> I have a few theories, but unfortunately there's so many variables I'm > not sure which way I should be pursing harder. > > 1) heat: I'm using an Antec Aria case, which is a small case and can > get quite warm. The only card I have in the sytem is the 350, > everything is onboard. Is it possible the new drivers are working the > card harder and is generating more heat and causing random freezes? > Note: 0.2.x series drivers never cause a complete system freeze for me ever.
I think that the pvr350s are often much hotter than the mobo temp. I mounted a case fan on the side of mine because last summer it was overheating when the apartment got very warm, although the reported temps were fine. I kind of doubt this is your issue though if you say you didn't have any trouble with the 0.2 series. > 2) ivtv configuration: The relevant part of /etc/modules.conf looks like > this: > > install ivtv /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ivtv ; /sbin/modprobe ivtv-fb > install ivtv /sbin/modprobe bttv; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ivtv The bttv line is only needed if you have a bttv based card in your system, if you only have a pvr350 then you don't need it. > 3) mythtv configuration: I'm using the latest bleeding edge version of > mythtv grabbed with svn. The freezing seems to occur when I'm moving > around the menu's in myth, rarely when I'm just watching tv and not > pressing anything - but it has happened as well. Try starting mythfrontend from a terminal and logging the output to see if maybe it's having an error causing you to crash: mythfrontend > ~/mythfrontend.log 2>&1 Have you checked /var/log/messages to see if anything is logged by ivtv or anything else when you crash? If you're seeing any memory / buffer errors, try adding this to your /etc/modprobe.conf: "options ivtv ivtv_dynbuf=0". ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel
