Please advise on how to approach this problem. Since there's no kernel panic being printed to the console, I suppose using things like LKCD to obtain a crash dump won't do anything.. P.S. So far all tests have been done using 64 bit distro's and kernels. Erik Erik van Zijst wrote: > Hi folks, > > Since I installed a TechnoTrend 1500 Budget (with optional budget-ci CAM > board), my kernel crashes completely everytime I run a frequency scan > using the w_scan utility. There's no kernel panic message or anything > printed to the tty, just instant death. > > The server box (dual quadcore Xeon) ran perfectly stable until I > installed the T-1500 last week, and still runs stable as long as I don't > use the card. > > I started out using a stock 2.6.22-something kernel (vanilla Fedora 8 > and Ubuntu 7.10 server), then switched to 2.6.24-rc6 (generated at > 2007-12-21) and finally tried today's trunk of > http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb using hg, on top of my 2.6.24-rc6 kernel. > Yet, every combination dies. > > The kernel usually dies the first time "w_scan -x" > (http://wirbel.htpc-forum.de/w_scan/index2.html version 20071209) is run > and then usually dies near the end when w_scan prints "tune to:". > Occasionally it takes more than one run before it crashes. The box is > idle during the scan and there's no other PCI activity. > > I'm using firmware dvb-fe-tda10046.fw, installed using get_dvb_firmware. > > regards, > Erik van Zijst > > _______________________________________________ > linux-dvb mailing list > linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
