> >Hi All > >In december I posted a message regarding some issues with the dvico driver. > >http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2008-December/031137.html > >The kernel is reporting incorrect callback of the firmware. Also, if the tuner >isn't being used for a few hours, I then get errors from mythtv about it not >being able to contact the backend and only rebooting the system will fix the >problem (restarting mythbackend and frontend does not help). > >I eventually reported this as fixed to do with bios settings but I was wrong. > >I have done alot more testing and have found that it seems to be only after >mythtv has accessed the device where this problem beings begins... > >I will try the latest hg version and see what happens. I will also try another tv >application and see if that makes a difference (but I really would like to >continue using mythtv as I have 2 other frontends). > >More information.. (and questions). >I know I definitely didn't have this problem with earlier versions of the driver >(roughly pre September.. Chris Pascoe's original version actually seemed more >stable although didn't report correct signal strength) >The cpu is a an opteron 170 >2GB of OCZ DDR500 RAM (clocked at standard 400 of course, not overclocking this >thing actually unless watching HD it is usually sitting at 1000MHZ) >Nvidia 7600 GS video card (as I read horrible things about my onboard ATI >chipset) using nvidia drivers not using xvmc however. >I have eliminated the motherboard as since I originally reported the issue I have >changed mobo (from nvidia nforce4 chipset to ati chipset.... primarily to get a >micro atx mobo for my HTPC case). >Fairly standard kernel with pre-emption (should I be using an rt patched kernel??) >Are there any other kernel options I should remove or add??? >I am using the most recent unstable Gentoo release of mythtv (0.21_p19046) but >saw the same problem on the most recent stable release too. >Are there any compile time options (or USE flags) I need to set or unset?? >The system also houses my third tuner/second card, a dvico fusion lite (older pci >version rock solid stable).. Are there any modules.conf settings I need to look >out for (although it worked before ...).... > >As I said, I will try out the latest hg version tonight.. but any advice would be >appreciated greatly!!! > >cheers > >Allan > Same result with the hg version updated tonight. I haven't had a chance to use another tv app yet as we are currently watching TV. I will send a further update later. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
