On Mon Feb 16 22:51 , "[email protected]" sent:
> >> >>Hi All >> >>In december I posted a message regarding some issues with the dvico driver. >> >>http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2008-December/031137.html >> >>The kernel is reporting incorrect callback of the firmware. Also, if the tuner >>isn't being used for a few hours, I then get errors from mythtv about it not >>being able to contact the backend and only rebooting the system will fix the >>problem (restarting mythbackend and frontend does not help). >> >>I eventually reported this as fixed to do with bios settings but I was wrong. >> >>I have done alot more testing and have found that it seems to be only after >>mythtv has accessed the device where this problem beings begins... >> >>I will try the latest hg version and see what happens. I will also try >>another tv >>application and see if that makes a difference (but I really would like to >>continue using mythtv as I have 2 other frontends). >> >>More information.. (and questions). >>I know I definitely didn't have this problem with earlier versions of the >>driver >>(roughly pre September.. Chris Pascoe's original version actually seemed more >>stable although didn't report correct signal strength) >>The cpu is a an opteron 170 >>2GB of OCZ DDR500 RAM (clocked at standard 400 of course, not overclocking >>this >>thing actually unless watching HD it is usually sitting at 1000MHZ) >>Nvidia 7600 GS video card (as I read horrible things about my onboard ATI >>chipset) using nvidia drivers not using xvmc however. >>I have eliminated the motherboard as since I originally reported the issue I >>have >>changed mobo (from nvidia nforce4 chipset to ati chipset.... primarily to get >>a >>micro atx mobo for my HTPC case). >>Fairly standard kernel with pre-emption (should I be using an rt patched >>kernel??) >>Are there any other kernel options I should remove or add??? >>I am using the most recent unstable Gentoo release of mythtv (0.21_p19046) but >>saw the same problem on the most recent stable release too. >>Are there any compile time options (or USE flags) I need to set or unset?? >>The system also houses my third tuner/second card, a dvico fusion lite (older >>pci >>version rock solid stable).. Are there any modules.conf settings I need to >>look >>out for (although it worked before ...).... >> >>As I said, I will try out the latest hg version tonight.. but any advice >>would be >>appreciated greatly!!! >> >>cheers >> >>Allan >> > >Same result with the hg version updated tonight. > >I haven't had a chance to use another tv app yet as we are currently watching >TV. > >I will send a further update later. Is anyone else actually seeing this "Incorrect Firmware Version Readback" error?? Is there something I am missing? (stupid kernel setup or something??)... Should I try and source the firmware again or is this unlikely to be the issue? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
