Mitch Gore wrote:
> I tried using this DMA fix version and while its better I am still 
> getting errors.  I was able to record a couple hours of video but then 
> when watching live TV it froze up. 
>
> I have tried adjusting PCI latency with no luck.  I am booting with no 
> apic and CPU speed is disabled.  What else can i try?
Obviously I don't know everything, or I'd know how to fix my own lockup 
problems!  :-)

Some other things that I have observed and/or tried:

1.  What chipset is on your motherboard?  If it's a Via chipset, try a 
motherboard with an NVidia or Intel chipset.  I've experienced problems 
even with relatively recent Via chipsets (eg., PT880 Ultra)

2.  You could try maxing out buffers by adding this: "options ivtv 
enc_mpg_buffers=16" to /etc/modprobe.conf or your equivalent.  Since you 
only have one card, that probably won't give you kernel memory 
problems.  If it does, you may have to make some changes to your grub 
stanza.  First, before the "kernel" line, add "uppermem 524288".  Then 
add "vmalloc=192m" to the "kernel" line as a kernel parameter.

3.  Try also adding "elevator=deadline" as a kernel parameter.  Some 
sources claim it provides better i/o performance than cfq for this purpose.

Bill

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