Petr, Thanks for the response! I've tried a number of the suggestions...my comments are inline.
On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 13:20, Petr Vandrovec wrote: > On 8 Nov 02 at 13:45, Orcan Ogetbil wrote: > > > > I'm running Gentoo linux 1.4_rc1, so the included kernel (2.4.19) can be > > built with bttv drivers, and I did so. Those drivers (version 0.7.x, I > > assume) loaded just fine, but when I try to use the card (via xawtv, for > > example) the card captures poorly for about 5-15 seconds, and then my > > computer freezes completely. I have to do a hard reset in order to > > restart my computer. > > What hardware do you have? Do not you have VIA chipset on the motherboard, > by any chance? Most of PentiumIII VIA chipsets I saw cannot cope > with 32bpp RGB transfers from PCI -> AGP. Either try to get PCI videocard, > or use 16bpp. It's an AthlonXP VIA Chipset of some sort (KT266 maybe?), but I think your point is a good one, and I actually DO have a PCI videocard to try, so I'll give that a shot and report the results. > > If you do not have VIA chipset: set Poweroff button to 'immediate poweroff' > in the BIOS, and when lockup happens, hit (&hold) poweroff button. > If it powers off immediately, it could be driver/kernel problem. If > you have to hold button for 4secs to poweroff your box, your PCI bus > was locked up: get another hardware: either videocard (or videocard > XFree driver if videocard is something really strange) or motherboard > cannot cope with heavy busmastering. I will run this test and see what the results are...this is a great tip for figuring the crash problem! > > You can try using vesafb + fbtv to rule out XFree videocard driver > from the picture... I've tried fbtv + aty128fb drivers, but I'll try the VESA fb drivers too, see if it's really the video card drivers, but I think your above suggestions are more likely to succeed. Thanks for your help! --saul > Best regards, > Petr Vandrovec > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > video4linux-list mailing list > Unsubscribe mailto:video4linux-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list -- video4linux-list mailing list Unsubscribe mailto:video4linux-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list
