>> I have done some more testing. >> If I start the kernel with the option "no-hlt" I get almost the same >> improvement as when running a program that just consumes cpu. >> I get some bit errors but most of the time uncorected errors is zero >> or very low. >> > > I had the exact same symptoms on my two Siemens DVB-C > FF-cards (rev 1.5) > in two different cable networks and three different computers. Cards > worked usually fine some time, and then ber rose high and picture was > unwatchable, full cpu usage helped sometimes for a while. > My cards were fixed with adjusting the AFC-value on ves1820 > module. Just > give pwm=0xNN and verbose=1 as options to the module, with > verbose you > get the AFC-correction values the module does into > /var/log/messages. On > my cards the best setting was pwm=0x54 (original value is 0x52), then > AFC correction varies usually between 0 and -1. My BER values > dropped a > lot, and now the cards work error free even if driven > continuously for a > week. > > I remember that you wrote about this problem before, but I�m > not sure if > you got this advice already (or if this even applicable to your card).
I tried changing the pwm, but from some of the replies I got to my mail I got the impression the pwm didn't do much good on TT cards. The AFC is almost always -4 I'll probably give the pwm setting another try. -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
