Nothing that I know of that would cause this. The x driver hasn't changed for ages.
Try ivtvfbctl /dev/fb/1 -prepdma This should display an image that gradually gets darker on the frame buffer and should prove whether ivtv-fb is working. John > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ivtv-devel- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rutger Hendriks > Sent: 02 December 2004 20:18 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ivtv-devel] #0.2.0-rcv dma sync patch > > On Saturday 27 November 2004 23:48, John Harvey wrote: > > Nothing in the standard OS knows how to write like this to the frame > buffer > > as far as I know. So do you have any ideas what was started at the same > > time as loading the driver? > > > > John > > I'm sorry, I don't know, can't check anymore. > > However, I seem to be having a bigger problem at the moment. I've > installed > ivtv-0.2.0-rc3 and I've rebuild ivtvdev_drv.o (using xorg-x11-6.8.0) and > when > I start X on /dev/fb/1 all I get is a CPU that's 100% used and no X > background on /dev/fb/1 > (I could post the /var/log/Xorg.log file if you like) > > This led me to believe there is something not working with either ivtv-fb > or > ivtvdev. So I rebooted and just loaded ivtv (not ivtv-fb). I'm now running > dd if=/dev/video0 of=/dev/video16 bs=128k > It works like a charm. > I'll keep it running during the night to see how it hangs on. > > My problem therefore seems to be either in ivtv-fb or in ivtvdev. > Has anything been changed to either of them recently? > > Thanks, > Rutger > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > _______________________________________________ > ivtv-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel
