[mythtv-users] IVTV Problem

[Jarod C. Wilson]

On Saturday, Oct 25, 2003, at 16:20 US/Pacific, Chris Delis wrote:

>>>> I was contemplating putting something into my doc, since I'm now 
>>>> using
>>>> an nForce2 board.
>>>
>>> I would be very interested in your experiences.  I recently
>>> installed an nForce2 board.  So far, I had to disable APIC in
>>> the kernel (I did so in the BIOS, too -- dunno if this was
>>> necessary) because I experienced some lockups.  I would welcome
>>> any and all further suggestions regarding this particular
>>> hardware and the MythTV suite.
>>
>> What distribution, and what kernel? I'm trying to figure out if there
>> are common threads...
>
> Debian stable (woody) running a custom 2.4.20 (with APIC disabled).
>
>> Oh, also, what board?
>
> ASUS A7N8X-X.

So people successfully running an nForce2 board all seem to either have 
a 2.4.20 kernel with APIC disabled, or a 2.4.22 kernel, in which APIC 
actually works. Or a Red Hat 2.4.20 kernel, with APIC in an unknown 
state. My presumption is that Red Hat backported the vital APIC stuff 
from 2.4.22, so their kernels are safe with nForce2 boards. Either 
that, or APIC is disabled. I'll have to look into that (as well as 
whether APIC is enabled or disabled in my BIOS)...

I've added the little bit that I had to do to get mine up and running 
to my guide, but everything went so smoothly, there really isn't much 
there. Anyone running an nForce2 board NOT in one of the configurations 
above either successfully or unsuccessfully? I'm most interested in 
people using nForce2 boards w/a Red Hat kernel that might be having 
problems, but it wouldn't hurt to hear all stories.

For the record, I've had one other off-list contact that has had plenty 
of lockups with Mandrake 9.1's latest kernel on an nForce2 board. He 
had problems still w/APIC disabled in a custom-built kernel...

--Jarod

-- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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