Installing driver Avermedia A835

I tried to install this cheap dvb-t usb receiver since Fedora 13 but without success. After installing Fedora 16 I tried again and this time it worked . Thanks a lot to this blog http://www.nbytes.org/2011/11/instalacion-de-avertv-volar-pro-hd-a835.html and opensource effort.

[root@localhost AF9035_xgaz_3.0.0]# yum -y install make gcc kernel-headers kernel-devel build-essential

Download driver source somewhere (~/tmp/).

$ cd ~/tmp/
$ wget http://xgazza.altervista.org/Linux/DVB/Drivers/AF9035_xgaz_3.0.0.tar.bz2
$ tar xjf AF9035_xgaz_3.0.0.tar.bz2

# cd /lib/firmware
# wget http://xgazza.altervista.org/Linux/DVB/dvb-usb-af9035-01.fw

Edit Makefile with correct path to kernel source:

...
#KDIR = /usr/src/linun-headers-`uname -r`
KDIR = /usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`
...

Compile/install:

# make
[root] make install

Dmesg output:

...
[160839.694147] usb 1-7: new high speed USB device number 7 using ehci_hcd
[160839.814318] usb 1-7: New USB device found, idVendor=07ca, idProduct=a835
[160839.814327] usb 1-7: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[160839.814333] usb 1-7: Product: A835
[160839.814338] usb 1-7: Manufacturer: AVerMedia TECHNOLOGIES, Inc
[160839.814343] usb 1-7: SerialNumber: 3030832015380
[160840.091134] IR NEC protocol handler initialized
[160840.095636] IR RC5(x) protocol handler initialized
[160840.097223] IR RC6 protocol handler initialized
[160840.098720] IR JVC protocol handler initialized
[160840.099882] dvb-usb: found a 'Avermedia AverTV Volar HD & HD PRO (A835)' in cold state, will try to load a firmware
[160840.100214] IR Sony protocol handler initialized
[160840.101726] IR MCE Keyboard/mouse protocol handler initialized
[160840.103532] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 249 
[160840.103762] IR LIRC bridge handler initialized
[160840.126733] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-af9035-01.fw'
[160840.427829] dvb-usb: found a 'Avermedia AverTV Volar HD & HD PRO (A835)' in warm state.
[160840.427948] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.
[160840.428468] DVB: registering new adapter (Avermedia AverTV Volar HD & HD PRO (A835))
[160840.436269] af9033: firmware version: LINK:11.15.10.0 OFDM:5.48.10.0
[160840.438522] DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Afatech AF9033 DVB-T)...
[160840.450275] tda18218: NXP TDA18218HN successfully identified.
[160840.451782] Registered IR keymap rc-empty
[160840.451956] input: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-7/rc/rc0/input14
[160840.452179] rc0: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-7/rc/rc0
[160840.452184] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 200 msecs.
[160840.452189] dvb-usb: Avermedia AverTV Volar HD & HD PRO (A835) successfully initialized and connected.
[160840.461424] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_af9035
[root@localhost AF9035_xgaz_3.0.0]# 

• Totem (Mplayer) normally installed.
• gnome-dvb-daemon
• run gnome-dvb-control and configure device: http://live.gnome.org/DVBDaemon/UserGuide

• Edit → preferences: enable gnome-dvb-daemon plugin.
• View → Digital TV: A list of programs will be display. gnome-dvb-daemon is automatically started (ps -aux to confirm).