Driver and firmware appear to load OK, but running w_scan triggers a crash:
george@tvbox:~$ sudo w_scan -f s -c GB -a 2 -s S28E2
w_scan -f s -c GB -a 2 -s S28E2
w_scan version 20141122 (compiled for DVB API 5.10)
using settings for 28.2 east Astra 2A/B/C/D + EuroBird 1 28.5
scan type SATELLITE, channellist 61
output format vdr-2.0
WARNING: could not guess your codepage. Falling back to 'UTF-8'
output charset 'UTF-8', use -C <charset> to override
-_-_-_-_ Getting frontend capabilities-_-_-_-_
Using DVB API 5.11
frontend 'TurboSight TBS 6981 DVB-S/S2' supports
INVERSION_AUTO
DVB-S
DVB-S2
FREQ (0.95GHz ... 2.15GHz)
SRATE (1.000MSym/s ... 45.000MSym/s)
using LNB "UNIVERSAL"
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trying 'S f = 10714 kHz H SR = 22000 5/6 0,35 QPSK (0:0:0)'
(time: 00:00.031) signal ok: S f = 10714 kHz H SR = 22000 5/6 0,35 QPSK (0:0:0)
Info: no data from PAT after 2 seconds
^C^C^C^CKilled
TBS6981 on Ubuntu 16.04. Kernel 4.13.0-41-generic. Driver and firmware installed following instructions at: https://github.com/tbsdtv/linux_media/wiki.
Firmware extracted/installed as at https://github.com/tbsdtv/linux_media/wiki/CX24117-firmware
Driver and firmware appear to load OK, but running w_scan triggers a crash:
Extract from syslog corresponding to above event:
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