In <45ACF11B.7010600@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Kartsa wrote: > I have Fedora Core 6 and vdr installed using yum. The problem is that it > takes all the cpu time after boot and I have to restart vdr to make it > run properly. I have vdr-1.4.4 with softdevice-0.3.1 and > subtitles-0.4.0. My cpu is PIII 550MHz and I use softdevice with Matrox > G400 (and DirectFB). After restarting vdr it works fine but that is not > very convenient :) I've tried changing the point when vdr starts by > modifying the init scripts chkconfig values. > > After restarting vdr cpu load is about 60%. > > Any hints? I.e. how/when should matroxfb kernel module be loaded? Now I > load it in rc.modules. You could try the xine output plugin with df_xine instead. It's better at A/V sync than softdevice IME, and you can turn the video on and off to save power, or to watch something else, eg a DVD, while VDR is still running in the background for recording etc. Use http://boxstar.sourceforge.net to tie it all together all under the control of one remote. -- TH * http://www.realh.co.uk