[pvrusb2] Problem with Hauppauge 1950 with (64 bit) Ubuntu 9.10 (Kernel 2.6.31-14-generic)

John Kennedy skebi69 at gmail.com
Sat Nov 14 14:14:29 CST 2009


I just bought the above 1950.
I initially hooked everything up and /var/log/messages reported that it could 
not find the firmware for the device. Google lead me to fwextract.pl.
I mounted the cdrom and ran ./fwextract.pl /media/cdrom0/Drivers/ With the 
following output:


fwextract version: fwextract.pl 2422 2009-11-12 08:01:13Z
Reading internal configuration database
driverDirPath is /media/cdrom0/Drivers/
Extracting firmware files from driver directory

Found firmware data in "/media/cdrom0/Drivers//Driver18/hcw18mlB.rom":
  image fw3 3a4803384f749d644ee1f1ca9dcb12fa (size 14264)
Found firmware data in "/media/cdrom0/Drivers//Driver18/hcw18mlC.rom":
  image fw3 b3704908fd058485f3ef136941b2e513 (size 16382)
Found firmware data in "/media/cdrom0/Drivers//Driver73/Hcw73MlC.rom":
  image fw3 95bc688d3e7599fd5800161e9971cc55 (size 16382)
Found firmware data in "/media/cdrom0/Drivers//Driver73/Hcw73bda.sys":
  Container 2561b64830a76673a6d0b869ed7679b4:
    image fw1-73xxx-01 ac95c4c24e4edca0f2af5e44867a7204 (offset 437352 size 
16384)
Found firmware data in "/media/cdrom0/Drivers//Driver73/Hcw73enc.rom":
  image fw2 1cb3c48a6684126f5e503a434f2d636b (size 376836)
Found firmware data in "/media/cdrom0/Drivers//Driver85/hcw85enc.rom":
  image fw2 1cb3c48a6684126f5e503a434f2d636b (size 376836)
Found firmware data in "/media/cdrom0/Drivers//Driver85/hcw85mld.rom":
  image fw3 a9f8f5d901a7fb42f552e1ee6384f3bb (size 16382)
Found firmware data in "/media/cdrom0/Drivers//DriverA1/hcw98GP2.sys":
  Container ee16dd87b5180b45ad13249aa7922e7b:
    image fw2 d85cb08382395390dc95ac6ebc2205f9 (offset 537608 size 262144)
Found firmware data in "/media/cdrom0/Drivers//DriverA1/hcwPVRP2.sys":
  Container fc7dcdef8f17d3c5decc880673ea5bd5:
    image fw2 d85cb08382395390dc95ac6ebc2205f9 (offset 537608 size 262144)
Found firmware data in "/media/cdrom0/Drivers//DriverA2/HcwFalcn.rom":
  image fw2 9b39b3d3bba1ce2da40f82ef0c50ef48 (size 376836)
Found firmware data in "/media/cdrom0/Drivers//DriverD2/HCWUSB2.sys":
  Container b4cfe83f1aa235141a62cf4d715c354d:
    image fw2 d85cb08382395390dc95ac6ebc2205f9 (offset 300448 size 262144)
    image fw2 79c5daf4cde87036c834a314b4929fb1 (offset 562592 size 262144)
    image fw3 5c22fd758ea64a1b8df7e2eb59da0842 (offset 1430944 size 12559)
    image fw1-29xxx-01 3b7288416144467369ed2b5b10cf931d (offset 1086880 size 
8192)
Found firmware data in "/media/cdrom0/Drivers//DrvAVSD2/HCWD2416.rom":
  image fw2 1cb3c48a6684126f5e503a434f2d636b (size 376836)
Found firmware data in "/media/cdrom0/Drivers//DrvAVSD2/HCWD2M_B.rom":
  image fw3 3a4803384f749d644ee1f1ca9dcb12fa (size 14264)
Found firmware data in "/media/cdrom0/Drivers//DrvAVSD2/HCWD2M_C.rom":
  Container 99836e41ccb28c7b373e87686f93712a:
    image fw3 5c22fd758ea64a1b8df7e2eb59da0842 (offset 0 size 12559)
Found firmware data in "/media/cdrom0/Drivers//Driver73/64bit/Hcw73bda.sys":
  Container dfd6c9b398e5155ad10569975795dae0:
    image fw1-73xxx-01 ac95c4c24e4edca0f2af5e44867a7204 (offset 697456 size 
16384)
fw1-73xxx-01: 2 instances found, designating first instance for extraction
fw2: 8 instances found, designating first instance for extraction
fw3: 7 instances found, designating first instance for extraction

