[mythtv-users] RE: Getting VIA graphics to work, or buy a PVR-350?

[Travis Kelley]

Just a quick interjection guys.  The m10000 is most likely never going
to be totally stable as long as we/via have the dma problem.  Using a
pvr card causes huge amounts of dma across the bus and this tends to
lock via systems. Reference this thread
http://forums.viaarena.com/messageview.cfm?catid=28&threadid=60131&enterthread=y

All that said...I have had pretty good success with my m10000,
especially with some of the later versions of ivtv and unichrome.  I
have 0 experience with the via under FC2.  What I use are the kernel
patches from http://www.epiawiki.org/wiki/tiki-index.php and the latest
unichrome X from
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=102048&package_id=111599.  I know these will be more of a pain to build in FC2 than they are in gentoo, but it can work:)  BTW I think some of the later mythcvs builds had better support for the cle266 and unichrome.  You might also try that at some point.

On Wed, 2004-10-20 at 12:03, Micah Wedemeyer wrote:
> Christoffer:
> 
> I know your pain!  I am trying to get an EPIA MII 10k to work well with
> MythTV.  Luckily, I have been able to get it close, and it at least works well
> enough that I can use it (ie. no skipping, crashes only every 1-2 days).
> 
> Currently, I am running FC2 from Jarod's guide.  I don't have any kernel
> patches, and all the related software was installed using apt-get.  Therefore,
> as you've probably guessed, I don't have the unichrome drivers working.
> 
> I told you in an earlier post that I was able to get things working by loading
> a via driver that was there by default.  You mentioned that it didn't work for
> you.  If you want, I can try to send you the via_drv.o file that I have.  It's
> a long shot, but maybe if you copy it to the right place, then you will be
> able to load it.  Besides, from your earlier posts, it sounds like you and I
> have very similar configurations, so the file might work.
> 
> What do other people think?  Is this a bad idea?
> 
> Christoffer, if you want me to send you the file, send me an e-mail at:
> fanmail at micah-wedemeyer.net When I get the chance (probably not until Thursday
> night) I will reply with the via_drv.o file attached along with some
> instructions on where to put it.
> 
> Note! I am definitely NOT an expert at Linux, so there is a good chance that
> this will make things worse, not better!
> 
> Anyways, if you are totally frustrated, I would suggest selling your PVR-250
> and buying a 350.  I wish I had...
> 
> Micah
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