[pvrusb2] My tuners occasionally get stuck

[Jan Ceuleers]

Jan Ceuleers wrote:
> I have now done two things:
>
> - automated the power cycling of the tuners whenever a zero-length
> recording has just finished (using a power socket controlled by sispmctl).
>
> - installed kernel 3.3.0.
>
> The issue has not recurred since, but it was not unusual for it not to
> occur for 2 weeks and then to happen a few times the next week. So I
> can't yet tell whether the kernel upgrade has solved it. But I do hope
> that if the issue recurs while I'm away the damage will be limited by my
> power-cycling rig. (That's unless USB really goes haywire again because
> the power socket is also controlled through USB).
>
> I'll report back in a little while.

It's been 20 days since I did the above, and the issue still has not 
recurred. I will keep touching wood, but my working hypothesis is that 
the problem was fixed by the kernel upgrade.

Thanks, Jan