On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Ken Mink <[email protected]>wrote:
> This sounds almost exactly like the reboot issue I've been having. I'm > using a AMD processor, but the motherboard is VIA chipsets. I am running > CentOS. The kernel reports itself as 2.6.18, but there a lot of > backporting in it. > > I am going to start compiling vanilla kernels and see if I can find one > where the PVR-500 is stable. I'm starting with 2.6.25 and working > backwards. > > I am not willing to bet on my success. My issue could easily be a > hardware problem. My gut says it's not, though. > > Jeroen Roos wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I have a PVR-500 card on a Via Epia EN15000 board. I am running Gentoo > > Linux on it for MyhthTV. Ever since upgrading from kernel 2.6.22, I have > > been having reboots on my system whenever it tries recording something. > > Because I have had some issues with the SATA drivers on it previously, I > > have always suspected that to be the problem, however, after some more > > research I am now pretty sure that the IVTV driver is the culprit. > > > > When using kernel 2.6.22 (with Gentoo patches) everything works fine. I > > have tried many different kernels after that, and with all the system > > eventually reboots. The current I have running is the vanilla 2.6.29.4 > > kernel, still the same problem. > > > > I can easily reproduce the problem by running: > > > > dd if=/dev/video0 of=/dev/null bs=64k count=10000 > > > > usually it reboots before it reaches 5000 blocks, sometimes it takes a > > little longer, but eventually the system reboots. > > > > I think that I rule out all other components of the system by copying to > > /dev/null. > > > > Any video recorded with the card is good (that is, when it's not sent to > > /dev/null :-) ) > > > > I have checked http://www.ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Howto and everything > > seems to be installed as it should be, after that I checked > > http://www.ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Troubleshooting, but that does not > > seem to mention anything that is describing my situation. > > > > I have tried setting debug to 127, but I don't see anything that looks > > like an error, it also doesn't display anything just before crashing. > > > > the dmesg | tac ... etc script on the "how to ask for help" page does > > not give any output, so I'll just include dmesg | grep ivtv... > > > > I think I am using the in-kernel version of ivtv, but I am not 100% > > sure, how do I check? > I can't say definitively how to check but I was using the in-kernel version for 2.6.26 (debian lenny) and got the following in my dmesg: ivtv: Start initialization, version 1.4.1 Which is newer than the one you reported below. > > > I have run out of options on what to try next, any ideas? > How about building the latest ivtv? http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Howto > > > > > > > Thanks, > > Jeroen > > > > > > video ~ # dmesg | grep ivtv > > ivtv: Start initialization, version 1.4.0 > > ivtv0: Initializing card 0 > > ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23416 based) > > ivtv 0000:04:08.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 > > ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32) > > ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 500 (unit #1) > > cx25840 1-0044: cx25843-24 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0) > > tuner 1-0060: chip found @ 0xc0 (ivtv i2c driver #0) > > tuner 1-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0) > > tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0) > > wm8775 1-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #0) > > IRQ 17/ivtv0: IRQF_DISABLED is not guaranteed on shared IRQs > > ivtv0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPG (4096 kB) > > ivtv0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV (2048 kB) > > ivtv0: Registered device vbi0 for encoder VBI (1024 kB) > > ivtv0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM (320 kB) > > ivtv0: Registered device radio0 for encoder radio > > ivtv0: Initialized card: WinTV PVR 500 (unit #1) > > ivtv1: Initializing card 1 > > ivtv1: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23416 based) > > ivtv 0000:04:09.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 > > ivtv1: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32) > > ivtv1: Correcting tveeprom data: no radio present on second unit > > ivtv1: Autodetected WinTV PVR 500 (unit #2) > > cx25840 2-0044: cx25843-24 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #1) > > tuner 2-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #1) > > tuner 2-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #1) > > wm8775 2-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #1) > > IRQ 18/ivtv1: IRQF_DISABLED is not guaranteed on shared IRQs > > ivtv1: Registered device video1 for encoder MPG (4096 kB) > > ivtv1: Registered device video33 for encoder YUV (2048 kB) > > ivtv1: Registered device vbi1 for encoder VBI (1024 kB) > > ivtv1: Registered device video25 for encoder PCM (320 kB) > > ivtv1: Initialized card: WinTV PVR 500 (unit #2) > > ivtv: End initialization > > ivtv 0000:04:08.0: firmware: requesting v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw > > ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes) > > ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02060039 > > ivtv 0000:04:09.0: firmware: requesting v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw > > ivtv1: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes) > > ivtv1: Encoder revision: 0x02060039 > > > > video ~ # lspci | grep video > > 04:08.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 > > (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01) > > 04:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 > > (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01) > > > > video ~ # uname -a > > Linux video 2.6.29.4 #1 SMP Wed Jun 10 20:58:40 CEST 2009 i686 VIA > > Esther processor 1500MHz CentaurHauls GNU/Linux > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ivtv-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users > > > -- > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."--Benjamin Franklin > " 'Necessity' is the plea for every infringement of human liberty; it > is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."--William Pitt > > _______________________________________________ > ivtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users >
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