xc5000 firmware failing to allow control on OTA tuner

Bug #1892590 reported by grkblood13
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Bug Description

Hauppauge wintv-hvr-950q USB TV is unable to scan frequencies using various linuxtv scan tools.

When scanning is attempted on a frequency the console outputs:

xc5000: Upload failed. rc -2

card is visible to lsusb:

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 2040:7200 Hauppauge

dmesg outputs the following:

[ 6025.385509] usb 1-1.2: Direct firmware load for dvb-fe-xc5000-1.6.114.fw failed with error -2
[ 6025.385517] xc5000: Upload failed. rc -2
[ 6028.390257] usb 1-1.2: Direct firmware load for dvb-fe-xc5000-1.6.114.fw failed with error -2
[ 6028.390266] xc5000: Upload failed. rc -2
[ 6031.395172] usb 1-1.2: Direct firmware load for dvb-fe-xc5000-1.6.114.fw failed with error -2
[ 6031.395180] xc5000: Upload failed. rc -2
[ 6034.400002] usb 1-1.2: Direct firmware load for dvb-fe-xc5000-1.6.114.fw failed with error -2
[ 6034.400010] xc5000: Upload failed. rc -2
[ 6037.400966] au0828: Disabled Source: Xceive XC5000->Auvitek AU8522 QAM/8VSB Frontend->Auvitek AU8522 QAM/8VSB Frontend Ret 0

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grkblood13 (grkblod13) wrote :

It appears the firmware is missing. After creating the /lib/firmware directory and adding dvb-fe-xc5000-1.6.114.fw the tuner began to work. This should probably be included by default.

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