[pvrusb2] recent problem: getting frontend status failed - more info

[A. F. Cano]

Hello,

I've plugged the tuner into another computer, with jessie/sid installed
(jessie/testing system with sid backports).  Then tried to configure
mythtv, but I can't get past the channel scan.  This is what the kernel
reports:

[ many more similar messages prior to these last few ]

2014-06-30 18:07:17.709463 E  DVBChan[1](/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0): Tune(): Setting Frontend tuning parameters failed.
                        eno: No such device (19)
2014-06-30 18:07:17.719851 E  DVBChan[1](/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0): Tune(): Setting Frontend tuning parameters failed.
                        eno: No such device (19)
2014-06-30 18:07:17.730221 E  DVBChan[1](/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0): Tune(): Setting Frontend tuning parameters failed.
                        eno: No such device (19)
2014-06-30 18:07:17.740643 E  DVBChan[1](/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0): Tune(): Setting Frontend tuning parameters failed.
                        eno: No such device (19)
2014-06-30 18:07:17.751037 E  DVBChan[1](/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0): Tune(): Setting Frontend tuning parameters failed.
                        eno: No such device (19)
2014-06-30 18:07:17.761399 E  DVBChan[1](/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0): Tune(): Setting Frontend tuning parameters failed.
                        eno: No such device (19)

Message from syslogd at positron at Jun 30 18:07:17 ...
 kernel:[ 3381.500039] CPU: 0 PID: 7188 Comm: mythtv-setup Tainted: G        W  O 3.14-1-686-pae #1 Debian 3.14.7-1

Message from syslogd at positron at Jun 30 18:07:17 ...
 kernel:[ 3381.500039] Hardware name: VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. P4X266-8233A/P4PA, BIOS 6.00 PG 02/28/2002

Message from syslogd at positron at Jun 30 18:07:17 ...
 kernel:[ 3381.500039] task: da0b9010 ti: e30c4000 task.ti: e30c4000

Message from syslogd at positron at Jun 30 18:07:17 ...
 kernel:[ 3381.500039] Stack:

Message from syslogd at positron at Jun 30 18:07:17 ...
 kernel:[ 3381.500039] Call Trace:

Message from syslogd at positron at Jun 30 18:07:17 ...
 kernel:[ 3381.500039] Code: f9 bb ff ff ff ff 75 38 8b 04 24 e8 f8 f8 ff ff 89 d8 83 c4 08 5b 5e 5f 5d c3 8d b6 00 00 00 00 8b 06 31 db c7 46 14 00 00 00 00 <8b> 50 18 e8 75 fc ff ff 8b 06 89 04 24 eb

Message from syslogd at positron at Jun 30 18:07:17 ...
 kernel:[ 3381.500039] EIP: [<f0ebc083>] pvr2_channel_limit_inputs+0x83/0xc0 [pvrusb2] SS:ESP 0068:e30c5f34

This also seems to point to channel changing being where things get
stuck.

Suggestions, anyone?

Augustine