I'll point this out before anyone spends too much time on this: vga2usb: module license 'Epiphan EULA' taints kernel.
but the error is associated with tc, so this seemed like the place to start before I bother epiphan techs. Carl K [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/temp$ sudo make load [sudo] password for juser: /sbin/modprobe videodev /sbin/modprobe usbvideo /sbin/insmod vga2usb.ko tune_interval=300 grab_flags=0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/temp$ cd .. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ transcode -x v4l,null --use_rgb -i /dev/video0 -f 3 -g 1600x1200 -y raw,null -z -r 2 -f 10 -o test.avi -c 0:0:20 transcode v1.0.2 (C) 2001-2003 Thomas Oestreich, 2003-2004 T. Bitterberg [transcode] (probe) suggested AV correction -D 0 (0 ms) | AV 0 ms | 0 ms [transcode] auto-probing source /dev/video0 (ok) [transcode] V: import format | unknown V4L (V=v4l|A=null) [transcode] V: import frame | 1600x1200 1.33:1 [transcode] V: rescale frame | 800x600 1.33:1 (-r) [transcode] V: flip frame | yes [transcode] V: bits/pixel | 0.375 [transcode] V: decoding fps,frc | 10.000,0 [transcode] A: import format | 0x1 PCM [44100,16,2] [transcode] A: export | disabled [transcode] V: encoding fps,frc | 10.000,11 [transcode] A: bytes per frame | 17640 (17640.000000) [transcode] A: adjustment | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [transcode] V: IA32/AMD64 accel | sse2 (sse2 sse mmxext mmx asm C) tc_memcpy: using sse for memcpy [transcode] V: video buffer | 10 @ 1600x1200 [import_null.so] v0.2.0 (2002-01-19) (video) null | (audio) null [import_v4l.so] v0.0.5 (2003-06-11) (video) v4l | (audio) PCM [export_null.so] v0.1.2 (2001-08-17) (video) null | (audio) null [export_raw.so] v0.3.12 (2003-08-04) (video) * | (audio) MPEG/AC3/PCM [import_v4l.so] video4linux video grabbing (video.c) device has no audio channel (video.c) (audio-): (video.c) picture: brightness= 0% hue= 0% colour= 0% contrast= 0% (video.c) 1 frame buffer(s) available (video.c) recording limited to 200 frames. [import_v4l.so] dropping -2147483623 video frames for AV sync [export_raw.so] codec=RGB, fps=10.000, width=800, height=600 VIDIOCSYNC: Broken pipe0.00 fps, 0.5%, ETA: 47:25:21, ( 0| 0| 0) VIDIOCSYNC: Broken pipe.00 fps, 1.0%, ETA: 24:02:17, ( 0| 0| 0) VIDIOCSYNC: Broken pipe.00 fps, 1.5%, ETA: 16:14:03, ( 0| 0| 0) VIDIOCSYNC: Broken pipe.00 fps, 2.0%, ETA: 12:19:45, ( 0| 0| 0) VIDIOCSYNC: Broken pipe.01 fps, 2.5%, ETA: 9:59:10, ( 0| 0| 0) VIDIOCSYNC: Broken pipe.01 fps, 3.0%, ETA: 8:25:28, ( 0| 0| 0) VIDIOCSYNC: Broken pipe.01 fps, 3.5%, ETA: 7:18:19, ( 0| 0| 0) encoding frame [8], 0.01 fps, 4.0%, ETA: 6:28:00, ( 0| 0| 0) I am pretty sure we don't need to see more of this, right? Feb 11 13:54:09 averatec kernel: [ 621.891105] Linux video capture interface: v2.00 Feb 11 13:54:10 averatec kernel: [ 623.310291] vga2usb: module license 'Epiphan EULA' taints kernel. Feb 11 13:54:10 averatec kernel: [ 623.310936] Symbol usb_register_driver is being used by a non-GPL module, which will not be allowed in the future Feb 11 13:54:10 averatec kernel: [ 623.310944] Please see the file Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt in the kernel source tree for more details. Feb 11 13:54:10 averatec kernel: [ 623.312649] Symbol usb_deregister is being used by a non-GPL module, which will not be allowed in the future Feb 11 13:54:10 averatec kernel: [ 623.312657] Please see the file Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt in the kernel source tree for more details. Feb 11 13:54:10 averatec kernel: [ 623.318028] Epiphan Systems VGA frame grabber driver version 3.8.8.0000 loaded Feb 11 13:54:18 averatec kernel: [ 631.426648] videodev: "Epiphan VGA2USB #V3U40336" has no release callback. Please fix your driver for proper sysfs support, see http://lwn.net/Articles/36850/ Feb 11 13:54:18 averatec kernel: [ 631.426666] VGA2USB is now attached to vga2usb-192 Feb 11 13:54:18 averatec kernel: [ 631.426702] usbcore: registered new interface driver vga2usb Feb 11 13:55:20 averatec kernel: [ 689.986867] transcode: page allocation failure. order:5, mode:0xd0 Feb 