I have heard about the cpuspeed problem, and have the daemon turned
off.  I will try 2.6.19, thanks.

On 12/18/06, Hans Verkuil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Monday 18 December 2006 18:37, Edward Rosinzonsky wrote:
> > Some more info:
> >
> > I'm using kernel 2.6.18-1.2849.fc6 (SMP, x86_64) on a dual-core
> > opteron, with latest ivtv and mythtv from atrpms.
>
> Most likely cause is that you have a CPU frequency changer daemon
> running. The PVR cards don't like that. The messages you see are due to
> a crashed firmware.
>
> If that doesn't help, then you can try to upgrade to 2.6.19 and use the
> ivtv from the subversion trunk repository. I'd be interested to hear if
> you have the same problems with that version.
>
>        Hans
>
> >
> > On 12/12/06, Edward Rosinzonsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have ivtv 0.8.2 on FC6 x64 with a PVR-500, and every other time I
> > > "Watch TV" in myth, mythbackend hangs, and I get the following
> > > messages in dmesg:
> > >
> > > ivtv0 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
> > > ivtv0 warning: Failed api call 0x00000082 with result 0xfffffff0
> > > ivtv0 warning: ENC: Failed stopping capture -16
> > > ivtv0 warning: No Free Mailbox for cmd 0x000000db after 100 tries!
> > > ivtv0 warning: Mailbox[0] 0x000000dc flags 0x00000003
> > > ivtv0 warning: Mailbox[1] 0x000000d9 flags 0x00000003
> > > ivtv0 warning: Mailbox[2] 0x000000c9 flags 0x00000003
> > > ivtv0 warning: Firmware UNRESPONSIVE when trying cmd 0x000000db!!!
> > > ivtv0 warning: No Free Mailbox for cmd 0x000000dc after 100 tries!
> > > ivtv0 warning: Mailbox[0] 0x000000dc flags 0x00000003
> > > ivtv0 warning: Mailbox[1] 0x000000dc flags 0x00000003
> > > ivtv0 warning: Mailbox[2] 0x000000dc flags 0x00000003
> > > ivtv0 warning: Firmware UNRESPONSIVE when trying cmd 0x000000dc!!!
> > > ivtv0 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
> > > ivtv0 warning: Failed api call 0x000000b7 with result 0xfffffff0
> > > ivtv0 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
> > > ivtv0 warning: Failed api call 0x000000c8 with result 0xfffffff0
> > > ivtv0 warning: init error 21. Code -16
> > > ivtv0 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
> > > ivtv0 warning: Failed api call 0x000000b7 with result 0xfffffff0
> > > ivtv0 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
> > > ivtv0 warning: Failed api call 0x000000b7 with result 0xfffffff0
> > > ivtv0 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
> > > ivtv0 warning: Failed api call 0x000000b7 with result 0xfffffff0
> > > ivtv0 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
> > > ivtv0 warning: Failed api call 0x000000b7 with result 0xfffffff0
> > > ivtv0 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
> > > ivtv0 warning: Failed api call 0x000000b7 with result 0xfffffff0
> > > ivtv0 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
> > > ivtv0 warning: Failed api call 0x000000b7 with result 0xfffffff0
> > > ivtv0 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
> > > ivtv0 warning: Failed api call 0x000000b7 with result 0xfffffff0
> > > ivtv0 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
> > > ivtv0 warning: Failed api call 0x000000b7 with result 0xfffffff0
> > > ivtv0 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
> > > ivtv0 warning: Failed api call 0x000000b7 with result 0xfffffff0
> > > ivtv0 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
> > > ivtv0 warning: Failed api call 0x000000b7 with result 0xfffffff0
> > > ivtv0 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
> > > ivtv0 warning: Failed api call 0x000000b7 with result 0xfffffff0
> > > ivtv0 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
> > > ivtv0 warning: Failed api call 0x000000b7 with result 0xfffffff0
> > > ivtv0 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
> > > ivtv0 warning: Failed api call 0x000000b7 with result 0xfffffff0
> > > ivtv0 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
> > > ivtv0 warning: Failed api call 0x000000b7 with result 0xfffffff0
> > > ivtv0 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
> > > ivtv0 warning: Failed api call 0x000000b7 with result 0xfffffff0
> > > ivtv0 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
> > > ivtv0 warning: Failed api call 0x000000b7 with result 0xfffffff0
> > > ivtv0 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
> > > ivtv0 warning: Failed api call 0x000000b7 with result 0xfffffff0
> > > ivtv0 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
> > > ivtv0 warning: Failed api call 0x000000b7 with result 0xfffffff0
> > > ivtv0 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
> > > ivtv0 warning: Failed api call 0x000000b7 with result 0xfffffff0
> > > ivtv0 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
> > > ivtv0 warning: Failed api call 0x000000b7 with result 0xfffffff0
> > > ivtv0 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
> > > ivtv0 warning: Failed api call 0x000000b7 with result 0xfffffff0
> > >
> > >
> > > The exact same problem was discussed in August in this thread:
> > > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/ivtv/users/31538
> > >
> > > The only workaround back then was to downgrade to 0.6.1.  Is this
> > > still the case?  Thanks.
> >
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