Driver package info:
  Hauppauge 73drv_27238.zip
  Hauppauge WinTV CD 3.4b

Wrote fw1-29xxx-01 (file v4l-pvrusb2-29xxx-01.fw):
  Intended hardware: "Hauppauge PVR USB2 Model 29xxx"
  Component: "Cypress FX2 for Hauppauge PVR USB2 Model 29xxx"
  Source /media/cdrom0/Drivers//DriverD2/HCWUSB2.sys
  Offset 1086880 size 8192 bytes
  MD5 verified (3b7288416144467369ed2b5b10cf931d)
Wrote fw1-73xxx-01 (file v4l-pvrusb2-73xxx-01.fw):
  Intended hardware: "Hauppauge HVR-1950 / HVR-1900"
  Component: "Cypress FX2 for Hauppauge HVR-1950 / HVR-1900"
  Source /media/cdrom0/Drivers//Driver73/Hcw73bda.sys
  Offset 437352 size 16384 bytes
  MD5 verified (ac95c4c24e4edca0f2af5e44867a7204)
Wrote fw2 (file v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw):
  Component: "Conexant cx23416 family mpeg encoder"
  Source /media/cdrom0/Drivers//Driver73/Hcw73enc.rom
  Size 376836 bytes (firmware is entire file)
  MD5 verified (1cb3c48a6684126f5e503a434f2d636b)
Wrote fw3 (file v4l-cx25840.fw):
  Component: "Conexant cx25840 family video / audio processor"
  Source /media/cdrom0/Drivers//Driver18/hcw18mlB.rom
  Size 14264 bytes (firmware is entire file)
  MD5 verified (3a4803384f749d644ee1f1ca9dcb12fa)

Extracted 4 firmware images.

Important Note:
  One or more of the firmware files extracted is specific to a
  particular type and model of device.  Please double check that you
  in fact are using that named device (see below).  Some driver CDs
  can include firmware for multiple different hardware releases and we
  want to make sure that you haveve extracted the right one.

  Devices are:
    Hauppauge PVR USB2 Model 29xxx
    Hauppauge HVR-1950 / HVR-1900


Now when I plug the USB cable in I get the following in /var/log/messages:

Nov 14 14:44:15 jkennedy-lap kernel: [ 1419.102780] usb 2-1: new high speed 
USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
Nov 14 14:44:15 jkennedy-lap kernel: [ 1419.266907] usb 2-1: configuration #1 
chosen from 1 choice
Nov 14 14:44:16 jkennedy-lap kernel: [ 1420.292822] usb 2-1: firmware: 
requesting v4l-pvrusb2-73xxx-01.fw
Nov 14 14:44:16 jkennedy-lap kernel: [ 1420.301643] pvrusb2: wrong fx2 firmware 
size
Nov 14 14:44:16 jkennedy-lap kernel: [ 1420.301655] pvrusb2: Failure uploading 
firmware1
Nov 14 14:44:16 jkennedy-lap kernel: [ 1420.301659] pvrusb2: Device 
initialization was not successful.
Nov 14 14:44:16 jkennedy-lap kernel: [ 1420.301664] pvrusb2: ***WARNING*** 
pvrusb2 device hardware appears to be jammed and I can't clear it.
Nov 14 14:44:16 jkennedy-lap kernel: [ 1420.301669] pvrusb2: You might need to 
power cycle the pvrusb2 device in order to recover.
Nov 14 14:50:19 jkennedy-lap kernel: [ 1783.028648] usb 2-1: USB disconnect, 
address 8
Nov 14 14:50:19 jkennedy-lap kernel: [ 1783.028782] pvrusb2: Device being 
rendered inoperable
Nov 14 14:50:45 jkennedy-lap kernel: [ 1809.242558] usb 2-1: new high speed 
USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9
Nov 14 14:50:45 jkennedy-lap kernel: [ 1809.416984] usb 2-1: configuration #1 
chosen from 1 choice
Nov 14 14:50:46 jkennedy-lap kernel: [ 1810.410288] usb 2-1: firmware: 
requesting v4l-pvrusb2-73xxx-01.fw
Nov 14 14:50:46 jkennedy-lap kernel: [ 1810.419455] pvrusb2: wrong fx2 firmware 
size
Nov 14 14:50:46 jkennedy-lap kernel: [ 1810.419468] pvrusb2: Failure uploading 
firmware1
Nov 14 14:50:46 jkennedy-lap kernel: [ 1810.419473] pvrusb2: Device 
initialization was not successful.
Nov 14 14:50:46 jkennedy-lap kernel: [ 1810.419478] pvrusb2: ***WARNING*** 
pvrusb2 device hardware appears to be jammed and I can't clear it.
Nov 14 14:50:46 jkennedy-lap kernel: [ 1810.419483] pvrusb2: You might need to 
power cycle the pvrusb2 device in order to recover.


I have completely unplugged the 1950 and reconnected it with the same result.
I have installed all the DVB and V4L stuff mentioned on the web page.
In case it matters, I am using a Dell Latitude D630 laptop.

What am I missing?
Thanks,
John


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