11 13:55:20 averatec kernel: [ 689.986884] Pid: 6403, comm: transcode Tainted: P 2.6.24-5-generic #1 Feb 11 13:55:21 averatec kernel: [ 689.986925] [agpgart:__alloc_pages+0x2a9/0x390] __alloc_pages+0x2a9/0x390 Feb 11 13:55:21 averatec kernel: [ 689.986981] [ext3:__get_free_pages+0x37/0x820] __get_free_pages+0x37/0x50 Feb 11 13:55:21 averatec kernel: [ 689.986994] [<d079bb81>] allocate_lines_buffer_gp+0xe41/0xe50 [vga2usb] Feb 11 13:55:21 averatec kernel: [ 689.987032] [__vmalloc_area_node+0xf2/0x150] __vmalloc_area_node+0xf2/0x150 Feb 11 13:55:21 averatec kernel: [ 689.987073] [<d07987df>] keyframe_verify_reallocate+0xaf/0xf0 [vga2usb] Feb 11 13:55:21 averatec kernel: [ 689.987105] [<d079f308>] adapt_init_gp+0xf8/0x1a0 [vga2usb] Feb 11 13:55:21 averatec kernel: [ 689.987136] [<d079f43c>] adapt_video_params+0x8c/0x15c0 [vga2usb] Feb 11 13:55:21 averatec kernel: [ 689.987505] [snd_seq:do_gettimeofday+0x34/0xa4d0] do_gettimeofday+0x34/0xe0 Feb 11 13:55:21 averatec kernel: [ 689.987531] [<d079ca0e>] v2ucom_grab_frame+0x3ae/0x6e0 [vga2usb] Feb 11 13:55:21 averatec kernel: [ 689.987583] [<d07a19c9>] do_vga2usb_v4l_ioctl+0x6c9/0x700 [vga2usb] Feb 11 13:55:21 averatec kernel: [ 689.987686] [do_ioctl+0x78/0x90] do_ioctl+0x78/0x90 Feb 11 13:55:21 averatec kernel: [ 689.987779] [vfs_ioctl+0x22e/0x2b0] vfs_ioctl+0x22e/0x2b0 Feb 11 13:55:21 averatec kernel: [ 689.987800] [sys_ioctl+0x56/0x70] sys_ioctl+0x56/0x70 Feb 11 13:55:21 averatec kernel: [ 689.987817] [sysenter_past_esp+0x6b/0xa9] sysenter_past_esp+0x6b/0xa9 Feb 11 13:55:21 averatec kernel: [ 689.987865] ======================= Feb 11 13:55:21 averatec kernel: [ 689.987870] Mem-info: Feb 11 13:55:21 averatec kernel: [ 689.987874] DMA per-cpu: Feb 11 13:55:21 averatec kernel: [ 689.987880] CPU 0: Hot: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 Cold: hi: 0, btch: 1 usd: 0 Feb 11 13:55:21 averatec kernel: [ 689.987888] Normal per-cpu: Feb 11 13:55:23 averatec kernel: [ 689.987894] CPU 0: Hot: hi: 90, btch: 15 usd: 0 Cold: hi: 30, btch: 7 usd: 0 Feb 11 13:55:23 averatec kernel: [ 689.987906] Active:13373 inactive:5971 dirty:29 writeback:419 unstable:0 Feb 11 13:55:23 averatec kernel: [ 689.987910] free:4701 slab:2242 mapped:4099 pagetables:543 bounce:0 Feb 11 13:55:23 averatec kernel: [ 689.987921] DMA free:6736kB min:128kB low:160kB high:192kB active:0kB inactive:52kB present:16256kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no Feb 11 13:55:23 averatec kernel: [ 689.987930] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 230 230 230 Feb 11 13:55:23 averatec kernel: [ 689.987943] Normal free:12068kB min:1872kB low:2340kB high:2808kB active:53492kB inactive:23832kB present:235524kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no Feb 11 13:55:23 averatec kernel: [ 689.987953] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0 Feb 11 13:55:23 averatec kernel: [ 689.987961] DMA: 294*4kB 235*8kB 122*16kB 40*32kB 5*64kB 1*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 6736kB Feb 11 13:55:23 averatec kernel: [ 689.987985] Normal: 252*4kB 227*8kB 190*16kB 180*32kB 5*64kB 1*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 12072kB Feb 11 13:55:23 averatec kernel: [ 689.988011] Swap cache: add 57592, delete 52859, find 7133/10363, race 0+0 Feb 11 13:55:23 averatec kernel: [ 689.988017] Free swap = 324132kB Feb 11 13:55:23 averatec kernel: [ 689.988021] Total swap = 465844kB Feb 11 13:55:23 averatec kernel: [ 689.988100] Free swap: 324132kB Feb 11 13:55:23 averatec kernel: [ 689.991679] 63440 pages of RAM Feb 11 13:55:23 averatec kernel: [ 689.991685] 0 pages of HIGHMEM Feb 11 13:55:23 averatec kernel: [ 689.991690] 4647 reserved pages Feb 11 13:55:23 averatec kernel: [ 689.991694] 54550 pages shared Feb 11 13:55:23 averatec kernel: [ 689.991698] 4733 pages swap cached Feb 11 13:55:23 averatec kernel: [ 689.991702] 29 pages dirty Feb 11 13:55:23 averatec kernel: [ 689.991706] 419 pages writeback Feb 11 13:55:23 averatec kernel: [ 689.991710] 4099 pages mapped Feb 11 13:55:23 averatec kernel: [ 689.991714] 2242 pages slab Feb 11 13:55:23 averatec kernel: [ 689.991718] 543 pages pagetables
