Kartsa kirjoitti: > Marko M?kel? kirjoitti: >> On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 06:16:05PM +0200, Kartsa wrote: >> >>> Btw. is there an easy way to see this from the logs because my vdr >>> box is situated in a difficult place where I can easily get only by >>> ssh? >>> >> >> #hdparm -d /dev/hda >> >> To enable it, use >> >> #hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda >> > This does not seem to work with sata drives. It gives > hdparm -d 1 /dev/sda > /dev/sda: > setting using_dma to 1 (on) > HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device > > >> Like you, I am cursed by the VIA chipset, but luckily I haven't >> experienced >> any DMA lockups, which have been reported for many generations of VIA >> hardware. Every now and then, the system must be completely powered >> off, >> because something apparently in the PCI controller gets misconfigured so >> badly that Linux panics or hangs at boot. The system reset or soft >> power-off won't help in this situation. Also, the system must be >> rebooted >> in order for nvram-wakeup to work, and Wake-on-LAN often ceases to work. >> This is an Intel Celeron 900 MHz on an MSI 694T Pro motherboard: >> http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=20 >> >> >> > I have nvram-installed and it shuts down the box every night. > So, hdparm did no good. I have been running vdr now for a couple days with #define PLAYERBUFSIZE MEGABYTE(64) in dvbplayer.c and for now it seems like better as in no stuttering. But I am still testing it. \\Kartsa
