Dear Philip, Quoting Philip Rowlands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Fri, 16 Sep 2005, Jelle Kalf wrote: > > >so, after loading the ivtv module (now the system is still running) I either > try > >to watch a tv stream with mythtv or do (cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg). In > both > >cases my system turns into a brick. > > [snip] > > >I'm currently in the office, and for "obvious" reasons I can't grab the > dmesg > >log for you guys right now. What are the first thoughts on the problem and > what > >might be a sollution? > > Often when a box freezes there's a console log showing the reason. If > you're lucky, magic SysRq will still work, allowing further debugging. > > If you can grab the console output (not /var/log/messages), that would > be useful. > I'm unfamilair with this approach. Is there a small tutorial / howto I can follow to help set this up so I can "grab" the data? Or does the tutorial contain this: Please read the contents on the screen and type it into a reply mail? Jelle ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel
