Hello everybody,
I have a twinhan 1020a, and everytime Knoppmyth boot it hangs.
First I installed Knoppmyth and after I was done with the installation I installed the VP1020a. It gets detected as a brooktree device, and the process keeps going, but later on it says is an unknown bttv device, and the computer just hangs there.
How can I disable the auto detection? so later on I can load drivers manually. Please some one help. I am trying to get this workign with Knoppmyth version R5A10. And the vp1020a is a dvb card.

Thanks in advance.

update-rc.d KnoppMyth-tv remove
Which release are you using?

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cesman

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Thank you for your reply.
I am using the latest R5A10.

in wich directory update-rc.d is?

update-rc.d is a command should be in your path, as long as you are logged in as root it can be run from anywhere.

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Xsecrets

Here is the message I get while running the command update-rc.d KnoppMyth-tv remove

update-rc.d:/etc/init.d/KnoppMyth-tv exists during rc.d purge (use -f to force)

Then I did this
update-rc.d -f KnoppMyth-tv remove

I shutdown the computer. Put twinhan in. And there was no autodetection, like before, but still it gave me the message

and it hangs again

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I did that man is in my previous post, and then i got what i put in the green. Thanks

Those messages say that the VideoForLinux drivers don't recognise your DVB card. They are usually harmless - it just means that you won't be able to use the composite or S-Video inputs on your card (if it has any) to digitise analog video signals (like from a VCR). I think that is caused by the ROM on that card being old - it doesn't have an appropriate vendor-specific ID.

To use DVB cards, you currently need to add some extra modules into the boot sequence. Edit /etc/modules, and put these lines:
near the top.

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Thanks guys I really apreciate you guys trying to help me.

I forgot to mention what I have put on the /etc/modules. I did try what you said and the computer hangs always at the same point.

I have put this before and I tried what you said.


I have also tried putting that under /etc/mythtv/modules/bttv0

And it hangs cannot even use the keyboard.

It is hanging when it tries to load BTTV, yes?

If so, then comment out the bttv line from /etc/modules. DVB doesn't need it (especially with the extra options you have added to the bttv module), as it will load bttv if it needs it, with the correct options.

If that doesn't get the OS fully booted, comment out even more lines. Try the bottom half. If that fails, add the top half. If that fails, I am at a loss

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Thank you everyone I got it working.
I uncomented 1 line in /etc/modules.conf
and /etc/modutils/KnoppMyth

The line I uncommented was


That worked and i kept this on /etc/modules


Now when knoppmyth load I can hear the tuner in my dvb card click, and then I did the settup of mythtv scan the satellite and everything worked out. Butt cannot view live tv. I just see a black screen with no video for 2 minutes .then it goes back to the front menu, but that is a subject for another thread.

Well thank you everybody.

I did a reinstall just to try again and to make sure everything I try would work again.

I did not find

in /etc/modules.conf or /etc/modutils/KnoppMyth


So I just added


to /etc/modules

shutdown put card in and it just work. I find it weird.

Reviving an old thread with some facts.

1) Some 2.6.11 Linux Kernels will hang with the TwinHan VisionPlus cards when their bttv drivers load. This means anything newer than KnoppMyth R5A12 will hang unless you change the kernel

2) R5A12 used the 2.6.9 or 2.6.10 kernel. Downgrading the kernel in a newer KnoppMyth will give you a working environment.

3) Upgrading the kernel to 2.6.12.2 or 2.6.12.4 also works. That _should_ mean that 2.6.13 will also be safe, but sadly, you never know

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| Nigel Pearson, nigel.pearson.au@gmail.com
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I have posted a script that can upgrade the kernel for you, as well there is a details post in the Installation thread about this problem.

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