skystar hd2 driver issue

I recently installed a skystar hd2 card in my box. I have drivers loaded, everything seems good to go but i cant tune. When I attempt to run w_scan (from apt-get, w_scan version 20130331, compiled for DVB API 5.10) I receive srate errors. Specifically: # w_scan -fs -s S93W1 US -k > a.conf w_scan version 20130331 (compiled for DVB API 5.10) using settings for 93.1 west Galaxy 25 scan type SATELLITE, channellist 111 output format kaffeine channels.dvb WARNING: could not guess your codepage. Falling back to 'UTF-8' output charset 'UTF-8', use -C to override Info: using DVB adapter auto detection. /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 -> SATELLITE "STB0899 Multistandard": very good :-)) Using SATELLITE frontend (adapter /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0) -_-_-_-_ Getting frontend capabilities-_-_-_-_ Using DVB API 5.a frontend 'STB0899 Multistandard' supports INVERSION_AUTO DVB-S DVB-S2 FREQ (0.95GHz ... 2.15GHz) SRATE (5.000MSym/s ... 45.000MSym/s) using LNB "UNIVERSAL" -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ trying 'S f = 11780 kHz V SR = 30000 5/6 0,35 QPSK' (time: 00:01) trying 'S f = 11874 kHz H SR = 19510 3/4 0,35 QPSK' (time: 00:04) trying 'S f = 11890 kHz H SR = 3000 3/4 0,35 QPSK' (time: 00:08) skipped: (srate 3000000 unsupported by driver) initial_tune:2271: Setting frontend failed S f = 11890 kHz H SR = 3000 3/4 0,35 QPSK trying 'S f = 11915 kHz H SR = 4350 3/4 0,35 QPSK' (time: 00:08) skipped: (srate 4350000 unsupported by driver) initial_tune:2271: Setting frontend failed S f = 11915 kHz H SR = 4350 3/4 0,35 QPSK trying 'S f = 11996 kHz V SR = 3650 3/4 0,35 QPSK' (time: 00:09) skipped: (srate 3650000 unsupported by driver) initial_tune:2271: Setting frontend failed S f = 11996 kHz V SR = 3650 3/4 0,35 QPSK ERROR: Sorry - i couldn't get any working frequency/transponder Nothing to scan!! # Couldnt find a way to configure the srate for my card. When I run kaffeine to tune and scan for channels (I have it configured it to scan with the same satellite settings): kaffeine(10272) DvbLinuxDevice::tune: ioctl FE_SET_FRONTEND failed for frontend "/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0" kaffeine(10272) DvbLinuxDevice::tune: ioctl FE_SET_FRONTEND failed for frontend "/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0" kaffeine(10272) DvbLinuxDevice::tune: ioctl FE_SET_FRONTEND failed for frontend "/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0" kaffeine(10272) DvbLinuxDevice::tune: ioctl FE_SET_FRONTEND failed for frontend "/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0" kaffeine(10272) DvbLinuxDevice::tune: ioctl FE_SET_FRONTEND failed for frontend "/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0" kaffeine(10272) DvbLinuxDevice::tune: ioctl FE_SET_FRONTEND failed for frontend "/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0" kaffeine(10272) DvbLinuxDevice::tune: ioctl FE_SET_FRONTEND failed for frontend "/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0" kaffeine(10272) DvbLinuxDevice::tune: ioctl FE_SET_FRONTEND failed for frontend "/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0" kaffeine(10272) DvbLinuxDevice::tune: ioctl FE_SET_FRONTEND failed for frontend "/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0" kaffeine(10272) DvbLinuxDevice::tune: ioctl FE_SET_FRONTEND failed for frontend "/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0" I have no idea why the frontend would fail. **SPECS** - I have a skystar HD2 installed in a pc running Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS with kernel 3.19.0-25-generic. - I live in the US so I'm using the Galaxy 25 Satellite - I compiled the latest v4l-dvb source and rebooted to load its modules (followed the instructions here to the **T**), built installed dvb-apps and szap-s2. Some more diagnostics: # ls /dev/dvb adapter0 # ls /dev/dvb/adapter0 demux0 dvr0 frontend0 net0 # I just want to be able to tune and sniff some DVB-S channels w/o having to work on a Windows box