DVB-T on X86_64

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I have opensuse 11.0 X86_64 running on a laptop. and I am trying tp get a Freecom USB DVB-T rev3 tuner to work with it. I have been following instructions from the v4l wiki.

I put this
http://home.arcor.de/efocht/dvb-usb-wt220u-fc03.fw
here
/lib/firmware/
Though i note that I have other fw there too.

with “lsusb” i get
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 14aa:0226 AVerMedia (again) or C&E

with “dmesg | grep dvb” i get
dvb-usb: found a ‘WideView WT-220U PenType Receiver (Typhoon/Freecom)’ in cold state, will try to load a firmware
dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file ‘dvb-usb-wt220u-fc03.fw’
usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_dtt200u
dvb-usb: generic DVB-USB module successfully deinitialized and disconnected.
dvb-usb: found a ‘WideView WT-220U PenType Receiver (Typhoon/Freecom)’ in warm state.
dvb-usb: will use the device’s hardware PID filter (table count: 15).
dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 300 msecs.
dvb-usb: WideView WT-220U PenType Receiver (Typhoon/Freecom) successfully initialized and connected.
dvb-usb: found a ‘WideView WT-220U PenType Receiver (Typhoon/Freecom)’ in warm state.
dvb-usb: will use the device’s hardware PID filter (table count: 15).
dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 300 msecs.
dvb-usb: WideView WT-220U PenType Receiver (Typhoon/Freecom) successfully initialized and connected.
dvb-usb: recv bulk message failed: -110

which does not look good. finally, with
“dvbscan -uk-ordering /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/uk-Oxford”
I think I got an error message about a frontend, but now it seems to do nothing (and dvbscan does not return).

Needless to say, I am new to linux, so please explain slowly!

not sure if this is the correct forum, I won’t know if the problem is 64-bit related until I have the answer.

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Can’t you just configure it with Yast by going to Hardware – > TV Card?

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I have spent many hours trying that too. There is no Freecom hardware listed. As lsusb seems to suggest it has Avermedia hardware internally, I have tried a few of those. The Yast process seems happy to continue when you choose entirely the wrong hardware. I am not sure what success is supposed to look like in Yast. I have been picking random Avermedia products in Yast and then trying kdetv. The Channel wizard is kdetv has grey next buttons, which i take to mean it does not see any TV tuning hardware.

So, I have been using console apps, at there is some guidance on the web on what to do.

I would, of course be happy to use Yast too, if it were obvious what to do.

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It does not look like anyone here is able to help me with this. Is there somewhere else I could get some assistance?