HDMI connection lost

Dreamer

Location: Netherlands

Monday, November 2nd 2009, 11:12am

Hello,

I recently installed the new dreambox 20091014 drivers and discovered something strange, when watching tv the hdmi connection was suddenly lost, scart signal was still working. after putting device in and out of standby the problem was solved, also pulling hdmi connector out and in again did solve the problem. This problem did occur approximately 2 times a day and only occured with the latest software, after downgrading to the drivers beneath the problem looks solved...

Is this a bug you know of or is this something new for you?

Source code

root@dm800 ~ # ipkg info dreambox-dvb-modules
Package: dreambox-dvb-modules
Version: 2.6.12-5.1-brcmstb-dm800-20090907-r0
Depends: dreambox-secondstage
Status: install user installed
Section: base
Architecture: dm800
Maintainer: Felix Domke <tmbinc@elitedvb.net>
Size: 1423850
Filename: dreambox-dvb-modules_2.6.12-5.1-brcmstb-dm800-20090907-r0_dm800.ipk
Description: Hardware drivers for Dreambox
Installed-Time: 1253811073
Installed-Size: 3731643

root@dm800 ~ #

Hope to hear from you soon.

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Ghost

Dream-Multimedia

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Monday, November 2nd 2009, 12:01pm

Hi,

i hear about this problem now the first time.

Can you als try http://dreamboxupdate.com/opendreambox/1…05-r0_dm800.ipk ?

And which output mode you use? 720p? 1080i? ...

Do you use Autoresolution?

When yes... can you try without Autoresolution Plugin?

All details you have can help to detect/solve the Problem.

cu

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bramschats

Dreamer

Posts: 43

Location: Netherlands

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Wednesday, November 4th 2009, 7:53am

Ghost,

When i have the time to do so i'm going to try that.

What does this software do, before i install it i want to know what it does!

My output mode is 1080i

I do not have the autoresolution plugin installed, what do you mean by autoresolution, cannot find that option.

My current software is 2.6.12-5.1-brcmstb-dm800-20090907-r0 do i first have to install the latest software or can i use current to install the program on?

ps. there are more people with the same problem, i am not the only one!

Thanks in advance.

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bramschats

Dreamer

Posts: 43

Location: Netherlands

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Wednesday, November 4th 2009, 6:48pm

ghost,

I try to update the software but i get the following message.....

Source code

root@dm800 /tmp # ipkg install dreambox-dvb-modules_2.6.12-5.1-brcmstb-dm800-20091005-r0_dm800.ipk
Upgrading dreambox-dvb-modules on root from 2.6.12-5.1-brcmstb-dm800-20090907-r0 to 2.6.12-5.1-brcmstb-dm800-20091005-r0...
Nothing to be done
Collected errors:
Multiple packages (dreambox-dvb-modules and dreambox-dvb-modules) providing same name marked HOLD or PREFER.  Using latest.
Multiple packages (dreambox-dvb-modules and dreambox-dvb-modules) providing same name marked HOLD or PREFER.  Using latest.
Package dreambox-dvb-modules md5sum mismatch. Either the ipkg or the package index are corrupt. Try 'ipkg update'.
root@dm800 /tmp #

What can i do to solve this problem??

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bramschats

Dreamer

Posts: 43

Location: Netherlands

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Friday, November 6th 2009, 7:28am

Can anyone from dream help me on this problem?

thanks.

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Sat_Man

Dreamer

Posts: 143

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Friday, November 6th 2009, 9:53am

Quoted from "bramschats"

Can anyone from dream help me on this problem?

thanks.

Try this:

	Source code
1 2 3	1. ipkg remove dreambox-dvb-modules 2. ipkg update 3. ipkg install dreambox-dvb-modules

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bramschats

Dreamer

Posts: 43

Location: Netherlands

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Friday, November 6th 2009, 10:18am

did that yesterday

ipkg remove dreambox-dvb-modules

after 10 minutes still nothing, restart resulting in a crash, had to flash firmware again........

