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
>
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