Forgot to mention the RHEL/CentOS 5 AG RPMs mentioned below have dependencies on the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) RPM repository. See the following for EPEL5 setup instructions: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL
Doug ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Kosovic" <dougl...@itee.uq.edu.au> To: "'ag-tech'" <ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov> Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 10:49 AM Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] Vic Source issue - Multiple Producers > Hi Todd, > >> Wondering if anyone else is having an issue with the latest vic >> (vic-2.8ucl1.3.0-0.1.20070816svn.fc7) We are running RHEL 5, but will >> test soon on F7. > > You could try the vic-2.8ucl1.3.0-0.1.20070816svn.el5 RPM instead. I built > some i386 RHEL5/CentOS5 AG RPMs a few days ago: > http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/accessgrid3/centos/ > or the symlink: > http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/accessgrid3/rhel/ > >> We have a machine with 3 capture cards - and when we enter a venue, all >> three vic's properly launch >> with all the proper settings (device/port); however, they 2 of them show >> up sending blue screen. >> When I open the vic options of one of the blue screen vics, I just have >> to select Port and reselect >> the port again (composite 1) and the video reappears. As I mentioned, >> the port is properly set - >> and I don't unset it to something else before setting it again. I just >> click onto the already set >> 'composite 1' setting and it appears. >> >> I also see this behavior when I manually start three vic's. Each vic >> that is started kills the >> output (blue screens) of all the previously launched vics. > > 'dmesg' might give some indication of what's going on. > > On RHEL5, try installing a kernel-2.6.22 RPM from Fedora Core6 updates and > see if you get the same symptoms with the V4L that comes with the newer > kernel. > > > Doug >
