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    WinTV NOVA-T USB Stick

    I've just bought one of these, model 70019. It is detected and works under XP on one machine and under vista on another, being recognized instantly on the USB bus and providing a noise free picture . However it is not detected on either PC when running under Ubuntu 8.04.

    dmesg | grep -i 'dvb'
    returns nothing.

    Kernel 2.6.24-19-generic
    I would eventually like to use this with Kaffeine, although at present I'm less than fussy!
    Can anyone tell me what I should have done to get this stick detected, or point me to a thread please.
    Thanks for your patience.

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    Re: WinTV NOVA-T USB Stick

    To check it's showing up in hardy open a terminal and type
    Code:
    lsusb
    which will list all the USB devices plugged in.
    You'll need the module dvb-usb. Open a terminal and type
    Code:
    lsmod
    and check if the dvb-usb module is already loaded, if not load it by typing
    Code:
    sudo modprobe dvb-usb
    then try opening kaffeine and see if it's being detected and working. If it is you'll need to add the dvb-usb module to the list of modules that are loaded at boot
    Code:
    gksu gedit /etc/modules
    Hopefully it should now work (that's all I have to do to get my WinTV Nova PCI card working).

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    Re: WinTV NOVA-T USB Stick

    Many thanks for your effort, sadly Kaffeine will still not indicate that can see a dvb tuner, even after a cold start. My outputs are as follows:

    roger@ASUSX50N:~$ lsusb
    Bus 004 Device 002: ID 2040:7070 Hauppauge
    Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
    Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0bda:0116 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
    roger@ASUSX50N:~$

    At least the device is there!

    roger@ASUSX50N:~$ lsmod | grep -i 'usb'
    dvb_usb 22796 0
    dvb_core 94380 1 dvb_usb
    i2c_core 28544 2 dvb_usb,nvidia
    usb_storage 82496 0
    libusual 23520 1 usb_storage
    scsi_mod 178488 5 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,usb_storage,libata
    usbcore 169904 6 dvb_usb,usb_storage,libusual,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
    roger@ASUSX50N:~$

    the module is loaded, I did have to edit /etc/modules to force it to load, as you recommended.

    But still nowt, any further help would be appreciated.

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    Re: WinTV NOVA-T USB Stick

    Seems like this is what you're looking for HOWTO: Kaffeine & (Hauppauge) WinTV-Nova-T Stick

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    Re: WinTV NOVA-T USB Stick

    Thanks fo the pointer, it will be a while before I get back to you now as, having already followed that thread once to no effect, I am about to reload the notebook with 8.04, but this time with the 32 bit version, although the processor is an Athlon Turion 64x2. Of interest is that Vista was supplied as the 32 bit version and the documentation only recommends 32 bit Vista in which it works well using the Hauppauge application and driver. I'll be back, but as I said, not too soon. Thanks for your persistance.

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    Re: WinTV NOVA-T USB Stick

    I've just reloaded and updated with 32 bit Hardy - the notebook is now much faster - no I don't know why it should be - but there it is. I've worked through the first suggestion with exactly the same (non) result as before, I'm beginning to think that it might have something to do with the lack of 'firmware' specific to my model of USB DVB-T stick. Next test, however is the HOWTO posted for me.

    I've now tried the HOWTO and it falls at the first hurdle - dmesg doesnt return anything about dvd-usb! any more thoughts please?
    Anyone?
    Last edited by Bristol Rogue; September 1st, 2008 at 12:50 PM. Reason: Moved on through suggestions - best hope now failed!

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