Hi all, recently I discovered these messages while looking at my syslog. They appear at random. I was using a 2.6.12-rc5 kernel when I saw it first. Afterwards I switched back to 2.6.11.10 hoping to get rid of the messages, but they still pop up. I got one TT rev.1.5. Jun 3 05:30:02 hal9000 vdr[8755]: channel 2 (ZDF) event 05:30 'ARD-Morgenmagazin' status 4 Jun 3 05:30:03 hal9000 vdr[8755]: channel 20 (EuroNews) event 05:30 'Nachrichten' status 4 Jun 3 05:31:43 hal9000 av7110_fw_request: timeout waiting for HANDSHAKE_REG Jun 3 05:31:43 hal9000 dvb-ttpci: StartHWFilter error buf 0b07 0010 044c b96a ret ffffffff handle c040 Jun 3 05:31:43 hal9000 StopHWFilter tried to stop invalid filter ffff, filter type = 1 Jun 3 05:36:18 hal9000 av7110_fw_request: timeout waiting for HANDSHAKE_REG Jun 3 05:36:18 hal9000 dvb-ttpci: StartHWFilter error buf 0b07 0010 0190 b96a ret ffffffff handle c040 Jun 3 05:36:18 hal9000 StopHWFilter tried to stop invalid filter ffff, filter type = 1 Jun 3 05:36:49 hal9000 av7110_fw_request: timeout waiting for HANDSHAKE_REG Jun 3 05:36:49 hal9000 dvb-ttpci: StopHWFilter error cmd 0b08 0001 000b ret ffffffff resp 10f6 c01b pid 200 Jun 3 05:40:01 hal9000 cron[12589]: (root) CMD (test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons ) The corresponding lines in the driver seem to be these in av7110_hw.c: #ifndef _NOHANDSHAKE start = jiffies; while (rdebi(av7110, DEBINOSWAP, HANDSHAKE_REG, 0, 2 )) { msleep(1); if (time_after(jiffies, start + ARM_WAIT_SHAKE)) { printk(KERN_ERR "%s: timeout waiting for HANDSHAKE_REG\n", __FUNCTION__); up(&av7110->dcomlock); return -1; } } #endif I load dvb_ttpci with vidmode=3 hw_sections=0 in case this matters. I can't remember seeing these messages before. I just hope it doesn't mean my card is dying. :) The thing is I didn't do anything that I could relate to these messages, be it changing hardware or software. The card has its own IRQ, too. I run VDR (development tree) and I don't have any problems with recordings or anything else on this box. cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 0: 109679768 IO-APIC-edge timer 4: 103776 IO-APIC-edge lirc_serial 8: 9146919 IO-APIC-edge rtc 9: 0 IO-APIC-level acpi 14: 1205520 IO-APIC-edge ide0 15: 106167 IO-APIC-edge ide1 185: 20826191 IO-APIC-level ohci_hcd, eth0 193: 4 IO-APIC-level ehci_hcd 201: 842855 IO-APIC-level ohci_hcd 209: 7662393 IO-APIC-level ICE1712 217: 126809434 IO-APIC-level saa7146 (0) NMI: 0 LOC: 109683629 ERR: 0 MIS: 0 cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.11.10 (root@hal9000) (gcc version 3.3.5-20050130 (Gentoo 3.3.5.20050130-r1, ssp-3.3.5.20050130-1, pie-8.7.7.1)) #1 Thu Jun 2 03:25:32 CEST 2005 Is this bad or should I stop worrying? Thanks Sebastian