My chipset is a SiS. I new about the issues with Via so I stayed away from the. Ill try the options above and see what happens.
Thanks On 8/11/07, William Powers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > ivtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users >
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