[pvrusb2] saa7115 1-0021: Video signal: bad

[dan]

I recently installed mepis 7. I have a wintv-pvr-usb2 (29032 rev d158) 
box. I use it for simple tv viewing on xp (works great). The box is 
connected to cable tv.

I cannot get the box working with xawtv, kdetv, tvtime or kmplayer. I 
receive the subject line in dmesg and the players report no video. wow!!

Why does it work in xp and not mepis?????

here is the dmesg output:

.........discon then recon power.....:

usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 6
pvrusb2: unregistered device video0 [mpeg]
pvrusb2: unregistered device radio0 [mpeg]
pvrusb2: Attempted to execute control transfer when device not ok
msp3400 1-0040: chip reset failed
hub 1-0:1.0: Cannot enable port 1.  Maybe the USB cable is bad?
usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
pvrusb2: Device microcontroller firmware (re)loaded; it should now reset 
and reconnect.
usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 8
usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9
usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 1-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9
msp3400 1-0040: MSP3445G-B8 found @ 0x80 (pvrusb2_a)
msp3400 1-0040: MSP3445G-B8 supports radio, mode is autodetect and 
autoselect
saa7115 1-0021: saa7115 found (1f7115d0e100000) @ 0x42 (pvrusb2_a)
tuner 1-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (pvrusb2_a)
tda9887 1-0043: tda988[5/6/7] found @ 0x43 (tuner)
tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (pvrusb2_a)
tveeprom 1-0050: Hauppauge model 29032, rev D158, serial# 7373736
tveeprom 1-0050: tuner model is Philips FM1236 MK3 (idx 58, type 43)
tveeprom 1-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
tveeprom 1-0050: audio processor is MSP3445 (idx 12)
tveeprom 1-0050: decoder processor is SAA7115 (idx 19)
tveeprom 1-0050: has radio, has IR receiver, has no IR transmitter
tuner 1-0061: type set to 43 (Philips NTSC MK3 (FM1236MK3 or FM1236/F))
msp3400 1-0040: MSP3445G-B8 rev1 = 0x0207 rev2 = 0x2d48
msp3400 1-0040: Audio:    volume 62000
msp3400 1-0040: Audio:    balance 0 bass 0 treble 0 loudness off
msp3400 1-0040: Standard: autodetect start (mono)
msp3400 1-0040: Audmode:  0x0001
msp3400 1-0040: Routing:  0x00000000 (input) 0x00000044 (output)
msp3400 1-0040: ACB:      0x0c00
saa7115 1-0021: Audio frequency: 48000 Hz
saa7115 1-0021: Input:           Composite 4
saa7115 1-0021: Video signal:    bad
saa7115 1-0021: Frequency:       50 Hz
saa7115 1-0021: Detected format: BW/No color
saa7115 1-0021: Width, Height:   720, 480
tda9887 1-0043: Data bytes: b=0x14 c=0x30 e=0x44
tuner 1-0061: Tuner mode:      analog TV
tuner 1-0061: Frequency:       175.25 MHz
tuner 1-0061: Standard:        0x00000100
pvrusb2: Device initialization completed successfully.
pvrusb2: registered device video0 [mpeg]
pvrusb2: registered device radio0 [mpeg]


Apparently the kernel has all the required driver modules and firmware 
pre installed ???? or do I need to install? ... If so how?  I downloaded 
all from your site but don't know which or what to use...

Also, xawtv output run:
:~$ xawtv
This is xawtv-3.95.dfsg.1, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.22-1-mepis-smp)
/dev/video0 [v4l2]: no overlay support
v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
Warning: Cannot convert string 
"-*-ledfixed-medium-r-*--39-*-*-*-c-*-*-*" to type FontStruct
libGL warning: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x4b
v4l2: read: rc=294912/size=442368


Thanks, and please correct my protocol if needed...... (I have posted to 
mepis board with no reply and spent hours on google and reading your info )
dan