir, extract it, make it executable:
$ cp /usr/share/doc/linux-doc-2.6.15/Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware.gz ~
$ cd ~
$ gunzip get_dvb_firmware.gz
$ sudo chmod +x get_dvb_firmware
Now run it:
$ ./get_dvb_firmware tda10046 # tda10045 for PCI cards
Nearly finished! The firmware has now been extracted, now copy it to where it should be.
$ sudo cp *.fw /lib/firmware
Finished! The firmware is in place. Now reboot your PC.
You should now be able to scan and watch TV channels through Kaffeine (look for it in Synaptic).
You will need to know the name of your local DVB transmitter, Google it. (Mine is Winter Hill)
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