[mythtv-users] serious issues

[John Goulah]

Hi All, 

Hoping someone can shed some light on this because I am running out of ideas. 
I just bought and built a new computer and am having some X Windows lock up 
problems that I have never seen before. When in console mode, no problems. 

Here is the relevant hardware

Soyo KT400 Dragon Ultra (Black) w/ 1 GB RAM 
AMD Athlon 2600+
ATI TV Wonder  for capture
GeForce 2 Nvidia  PCI  


I initially tried Redhat 9 and downgraded because I wasn't sure why it was 
acting up... so I am using Redhat 8 for now.

PROBLEM 1
Generic Nvidia drivers work ok for dvd viewing (mplayer, xine). When using the 
nvidia custom driver the video freezes after about a second or two into the 
movie. This locks up X Windows (can't ctrl-alt-backspace or ctrl-alt-delete)

PROBLEM 2 
Under either the generic or nvidia driver xawtv (or zapping) and X Windows 
locks up a few seconds into showing some tv footage. I am not really sure how 
to configure but here is my .xawtv file:

------------------ .xawtv file --------------------
[global]
ratio = 4:3
freqtab = us-cable
pixsize = 128 x 96
pixcols = 1
jpeg-quality = 75
keypad-ntsc = no
keypad-partial = yes
osd = yes
[defaults]
group = main
input = Television
norm = NTSC
capture = over
color = 44%
bright = 43%
hue = 40%
contrast = 40%

[3]
channel = 3

[4]
channel = 4

[5]
channel = 5

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Anyway, I figure this should work before I get mythtv working, and I don't 
want my system hanging for mythtv.


Here are some snips in my /var/log/messages log:

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Jun 12 07:09:54 mythserver kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00
Jun 12 07:09:54 mythserver kernel: i2c-core.o: i2c core module
Jun 12 07:09:54 mythserver kernel: i2c-algo-bit.o: i2c bit algorithm module
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv: driver version 0.7.91 loaded
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv: using 2 buffers with 2080k (4160k 
total
) for capture
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv: Host bridge is PCI device 1106:3189 
(VI
A Technologies, Inc.)
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 00:0b.0
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 5 with 00:0b.1
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 5 with 00:0e.0
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 5 with 00:10.3
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 00:0b.0, irq: 5, 
lat
ency: 32, memory: 0xed021000
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv0: detected: ATI TV Wonder [card=63], 
PCI
 subsystem ID is 1002:0001
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv0: using: BT878(ATI TV-Wonder) 
[card=63,insmod option]
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: i2c-core.o: adapter bt848 #0 registered as 
adapter 0.
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... 
found
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: i2c-core.o: driver i2c msp3400 driver 
registered.
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: msp34xx: init: chip=MSP3445G-B8, has NICAM 
support
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: msp3410: daemon started
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv0: i2c attach [client=MSP3445G-B8,ok]
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: i2c-core.o: client [MSP3445G-B8] registered 
to adapter [bt848 #0](pos. 0).
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... 
not found
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... 
not found
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: i2c-core.o: driver i2c TV tuner driver 
registered.
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: tuner: probing bt848 #0 i2c adapter 
[id=0x10005]
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: tuner: chip found @ 0xc0
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv0: i2c attach [client=Philips NTSC,ok]
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: i2c-core.o: client [Philips NTSC] 
registered
to adapter [bt848 #0](pos. 1).
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv0: registered device video0
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv0: registered device vbi0
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 ... ok
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv0: PLL: switching off
Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: tuner: TV freq (0.-6) out of range (44-958)

HARD LOCKUP HERE!


Anyone that can help at all I appreciate it. I'd be glad to post any more info 
necessary to solve the problem. Ideally it would be nice to use the nvidia 
driver.

Thanks
John