Does the card get detected correctly as WinTVGo?
I had to put 'options bttv card=10' manually in /etc/modules.conf
some time ago for my WinTV Go, though I don't remember if I got
similar errors or others.
I also had to put 'Load "v4l"' in the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 of my
G400 card.
Arnd <><
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Charles A. Shirley wrote:
> Hello Folks!,
> I'm having trouble getting xawtv to function. I am using a Hauppauge
> WinTVGo (bt878) and an ATI Radeon 32DDR under XFree86-4.0.3. xawtv runs, and
> I get sound, but there is no picture, and there are error messages like so:
>
> [chas@magnatron chas]# xawtv
> This is xawtv-3.43, running on Linux/i686 (2.4.3-20mdksmp)
> image format list for port 42
> 0x32595559 (YUY2) packed
> 0x59565955 (UYVY) packed
> 0x32315659 (YV12) planar
> 0x30323449 (I420) planar
> Xv: using port 42 for hw scaling
> x11: 1024x768, 32 bit/pixel, 4096 byte/scanline, DGA
> v4l: 1024x768, 32 bit/pixel, 4096 byte/scanline
> wmhooks: netwm
> v4l: oops: got sigalarm
> ioctl: VIDIOCSYNC(0): Interrupted system call
> grab: no match for: 384x288 16 bit YUV 4:2:2 (packed)
> ioctl: VIDIOCMCAPTURE(0,fmt=5,size=64x48): Device or resource busy
> ioctl: VIDIOCMCAPTURE(0,fmt=4,size=64x48): Device or resource busy
> ioctl: VIDIOCMCAPTURE(0,fmt=1,size=64x48): Device or resource busy
> grab: no match for: 384x288 32 bit TrueColor (LE: bgr-)
> grab: no match for: 384x288 16 bit YUV 4:2:2 (packed)
> grab: no match for: 384x288 32 bit TrueColor (LE: bgr-)
>
>
> Further, I get error messages in the system logs like so:
>
> bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 ... ok
> tuner: TV freq (0.-6) out of range (44-958)
> bttv0: irq: SCERR risc_count=17f56008
> bttv0: irq: SCERR risc_count=17f56008
> bttv0: irq: SCERR risc_count=17f56008
> bttv0: irq: SCERR risc_count=17f56008
> bttv0: irq: SCERR risc_count=17f56008
> bttv0: aiee: error loops
> bttv0: resetting chip
>
>
> That one repeats numerous times. Any clues?
>
> Thanks,
> -Charles
>
>