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Homey

Dreamer

Posts: 2,140

Location: NRW

Occupation: Softwareentwickler

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Saturday, November 7th 2009, 7:44pm

for sure it crashes if you restart the box after uninstalling all drivers

Theorie ist, wenn man alles weiß, aber nichts funktioniert.
Praxis ist, wenn alles funktioniert aber niemand weiß warum.

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bramschats

Dreamer

Posts: 43

Location: Netherlands

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Tuesday, November 10th 2009, 7:45am

Hello,

After a while i installed the drivers of 05-10-2009, see info beneath!

When i was watching the dutch RTL7 channel the HDMI connection with the new driver was lost again after ca. 20 minutes of watching TV.

It seems to be a driver problem.

What can i do to help fixing this problem?

Thnx in advance.

Source code

[mail]root@dm800[/mail] ~ # ipkg info dreambox-dvb-modules 
Package: dreambox-dvb-modules 
Version: 2.6.12-5.1-brcmstb-dm800-20091005-r0 
Depends: dreambox-secondstage 
Status: install user installed 
Section: base 
Architecture: dm800 
Maintainer: Felix Domke <[mail]tmbinc@elitedvb.net[/mail]> 
MD5Sum: a93ab99513519fd8062a4b1590f1d625 
Size: 1434236 
Filename: dreambox-dvb-modules_2.6.12-5.1-brcmstb-dm800-20091005-r0_dm800.ipk 
Source: [url=http://sources.dreamboxupdate.com/snapshots/dreambox-dvb-modules-dm800-2.6.12-5.1-brcmstb-dm800-20091005.tar.bz2]http://sources.dreamboxupdate.com/snapshots/dreambox-dvb-modules-dm800-2.6.12-5.1-brcmstb-dm800-20091005.tar.bz2[/url] 
Description: Hardware drivers for Dreambox 
Installed-Size: 3766477

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Homey

Dreamer

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Location: NRW

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Tuesday, November 10th 2009, 9:38am

already tried another HDMI Cable or Input on TV !?

If it would be a driver only problem ... more people would have this problem? Currently you seem to be very lonly with this problem so I would also check hardware, try another (better) HDMI Cable, another input on TV ect.

Specially because you say that it helps if you unplug cable and plug it in again ... the driver doesn't do anything when you do this, so the signal is always there ...

for me it sounds like a bad HDMI Cable ... how long it is? More then 3metres?

Theorie ist, wenn man alles weiß, aber nichts funktioniert.
Praxis ist, wenn alles funktioniert aber niemand weiß warum.

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bramschats

Dreamer

Posts: 43

Location: Netherlands

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Tuesday, November 10th 2009, 10:11am

I tried a new DVI-HDMI cable, same problem, other HDMI input, same problem......

There are more people with the same problem but the forums are in dutch..

[Moderator] Link is in violation of the Boardrules [/Moderator]

I just think people won't recognize the problem but at least 10 people on the forum have the same problem, even one has sent his box back to dream multimedia for repairs.......

unplug and replug hdmi cable helps and in and out standy too. Especially it seems to go wrong with the dutch RTL channels.

ps scart output when HDMI signal is gone is still working well....

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "floh" (Nov 10th 2009, 3:07pm)

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Ultimate

Dreamer

Posts: 10

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Friday, November 13th 2009, 12:40am

Quoted from "bramschats"

I tried a new DVI-HDMI cable, same problem, other HDMI input, same problem......

There are more people with the same problem but the forums are in dutch..

[Moderator] Link is in violation of the Boardrules [/Moderator]

I just think people won't recognize the problem but at least 10 people on the forum have the same problem, even one has sent his box back to dream multimedia for repairs.......

unplug and replug hdmi cable helps and in and out standy too. Especially it seems to go wrong with the dutch RTL channels.

ps scart output when HDMI signal is gone is still working well....

Hello

This must be a driver problem.

After upgrading from[Moderator] Image is in violation of the Boardrules [/Moderator] , this problem occured.

Scart is working fine. Using autoresolution .

