I looked at the pci card just now, and it's down the other end of the motherboard from the graphics card. I'm not sure if I will be able to do much more to get the temperature down but will try.
Another thing that intriegues me is that the card comes back online with a reset of the driver modules, although this will have no effect on the temperature things work fine again for a period of time. Is there possibly something else that we are missing here? Very happy to assist with debugging this issue - know my way around C code but I would have to admit to being a bit of a rookie when it comes to driver level stuff...
Mark.
On 11/12/06, Mark Edwards <mark.p.edwards@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks mate - I will try this. It's interesting that it might be a temperature problem, as I am also experiencing a similar type of drift with my graphics card. After a few hours use, the TV-out (Svideo) loses sync and the pictures starts to roll. I can fix it by changing to a text console and then back again to X windows (with MythTV).I'll try changing the PCI slot and move it further away from the graphics card.cheers,Mark
--On 11/11/06, Hartmut Hackmann <hartmut.hackmann@xxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:Hi, Mark
Mark Edwards wrote:
> Hi gentle DVB folk.
>
> I have a flyvideo hybrid DVB card in my shiny new linux box.
>
> It shows up thus in lspci...
>
> 05:00.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7133/SAA7135
> Video Broadcast Decoder (rev d0)
> Subsystem: Animation Technologies Inc.: Unknown device 3306
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 217
> Memory at f9100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
> Capabilities: <available only to root>
>
>
> modules loaded are:
>
> saa7134_dvb, dvb_pll, saa7134, tda1004x
>
> I am experiencing what I can only describe as 'parameter drift' on the
> card. I tune up the card nicely and watch TV for a while. Machine gets
> left on. By the next day, the card is unable to achieve tuning lock. I
> unload and reload the modules, and hey presto - we're working again.
>
> This problem shows up when using DVB. I havn't tried FM radio or
> Analogue TV.
>
> Any ideas what might be going on here?
>
> cheers,
>
> Mark.
>
> --
> regards,
>
> Mark P. Edwards
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
This can be a temperature problem. The first generation of the tuners on
this card has an enormous power consumption. How old is the driver you are
using?
In the last months, i changed the driver to:
- put unused components to standby mode
- make the dvb-t channel decoder more tolerant to xtal frequency offsets.
so can you please get a recent driver from www.linuxtv.org and retry?
If you have a recent driver can you try to ensure that there is some
air flow around the card (i.e. by freeing the PCI slots close to it)?
Best regards
Hartmut
regards,
Mark P. Edwards
--
regards,
Mark P. Edwards
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