On 20/11/05, Jdogzilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello, I have FC4 2.6.14, Nvidia GEForce GTS2 AGP card (using nv driver in > xorg.conf) and Hauppauge PVR-500 card. > > > > My computer seems to detect the Hauppauge card correctly, as I see the ivtv > lines in dmesg. However, my basic video test fails and crashes the machine. > > When I do the following: "/bin/cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg", the machine > hangs and I have to reboot. > > > > When I type the following command > > "Ivtvctl –input-detect –dev=/dev/video0" or with /dev/video1 > > The output I get for both the tuners on the card reads > > "ioctl: VIDEO_STATUS = Bad" > > This looks wrong to me to start with too. > > > > Any suggestions on debugging this and getting this test to pass will be > helpful.
You'll likely need to correctly set the input for the card i.e. tuner, composite video or S-Video before trying to cat /dev/video[01]. You can use ivtvctl to do this. Also check the ivtv output in your log to make sure the tuner has been correctly identified. Nick
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