Technisat SkyStar HD usb on SF4008

[jpuigs]

I can't make SkyStar USB tuner work on Octagon 4008

root@sf4008:~# opkg install enigma2-plugin-drivers-dvb-usb-technisat-skystar
Installing blindscan-s2 (1+git19+632830a) on root.
Downloading http://188.165.252.42/feeds/satdreamgr-6/armv7ahf-neon/blindscan-s2_1+git19+632830a-r0_armv7ahf-neon.ipk.
Installing firmware-dvb-usb-technisat-skystar (1.1+git292+25f936b) on root.
Downloading http://188.165.252.42/feeds/satdreamgr-6/all/firmware-dvb-usb-technisat-skystar_1.1+git292+25f936b-r0_all.ipk.
Installing kernel-module-dvb-usb-technisat-usb2 (4.1.37) on root.
Downloading http://188.165.252.42/feeds/satdreamgr-6/sf4008/kernel-module-dvb-usb-technisat-usb2_4.1.37-r9_sf4008.ipk.
Installing kernel-module-stv090x (4.1.37) on root.
Downloading http://188.165.252.42/feeds/satdreamgr-6/sf4008/kernel-module-stv090x_4.1.37-r9_sf4008.ipk.
Installing kernel-module-stv6110x (4.1.37) on root.
Downloading http://188.165.252.42/feeds/satdreamgr-6/sf4008/kernel-module-stv6110x_4.1.37-r9_sf4008.ipk.
Installing enigma2-plugin-drivers-dvb-usb-technisat-skystar (1.0) on root.
Downloading http://188.165.252.42/feeds/satdreamgr-6/all/enigma2-plugin-drivers-dvb-usb-technisat-skystar_1.0-r0_all.ipk.
Configuring kernel-module-stv090x.
Configuring blindscan-s2.
Configuring firmware-dvb-usb-technisat-skystar.
Configuring kernel-module-dvb-usb-technisat-usb2.
Configuring kernel-module-stv6110x.
Configuring enigma2-plugin-drivers-dvb-usb-technisat-skystar.
root@sf4008:~#

dmesg shows:

usb 4-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-brcm
technisat-usb2: set alternate setting
technisat-usb2: firmware version: 17.63
dvb-usb: found a 'Technisat SkyStar USB HD (DVB-S/S2)' in warm state.
dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.
dvb-usb: Technisat SkyStar USB HD (DVB-S/S2) error while loading driver (-12)
usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_technisat_usb2
root@sf4008:~#

lsmod:

root@sf4008:~# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
ipv6                  281810  45
dvb_usb_technisat_usb2     7736  0
dvb_usb                14835  1 dvb_usb_technisat_usb2
linuxtv              8822612  38
root@sf4008:~#

If I add STV modules at /etc/modules-load.d/

root@sf4008:~# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
ipv6                  281810  45
stv6110x                4137  0
stv090x                54453  0
dvb_usb_technisat_usb2     7736  0
dvb_usb                14835  1 dvb_usb_technisat_usb2
linuxtv              8822612  38
root@sf4008:~#

but it still gives "dvb-usb: Technisat SkyStar USB HD (DVB-S/S2) error while loading driver (-12)"

Does anybody have any idea what's happening ??
This USB tuner works perfectly on old Xtrend ET10000

[athoik]

You are not alone: https://forum.libreelec.tv/user-post-list/5100-aisman/

Most probably newer kernel require some fixes in order to make this tuner work.

I guess you can compare kernel versions

sf4008 kernel 4.1: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux...-usb2.c?h=v4.1

et10000 kernel 4.10: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux...usb2.c?h=v4.10

So between 4.1 and 4.10 there are some fixes, maybe those make tuner to work!

[jpuigs]

So...…… I see SF4008 which is several years 'younger' than ET10K, has an older kernel version.

I'm very disapointed with this Octagon receiver. The only good thing it has , is that is 4K.

[georgeflu]

but just have in mind, that sometimes happened and the opposite . something which was working, stopped after a kernel upgrade...

[jpuigs]

The first sentence I remember from a computing teacher I had in university 20 years ago, that was written in Capital letters in a Wall, was:
"When something is working, don't modify it, and if you have to/want to do it, remember exactly how it was before, just in case you break it and have to undo it."

[jpuigs]

Today I've discovered another bug on current images for this receiver, SF4008.
When it's in standby, the LNB voltage is always ON.........
I'm sure it's drivers problem, because other images which use the last (but really old) driver, work fine.

[athoik]

We tried to use the older drives too, but kernel is crashing on boot, we never find why.

[jpuigs]

I know.....

[athoik]

Lucky guess: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux...9cd8ebe0e3be95

I think above might fix your error, it mentions arm, it mentions memory (and error 12 is out of memory).

So try an online update and see how it goes: https://github.com/satdreamgr/meta-o...0b2bc29c315a2b

[jpuigs]

Thanks for trying to solve...... but when a box is bad, it doesn't deserve so many work.

Now it works worse than before….. it doesn't even detect it's a Skystar device.

DVB: registering new adapter (sf4008)
platform sf4008.0: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Si21662)...
platform sf4008.0: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 1 (Si21662)...
platform sf4008.0: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 2 (Si21682)...
random: nonblocking pool is initialized
input: dreambox remote control (native) as /devices/virtual/input/input0
EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p4): re-mounted. Opts: data=ordered
f0b00000.etherne:01: Broadcom BCM7439 (2) PHY revision: 0x10, patch: 1
bcmgenet f0b00000.ethernet: configuring instance for internal PHY
bcmgenet f0b00000.ethernet eth0: Link is Down
bcmgenet f0b00000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
NET: Registered protocol family 10
usb 4-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci-brcm
root@sf4008:~#

root@sf4008:~# opkg list-installed | grep stv
kernel-module-stv0299 - 4.1.37-r10
kernel-module-stv090x - 4.1.37-r10
kernel-module-stv6110x - 4.1.37-r10
libgstvideo-1.0-0 - 1.12.4+git16005+e07c69f-r0
root@sf4008:~#
root@sf4008:~# opkg list-installed | grep technisat
enigma2-plugin-drivers-dvb-usb-technisat-skystar - 1.0-r0
firmware-dvb-usb-technisat-skystar - 1.1+git292+25f936b-r0
kernel-module-dvb-usb-technisat-usb2 - 4.1.37-r10
root@sf4008:~#

root@sf4008:~# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
ipv6                  281810  45
linuxtv              8822612  31
root@sf4008:~#