Re: [ivtv-users] ivtv starts having firmware issues.

[Adam Bodnar]

On 4/13/06, Shawn Flynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Unfortunately, my update involved so many different packages, and included a
kernel update that I don't think I'd be able to determine exactly what
changed on my system. I also failed to create a snapshot of the system
before I updated it so there is no going back for me. You might be in a
better position to troubleshoot this though.

Yes and no. I can't guarantee which ones I actually did. But I'd say a good percentage of these were done.

I'm looking at my .apt_history file and can at least give the devs an idea of what packags I updated.

install perl-Video-Frequencies
install neon
install neon-devel
install tar
install termcap
install vixie-cron
install slocate
install avidemux
install id3tag
install lm_sensors
install mkinitrd
install nptl-devel
install openssh
install openssl
install pam
install pcre
install perl
install perl-Tk
install perl-Tk-TableMatrix
install perl-WWW-Mechanize
install perl-XML-Simple
install perl-XML-XPath
install perl-Authen-PAM
install perl-Class-MethodMaker
install perl-Config-IniFiles
install perl-DBI
install perl-HTML-Parser
install perl-MIME-Lite
install perl-Net-SSLeay
install perl-SOAP-Lite
install perl-Text-Kakasi
install popt
install net-snmp-libs
install perl-XMLTV
install util-linux
install procps
install rhnlib
install ttmkfdir
install zlib
install zlib-devel
install perl-Archive-Zip
install perl-HTTP-Cache-Transparent
install perl-IO-stringy
install python24
install python-sqllite
install python-sqlite
install sqlite-devel
install python-urlgrabber
install python-elementtree
install krb5-libs
install pyOpenSSL
install libtool-ltdl
install xmltv
install httpd
install imlib2
install libao
install libasound2
install libavc1394_0
install libcdaudio
install libdc1394_control13
install libgcrypt
install libgcrypt11
install libgnomeui
install libgobject
install libgobject-2.0_0
install libogg
install arts
install libraw1394
install libraw1394_8
install libquicktime0
install libselinux
install libvorbis
install libxvidcore4
install php
install selinux-policy-targeted
install tzdata
install libglib-2.0_0
install udev
install xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL
install xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU
install xorg-x11-font-utils
install xorg-x11-tools
install xorg-x11-twm
install xorg-x11-xdm
install xorg-x11-xauth
install gtk2
install transcode
install mythtv-theme-ProjectGrayhem
install mythtv-theme-Retro
install mplayer
install kdebase
install kdeaddons
install kdeadmin
install kdeartwork
install kdegraphics
install kdemultimedia
install kdenetwork
install kdepim
install kdeutils
install sg3_utils

>From looking at your original message, I can see that your PVR250MCE (4801)
card is showing up as ivtv card #1, which is likely device /dev/video1, and
if you configured MythTV in order of the cards it would be MythTV cardid 2.
Can you verify that it is only your MythTV cardid 2 card that is showing the
firmware hang? The easiest way for me to cause the fault is to start live
tv, switch to my card id 2 and start changing channels (watching for about
10 seconds between channel changes). This will hang my card within a few
minutes. If we can narrow the problem to just this model of card, then it
may give the dev's an idea of what to ask us for troubleshooting
information.

From looking at my logs and seeing when the error it occurs, it definitely looks like it's cardid 2. I'll have to try the live tv test when I get home tonight from work.
 

Did you do any package updates or installations prior to you noticing that
the card wasn't working correctly anymore? If you can remember what may have
changed you can try rolling back to a previous version, and I can see if I
have the same installed and try rolling it back as well.

 I know I did, but I don't know which ones. As far as I can tell there isn't a log of when I applied updates through apt.

If I can find some time over the next week, I will try installing my card in
a new machine with a minimal FC4 installation on it and see at what point
the captures stop working. If I find any new information, I'll keep you
informed.

I'm working on trying to flebay a regular PVR250 card so I can at least make the MCE card a low priority.

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