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linuxtv-dvb-apps package

Frequency incorrect in file uk-Heathfield for dvb-t tuning

Bug #55789 reported by Philip Guyton
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Dapper Backports
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
linuxtv-dvb-apps (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: dvb-utils

In version 1.1.0-9 in universe the file contains:-

# Heathfield, South-east England
# T freq bw fec_hi fec_lo mod transmission-mode guard-interval hierarchy
T 538000 8MHz 3/4 NONE QAM64 2k 1/32 NONE

But if last line corrected to:-

T 538000000 8MHz 3/4 NONE QAM64 2k 1/32 NONE

That is 3 more zeros on the frequency then file seems to work just dandy.

Before correction scan (from this package also) run on this file would fail with "ERROR: initial tuning failed"
after correction all seems OK.

bug report #46513 requesting upgrade to 1.1.1 of linuxtv-dvb-apps-1.1.1.tar.bz2 will not address this as there is no uk-Heathfield file in the base package.

I hope this helps someone and that I have entered this bug report correctly.

Revision history for this message
Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Thanks in advance.

Changed in linuxtv-dvb-apps:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
Revision history for this message
Philip Guyton (phil-lxnet) wrote :

Apologies for not updating this bug report. As of Ubuntu 6.10 with dvb-utils version 1.1.1-2 Thomas Schmidt detailed in the file /usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/changelog.Debian.gz the following:-

linuxtv-dvb-apps (1.1.1-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Added 06_scan_uk-heathfield-fix.dpatch to fix the uk-Heathfiels scanfile
    as reported in Ubuntu bug #55789
  * Bumped Standards-Version to 3.7.2

 -- Thomas Schmidt <email address hidden> Mon, 28 Aug 2006 23:24:20 +0200

Apologies again for not noting this on the bug report but was unsure of the etiquette.

I can confirm that the above patch added by Thomas addresses the issue I was having and represents a complete fix.

Due to the above this bug was never present in Ubuntu 6.10 or 7.04; but is still outstanding in 6.06 as backports does not seem to contain the updated version of dvb-utils as of just now.

My Thanks goes to all those involved in addressing this issue. I am sure that the tens of thousands of people in the UK Heathfield transmitter area will also be grateful now that it will "just work" in the newer releases of this package.

Revision history for this message
Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit) wrote :

No problem, thanks for the feedback. Opening a backport task to see if the fix can be backported to dapper.

Changed in linuxtv-dvb-apps:
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

dapper desktop is no longer supported and receives no further updates

Changed in dapper-backports:
status: New → Invalid
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