Monkeyair

Thanks for all of your help CHBMB anyway. Got to get the TV working before the Wife explodes!

Access to the gui keeps dropping out. Losing the love for VM's..... Might be going back to the TVHeadend plugin and 14b soon. I'll never get these last 2 lost days back

Just says error in green when I try to start the VM

Do you mean post the sys log results? I cant find debugging in unraid

Fresh install, but no joy. When I'm updating the XML file, I am unable to start the VM. If I delete the XML additions, it starts fine. I am getting lock-ups and am not able to access Unraid by the gui. I'm going to take out 1 of the TV cards and try it with just 1 for now.

Great idea. Too late though

Ok, Im starting from scratch here we go....

Do I need to add 0480 int the domain?

Thanks again for your help. After pasting in the commands throught the VM gui and update this is what i see: <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'> <driver name='vfio'/> <source> <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </source> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/> </hostdev> <memballoon model='virtio'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/> </memballoon> </devices> </domain> After doing this I am no longer able to start the domain. I changed to i440fx.

I also believe that I have managed to install all of the DVB drivers for Ubuntu. So I'm hoping that once the cards are passed through, TVheadened will see the adapters and allow me to configure as normal.

Here's acopy of my XML file prior to any passthrough: <domain type='kvm' id='2'> <name>Ubuntu Server</name> <uuid>1f92d0f3-c368-d1d5-44da-1a0d84ee79e1</uuid> <memory unit='KiB'>2097152</memory> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>2097152</currentMemory> <memoryBacking> <nosharepages/> <locked/> </memoryBacking> <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu> <cputune> <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='0'/> </cputune> <resource> <partition>/machine</partition> </resource> <os> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-2.2'>hvm</type> </os> <features> <acpi/> <apic/> </features> <cpu mode='host-passthrough'> <topology sockets='1' cores='1' threads='1'/> </cpu> <clock offset='utc'> <timer name='rtc' tickpolicy='catchup'/> <timer name='pit' tickpolicy='delay'/> <timer name='hpet' present='no'/> </clock> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>restart</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none' io='native'/> <source file='/mnt/cache/Ubuntu Server/vdisk1.img'/> <backingStore/> <target dev='hdc' bus='virtio'/> <boot order='1'/> <alias name='virtio-disk2'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/> </disk> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <source file='/mnt/user/Installation Media/ubuntu-14.04.2-server-amd64.iso'/> <backingStore/> <target dev='hda' bus='sata'/> <readonly/> <boot order='2'/> <alias name='sata0-0-0'/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/> </disk> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-ehci1'> <alias name='usb0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x02' function='0x7'/> </controller> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci1'> <alias name='usb0'/> <master startport='0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x02' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/> </controller> <controller type='sata' index='0'> <alias name='sata0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1f' function='0x2'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'> <alias name='pcie.0'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='1' model='dmi-to-pci-bridge'> <alias name='pci.1'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1e' function='0x0'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='2' model='pci-bridge'> <alias name='pci.2'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/> </controller> <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='52:54:00:a7:c7:21'/> <source bridge='Ubuntu'/> <target dev='vnet0'/> <model type='virtio'/> <alias name='net0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/> </interface> <serial type='pty'> <source path='/dev/pts/0'/> <target port='0'/> <alias name='serial0'/> </serial> <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/0'> <source path='/dev/pts/0'/> <target type='serial' port='0'/> <alias name='serial0'/> </console> <input type='tablet' bus='usb'> <alias name='input0'/> </input> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/> <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/> <graphics type='vnc' port='5900' autoport='yes' websocket='5700' listen='0.0.0.0'> <listen type='address' address='0.0.0.0'/> </graphics> <video> <model type='vmvga' vram='16384' heads='1'/> <alias name='video0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/> </video> <memballoon model='virtio'> <alias name='balloon0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/> </memballoon> </devices> </domain>

My tuner cards are PCI-e. The output of lspci -knn shows my 2 cards: 02:00.0 Multimedia controller [0480]: Digital Devices GmbH Octopus DVB Adapter [dd01:0003] Subsystem: Digital Devices GmbH Cine S2 V6 DVB adapter [dd01:0020] 03:00.0 Multimedia video controller [0400]: Spin Master Ltd. Device [1ade:3038] (rev 01) Subsystem: DVBSky Device [4254:5580] I have TVHeadend working with the VM now using a ststic ip address for the Ubuntuserver. All I need to do now is passthrough the cards. todays mission!

I have managed to get TVHeadend working now, but with no adapters showing. I need to now passthrough the TV Tuner cards I think. Do I also need to install drivers on Ubuntu? Is there any way that I can copy over my TVHeadend config from the old TVHeadend plugin that I was using over to the new VM?

Ive checked my hardware and ensured that the bios is configured for VM. I could do with a friendly steer to put me on the right track please. I am running: ASRock H81 Pro BTC Motherboard Intel i5 4440 3.1ghz 8GB RAM Digital Devices Cine S2 x 4 DVB-S tuners DVBSky T9580 DVB-S / T2 tuners Syba SATA III 8 Port PCI-E 2.0 Controller Card 240gb SSD cache I have managed to install Ubuntu server initially, but have not got past the initial install due to not knowing how to passthrough the tuner cards. This VM option seems perfect for me from what I can see, due to the potential driver support by using Ubuntu. At the moment I have been unable to get my DVBSky tuner working due to lack of driver support and my lack of kernel compiling knowledge. I don't see the option to passthrough the TV cards in the VM gui. Any further advice?

Thanks a lot for that. I decided to give it another go. I used the info from your post, but it failed: d7506b0d104f58e965918da5f1d5a00fc732a959f97b02ed596038fe74fb6849 time="2015-04-19T19:14:15+01:00" level="fatal" msg="Error response from daemon: Cannot start container d7506b0d104f58e965918da5f1d5a00fc732a959f97b02ed596038fe74fb6849: exec: "tobbenb/tvheadend-unstable": stat tobbenb/tvheadend-unstable: no such file or directory" The command failed. Any ideas?

Ok, Im making progress! I have managed to get TVHeadend to pick up 1 of my 4 Digital Devices tuners with the following in the extra parameters box: --device=/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0:/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0 --device=/dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0:/dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 --device=/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0:/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 --device=/dev/dvb/adapter0/net0:/dev/dvb/adapter0/net0 adapter 0 -3 are the Digital Devices tuners. I have tried different configurations to add the other 3 in the parameters box, but no joy so far. When i use cmd ls -la /dev/dvb/ The DVBSky T9580 shows "-" and "--" next to the adapters. Does this mean that I'm missing the drivers? Any further help would be great. Thanks again

I'm trying to find my way to the adapter folder! Told you I was a Newbie

Thanks saarg, but this is still not clear enough for an unraid and Linux newbie like myslef. Please would you mind spelling the steps out, as I am lost! Thanks again

Hi Im trying to get this stable release working with my Digital Devices DVB-S and a DVBSky T9580. I have installed Unraid 6 14b with the generic media tree. When I run TVHeadend I see no devices. Can somebody help me to get this working please? Cheers