[mythtv-users] X over PVR-350

[Dan Wilga]

Hi again John,

Over the weekend, I downloaded ivtv 3.0rc3 and installed the version of 
ivtvdev_drv.o packaged with it. This version experiences the same lockup I 
described. Is it the fixed version, or does the problem lie elsewhere?

At 02:42 AM 12/14/2004, John Harvey wrote:
>Great.
>I've been thinking about simplifying all of this. Ivtv only supports one
>output device at the moment so I think we can remove all the Busid and fbdev
>options and let X figure out for itself which device to use.
>
>Hopefully I can get a new simpler less error prone version out this week.
>
>John
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dan Wilga [mailto:dwilga at mtholyoke.edu]
> > Sent: 14 December 2004 03:09
> > To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org; john.p.harvey at btinternet.com
> > Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] X over PVR-350
> >
> > Ah, that it very likely the reason for the problem in my case. Thanks for
> > figuring this out, John.
> >
> > From: "John Harvey" <john.p.harvey at btinternet.com>
> >
> > >There was a bug introduced that caused it to always use /dev/fb0 so if
> > your
> > >fb device was something else then it could have this effect. Changing the
> > >fbdev option to ivtv fixes that problem.
> > >I will be creating a new ivtv driver to fix this problem and check the
> > >device properly in the near future.
> > >
> > >john
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> > > > bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Dan Wilga
> > > > Sent: 13 December 2004 20:24
> > > > To: Discussion about mythtv; Josh Sharpe
> > > > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] X over PVR-350
> > > >
> > > > I found that the latest version of ivtvdev_drv.o would cause X to hog
> > > > 99% of the CPU and not output anything. I ended up reverting to a
> > > > version from October 16, which is 17902 bytes.

Dan Wilga
dwilga at mtholyoke.edu