Re: [vdr] Lost and regained locks

2009-01-16 Thread Klaus Schmidinger
On 08.01.2009 07:10, Jan Ekholm wrote:
 Hi folks,
 
 Should I worry when my syslog fills up with stuff like this: 
 
 Jan  8 06:30:51 hex vdr: [2965] frontend 0 regained lock on channel 33, tp 322
 Jan  8 06:30:52 hex vdr: [2965] frontend 0 lost lock on channel 33, tp 322
 Jan  8 06:30:52 hex vdr: [2965] frontend 0 regained lock on channel 33, tp 322
 Jan  8 06:30:53 hex vdr: [2965] frontend 0 lost lock on channel 33, tp 322
 Jan  8 06:30:53 hex vdr: [2965] frontend 0 regained lock on channel 33, tp 322
 Jan  8 06:30:54 hex vdr: [2965] frontend 0 lost lock on channel 33, tp 322
 Jan  8 06:30:54 hex vdr: [2965] frontend 0 regained lock on channel 33, tp 322
 Jan  8 06:30:56 hex vdr: [2965] frontend 0 lost lock on channel 33, tp 322
 Jan  8 06:30:56 hex vdr: [2965] frontend 0 regained lock on channel 33, tp 322
 Jan  8 06:30:57 hex vdr: [2965] frontend 0 lost lock on channel 33, tp 322
 Jan  8 06:30:57 hex vdr: [2965] frontend 0 regained lock on channel 33, tp 322
 Jan  8 06:30:59 hex vdr: [2965] frontend 0 lost lock on channel 33, tp 322
 Jan  8 06:30:59 hex vdr: [2965] frontend 0 regained lock on channel 33, tp 322
 Jan  8 06:36:15 hex vdr: [2965] frontend 0 lost lock on channel 33, tp 322
 
 My VDR is 1.6.0 and the kernel is what's stock on a stable Debian, ie. 
 2.6.18-6-amd64. Everything seems to work ok and I think frontend 0 is the one 
 that's only used for recording, frontend 1 is the one with the CI and which 
 supplies the image (two FF DVB-c cards in use (does anyone still use those?)).
 
 Anyway, should I worry and/or is this something I could fix by upgrading 
 something?

This means that either the signal is actually so weak that the lock is lost
over and over again, or there is a flaw in the driver that makes VDR think
the lock has been lost.

What happens if you switch both devices to that transponder?
Do both frontends behave the same then?

Does it also happen with other transponders, or only with this one?

Klaus

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[vdr] Lost and regained locks

2009-01-07 Thread Jan Ekholm

Hi folks,

Should I worry when my syslog fills up with stuff like this: 

Jan  8 06:30:51 hex vdr: [2965] frontend 0 regained lock on channel 33, tp 322
Jan  8 06:30:52 hex vdr: [2965] frontend 0 lost lock on channel 33, tp 322
Jan  8 06:30:52 hex vdr: [2965] frontend 0 regained lock on channel 33, tp 322
Jan  8 06:30:53 hex vdr: [2965] frontend 0 lost lock on channel 33, tp 322
Jan  8 06:30:53 hex vdr: [2965] frontend 0 regained lock on channel 33, tp 322
Jan  8 06:30:54 hex vdr: [2965] frontend 0 lost lock on channel 33, tp 322
Jan  8 06:30:54 hex vdr: [2965] frontend 0 regained lock on channel 33, tp 322
Jan  8 06:30:56 hex vdr: [2965] frontend 0 lost lock on channel 33, tp 322
Jan  8 06:30:56 hex vdr: [2965] frontend 0 regained lock on channel 33, tp 322
Jan  8 06:30:57 hex vdr: [2965] frontend 0 lost lock on channel 33, tp 322
Jan  8 06:30:57 hex vdr: [2965] frontend 0 regained lock on channel 33, tp 322
Jan  8 06:30:59 hex vdr: [2965] frontend 0 lost lock on channel 33, tp 322
Jan  8 06:30:59 hex vdr: [2965] frontend 0 regained lock on channel 33, tp 322
Jan  8 06:36:15 hex vdr: [2965] frontend 0 lost lock on channel 33, tp 322

My VDR is 1.6.0 and the kernel is what's stock on a stable Debian, ie. 
2.6.18-6-amd64. Everything seems to work ok and I think frontend 0 is the one 
that's only used for recording, frontend 1 is the one with the CI and which 
supplies the image (two FF DVB-c cards in use (does anyone still use those?)).

Anyway, should I worry and/or is this something I could fix by upgrading 
something?

Kind regards,
Jan Ekholm

-- 
Somewhere around the place I've got an unfinished short story about 
Schroedinger's Dog; it was mostly moaning about all the attention the cat
was getting.
   -- Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett


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