Kaffeine dvb-t scan finds no channels

[Chuck91]

Hello, the dvb tuner card is seen by kaffeine as Zarlink ZL10353 DVB-T, but when i try to scan channels nothing is found. I tried to update the scanfile.dvb, i tried to make my own one with data (the guard interval of downloaded scanfile looked wrong to me), but no success. This is a pci card called on the box manhattan pci 3-in-1 tv tuner card, on linuxtv is wrote that zarlink sold part of its business and now is known as Intel® CE 6353 DVB-T too. Launching lspci nothing is wrote about a dvb-t card though, only something about a conexant multimedia controller (the card has video/audio inputs/outputs), could be some missing firmware?

kaffeine terminal output: https://pastebin.com/tv318kfB

lspci output: https://pastebin.com/kiaqzrTA

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[Chuck91]

We are going to need your computer’s complete profile before we can proceed, so you need to post the output from the QSI utility. The Quick System Info (QSI) utility is located in MX Tools and its output is automatically formatted for use here in the forum. Run the QSI utility, click “Copy for Forum” at the bottom and then just paste it here in your thread.
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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-18-amd64 [6.1.76-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-18-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: Fluxbox v: 1.3.7 info: tint2 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23.2_fluxbox_x64
    Libretto January 21 2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: M2V v: Rev 1.xx serial: <superuser required>
    BIOS: American Megatrends v: 2101 date: 02/21/2008
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ bits: 64 type: MCP arch: K8 level: v1 built: 2005-08
    process: AMD 65nm family: 0xF (15) model-id: 0x6B (107) stepping: 2 microcode: N/A
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB desc: d-2x64 KiB; i-2x64 KiB
    L2: 1024 KiB desc: 2x512 KiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2900 min/max: N/A cores: 1: 2900 2: 2900 bogomips: 11599
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass status: Not affected
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not
    affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD RV730 XT [Radeon HD 4670] vendor: PC Partner / Sapphire driver: radeon v: kernel
    alternate: amdgpu arch: TeraScale code: R6xx/RV6xx/RV7xx process: TSMC 55-65nm built: 2005-13
    pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DVI-I-1 empty: DIN-1,DVI-I-2
    bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:9490 class-ID: 0300 temp: 33.5 C
  Device-2: Conexant Systems CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder driver: cx8800 v: 1.0.0
    bus-ID: 07:08.0 chip-ID: 14f1:8800 class-ID: 0400
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: radeon
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: r600 gpu: radeon display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1280x1024 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 338x270mm (13.31x10.63") s-diag: 433mm (17.03")
  Monitor-1: DVI-I-1 mapped: DVI-0 model: Belinea/Maxdata Belinea1930S1 serial: <filter>
    built: 2007 res: 1280x1024 hz: 60 dpi: 86 gamma: 1.2 size: 376x301mm (14.8x11.85")
    diag: 482mm (19") ratio: 5:4 modes: max: 1280x1024 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 3.3 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD RV730 (DRM 2.50.0 / 6.1.0-18-amd64 LLVM 15.0.6)
    compat-v: 3.0 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD RV710/730 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 4000 series] vendor: PC Partner / Sapphire
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 02:00.1
    chip-ID: 1002:aa38 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Conexant Systems CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder driver: cx8800 v: 1.0.0
    bus-ID: 07:08.0 chip-ID: 14f1:8800 class-ID: 0400
  Device-3: Conexant Systems CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [Audio Port]
    driver: cx88_audio alternate: cx88_alsa bus-ID: 07:08.1 chip-ID: 14f1:8801 class-ID: 0480
  Device-4: Conexant Systems CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [MPEG Port]
    driver: cx88-mpeg driver manager alternate: cx8802 bus-ID: 07:08.2 chip-ID: 14f1:8802
    class-ID: 0480
  Device-5: Ensoniq ES1371/ES1373 / Creative Labs CT2518 driver: snd_ens1371 v: kernel
    bus-ID: 07:09.0 chip-ID: 1274:1371 class-ID: 0401
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-18-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK P5B-MX/WiFi-AP P5KPL-VM
    driver: atl1 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 04:00.0
    chip-ID: 1969:1048 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9271 802.11n type: USB driver: ath9k_htc bus-ID: 1-7:3
    chip-ID: 0cf3:9271 class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 298.09 GiB used: 149.92 GiB (50.3%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Hitachi model: HDS721032CLA362 size: 298.09 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: <unknown> type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: A3EA
    scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 78 GiB size: 76.23 GiB (97.72%) used: 11.17 GiB (14.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
    maj-min: 8:1
  ID-2: /home raw-size: 216.09 GiB size: 211.64 GiB (97.94%) used: 138.72 GiB (65.5%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 4 GiB used: 31.5 MiB (0.8%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda3
    maj-min: 8:3
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: 33.0 C gpu: radeon temp: 36.5 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3082 case-1: 0
  Power: 12v: 11.43 5v: N/A 3.3v: 3.31 vbat: N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 2471 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2464 libs: 1405 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala pm: rpm pkgs: 0
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 7
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://it.mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/protonvpn-stable.list
    1: deb [arch="all", signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/protonvpn-stable-archive-keyring.gpg] https://repo.protonvpn.com/debian stable main
Info:
  Processes: 188 Uptime: 2h 9m wakeups: 1 Memory: 3.82 GiB used: 1.44 GiB (37.8%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

[timkb4cq]

That terminal output looks like a working card with no antenna (or a not good enough one) attached.

[Chuck91]

That terminal output looks like a working card with no antenna (or a not good enough one) attached.

The card worked when i was using windows, antenna is connected. I tried more scanfile.dvb settings, doing kaffeine integrated auto scan (there is one for my country too) but just won't find anything. I just don't know what could be wrong.

[timkb4cq]

LinuxTV.org has this to say about the zl10353

The QT1010 in this device has it's problems. If you get no or poor signal on Linux, that's "normal". You can try lowering the signal strength from your antenna, remove signal boosters and/or buy an attenuator. Or buy a device with better support.

Sorry, looking at USB listing of zl10353, not PCI.

[timkb4cq]

lspci shows this card has a Conexant CX23880 DVB chipset.
At LinuxTV.org I see only one pci Zarlink card with that chipset family.
That entry indicates this option is needed cx88xx option card=42
So I would try:

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sudo rmmod cx88xx
sudo modprobe cx88xx card=42

and then open Kaffeine and try searching again.
If that works make it permanent by creating a cx88xx.conf file with this line

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cx88xx options card=42

and place it in /etc/modprobe.d

[Chuck91]

lspci shows this card has a Conexant CX23880 DVB chipset.
At LinuxTV.org I see only one pci Zarlink card with that chipset family.
That entry indicates this option is needed cx88xx option card=42
So I would try:

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sudo rmmod cx88xx
sudo modprobe cx88xx card=42

and then open Kaffeine and try searching again.
If that works make it permanent by creating a cx88xx.conf file with this line

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cx88xx options card=42

and place it in /etc/modprobe.d

doesn't allow me:

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$ sudo rmmod cx88xx
rmmod: ERROR: Module cx88xx is in use by: cx8802 cx8800 cx88_alsa cx88_dvb

[timkb4cq]

In that case, make that file in /etc/modprobe.d then reboot.

[Chuck91]

In that case, make that file in /etc/modprobe.d then reboot.

no success, tried more type of scans.