Regards

Ultimate

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klima2002

Dreamer

Posts: 22

13

Friday, November 13th 2009, 1:45pm

Hello, I have my box 2 weeks and the error occures the last days 1 time/day as descibed in not regular times. I am watching TV and the TV screen becomes blue. Changing the TV channel doesn't help. Sound is fine on each program. Plug in the HDMI cable directly to both HDMI IN TV connections doesn't help. Standby and back brings the picture back.

Since yesterday evening: box several hours (2-4) on, no picture, standby and back not working, plug off power-wait 10 sec- plug in, saw frozen TV picture from the last seen TV programm. Amazing, isn't' it ? Same procedure with wait time of 1-2 min-same result.

Today it is booting, must check HD and log and so on.

______________________________________________________________________________

DM800 / HDD: WD500 GB

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bramschats

Dreamer

Posts: 43

Location: Netherlands

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Saturday, November 14th 2009, 6:06pm

I tried the drivers from 5-11 and even there the same problem.

On another forum someone told me to install the drivers of 6-11, he had installed them and did not have that problem since.

I am going to install them to and i'll let you all know.

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klima2002

Dreamer

Posts: 22

15

Sunday, November 15th 2009, 1:18am

I've installed this one release-dm800_2.6.0.nfi , same error. Happend 3 times today.

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DM800 / HDD: WD500 GB

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Ultimate

Dreamer

Posts: 10

16

Thursday, November 19th 2009, 12:30am

Quoted from "bramschats"

Ghost,

When i have the time to do so i'm going to try that.

What does this software do, before i install it i want to know what it does!

My output mode is 1080i

I do not have the autoresolution plugin installed, what do you mean by autoresolution, cannot find that option.

My current software is 2.6.12-5.1-brcmstb-dm800-20090907-r0 do i first have to install the latest software or can i use current to install the program on?

ps. there are more people with the same problem, i am not the only one!

Thanks in advance.

Hello,

You are NOT the "only one" !

I will "downgrade" the image I´m using tomorrow, to the previous one, and compare the drivers used.

NEVER had this problem before, Scart is working properly all the time. If I enable "Autoresolution", or NOT: don´t make any differense. 720p or 1080i, same result. Hdmi drops out several times a day. Scart is working all the time.

Regards

Ultimate

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Ghost

Dream-Multimedia

Posts: 1,667

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Tuesday, November 24th 2009, 7:40pm

Any news here?

Hi,

have anyone tried the latest 2.6.1 Release?

Fixes this the issue?

You can download it here -> http://dreamboxupdate.com/opendreambox/1.5/dm800/images/

And please dont try multiboot or other things. The best for us to sorting out a Problem is that the Problem is reproducable on a clean Image from our site.. booted from normal flash.. and dont from any external multi boot solution.. and without changed kernel cmdline.. or other things..

cya!

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bramschats

Dreamer

Posts: 43

Location: Netherlands

18

Thursday, November 26th 2009, 7:35pm

Ghost,

The problem is still there but i have not done a clean install yet of image 2.6.1.

When i have it up and running i let you know the findings.

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Ultimate

Dreamer

Posts: 10

19

Friday, November 27th 2009, 7:15pm

Problem solved

Ghost,
Ugraded the image I´m using yesterday.
* driver: 25.11.2009
* secondstage: 75
The problem with loss of Hdmi connection is now gone ! :thumbsup:

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janjan

Dreamer

Posts: 17

Location: Netherlands

Occupation: Network Engineer

20

Sunday, November 29th 2009, 2:26pm

Hi,

Ich habe jetzt eine letzte CVS mit treibers von 25112009 geflashed. Flash gut abgelaufen. Nach dem reboot die Erst einstellungen probieren zu machen. Erste frage mit DVI beantwortet und wenn ich dannach 1080i wählen ist meiner HDMI signal weg. Alles was ich sehe ist ein schwartzes full hd bildschrim. Der full HD bildschirm aus und dann wieder anschalten hilft nichts, bekomme nichts mehr zu sehen und muss die erst einstellung beenden durch stecker zu siehen. Es geht wieder grossartig. :cursing:

mfg Jan

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