[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#927696: kaffeine: Can't use DVB-T adapter ("Device not connected") after upgrading libdvbv5-0

Sun Apr 21 13:07:34 BST 2019

Package: kaffeine
Version: 2.0.15-2
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

Since operating system install (Sid) a year ago, I was using a DVB-T
USB adapter (RTL2838) and Kaffeine to watch DVB-T streams, but after
upgrading libdvbv5-0 package Kaffeine television functionality stopped
working (details below). It seems the adapter and the V4L system are
OK because I can use VLC or MPV to watch TV and they both work good.

The packages upgraded the night before the problem appeared were:

2019-04-16 00:50:58 status installed ir-keytable:amd64 1.16.3-2
2019-04-16 00:50:58 status installed libgrantlee-textdocument5:amd64 5.1.0-2.1
2019-04-16 00:50:58 status installed libdvbv5-0:amd64 1.16.3-2
2019-04-16 00:50:58 status installed grub-common:amd64 2.02+dfsg1-17
2019-04-16 00:50:58 status installed libparted2:amd64 3.2-25
2019-04-16 00:50:58 status installed libparted-fs-resize0:amd64 3.2-25
2019-04-16 00:50:58 status installed libgrantlee-templates5:amd64 5.1.0-2.1
2019-04-16 00:50:58 status installed libv4lconvert0:amd64 1.16.3-2
2019-04-16 00:50:58 status installed publicsuffix:all 20190415.1030-1
2019-04-16 00:50:58 status installed grub2-common:amd64 2.02+dfsg1-17
2019-04-16 00:50:58 status installed parted:amd64 3.2-25
2019-04-16 00:50:58 status installed grub-pc-bin:amd64 2.02+dfsg1-17
2019-04-16 00:51:12 status installed grub-pc:amd64 2.02+dfsg1-17
2019-04-16 00:51:12 status installed libv4l-0:amd64 1.16.3-2
2019-04-16 00:51:12 status installed libc-bin:amd64 2.28-8
2019-04-16 00:51:13 status installed man-db:amd64 2.8.5-2
2019-04-16 00:51:14 status installed install-info:amd64 6.5.0.dfsg.1-5

Of those, libdvbv5-0 is the one on which Kaffeine depends.

Kaffeine behaviour:

- On clicking on '5 Digital TV' button or 'Television' tab an
information dialog appears saying:
  "Didn't find a device with valid settings or access permissions are
wrong. Please check the Configure Television window."

- On 'Television -> Configure Television -> Device 1' tab it says:
  "Name: Realtek RTL2832 (DVB-T)"
  "Device not connected".

- Launching Kaffeine from command line:

$ kaffeine -d
21-04-19 13:21:37.121 [Debug   ] kaffeine.vlc: Using libVLC with args:
--no-video-title-show
21-04-19 13:21:37.291 [Debug   ] kaffeine.mediawidget: video resized to 0.0
21-04-19 13:21:37.533 [Info    ] kaffeine.dvb: Using built-in dvb device manager
21-04-19 13:21:38.073 [Debug   ] kaffeine.dev: New device detected:
/org/kde/solid/udev/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-4/1-4.1/1-4.1.3/dvb/dvb0.demux0
21-04-19 13:21:38.073 [Debug   ] kaffeine.dev: New device detected:
/org/kde/solid/udev/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-4/1-4.1/1-4.1.3/dvb/dvb0.dvr0
21-04-19 13:21:38.073 [Debug   ] kaffeine.dev: New device detected:
/org/kde/solid/udev/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-4/1-4.1/1-4.1.3/dvb/dvb0.frontend0
21-04-19 13:21:38.079 [Critical] kaffeine.dev: No such file or
directory while opening �a"PV
21-04-19 13:21:38.079 [Warning ] kaffeine.dev: Cannot open frontend
/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
21-04-19 13:21:38.079 [Debug   ] kaffeine.dev: New device detected:
/org/kde/solid/udev/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-4/1-4.1/1-4.1.3/dvb/dvb0.net0
21-04-19 13:21:38.093 [Warning ] QObject::connect: No such slot
DvbTab::hideCursor()
21-04-19 13:21:38.139 [Debug   ] kaffeine.mediawidget: video resized to 0.0

I tried reinstalling Kaffeine and using it with a freshly created
user, and the result is the same.

Thanks

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 10.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_US:en (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages kaffeine depends on:
ii  iso-codes                4.2-1
ii  kinit                    5.54.0-1
ii  kio                      5.54.1-1
ii  libc6                    2.28-8
ii  libdvbv5-0               1.16.3-2
ii  libkf5configcore5        5.54.0-1
ii  libkf5configwidgets5     5.54.0-1
ii  libkf5coreaddons5        5.54.0-1
ii  libkf5dbusaddons5        5.54.0-1
ii  libkf5i18n5              5.54.0-1
ii  libkf5kiocore5           5.54.1-1
ii  libkf5kiofilewidgets5    5.54.1-1
ii  libkf5solid5             5.54.0-1
ii  libkf5widgetsaddons5     5.54.0-1
ii  libkf5windowsystem5      5.54.0-1
ii  libkf5xmlgui5            5.54.0-1
ii  libqt5core5a             5.11.3+dfsg1-1
ii  libqt5dbus5              5.11.3+dfsg1-1
ii  libqt5gui5               5.11.3+dfsg1-1
ii  libqt5sql5               5.11.3+dfsg1-1
ii  libqt5sql5-sqlite        5.11.3+dfsg1-1
ii  libqt5widgets5           5.11.3+dfsg1-1
ii  libqt5x11extras5         5.11.3-2
ii  libqt5xml5               5.11.3+dfsg1-1
ii  libstdc++6               8.3.0-6
ii  libvlc5                  1:3.0.6-dmo5
ii  libxss1                  1:1.2.3-1
ii  vlc-plugin-base          1:3.0.6-dmo5
ii  vlc-plugin-video-output  1:3.0.6-dmo5

kaffeine recommends no packages.

Versions of packages kaffeine suggests:
ii  libdvdcss2  1.4.2-dmo1

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