[mythtv-users] Spontaneous Rebooting - Need some help!

[Kevin Kuphal]

Rob Bongiovi wrote:
> I am having a tough time tracking this one down and
> need some help. Not a linux expert. Had a great MythTV
> setup running for about 10 months on FC4 on two
> Biostar 210V (via KM400 based motherboard) with Athlon
> XP+ 3000's. One box is a master backend with a PVR-500
> while the other is the slave backend with a PVR-150.
> Both function as front ends to HDTVs via a Nvidia 5200
> card and a DVI-HDMI cable.
>
> A week or so ago, I upgraded the mythtv, kernel,
> nvidia, and ivtv to the latest FC4 versions. After
> that, started having spontaneous reboots on both
> boxes. To me - that rules out a hardware component
> "breaking." like a bad HD and memory (although I ran
> memtest 86 and they passed).
>
> I took the Master Backend offline and rebuilt it with
> KnoppMyth R5C7 -- and have the same problem!
>
> /var/log/messages.log shows nothing...here is what is
> shows after the reboot (and nothing before):
>
> May 31 20:13:08 mythtv-family syslogd 1.4.1#16:
> restart.
> May 31 20:13:08 mythtv-family kernel: klogd 1.4.1#16,
> log source = /proc/kmsg started.
> May 31 20:13:08 mythtv-family kernel: Inspecting
> /boot/System.map-2.6.15-chw-2
> May 31 20:13:08 mythtv-family kernel: Loaded 28660
> symbols from /boot/System.map-2.6.15-chw-2.
> May 31 20:13:08 mythtv-family kernel: Symbols match
> kernel version 2.6.15.
> May 31 20:13:08 mythtv-family kernel: No module
> symbols loaded - kernel modules not enabled. 
> May 31 20:13:08 mythtv-family kernel: Linux version
> 2.6.15-chw-2 (root at dev.mysettopbox.tv) (gcc version
> 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-12)) #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jan 5
> 08:10:40 UTC 2006
>
> I've researched the web and the only thing I can find
> is that IVTV might be conflicting with my via
> motherboard. I had this problem with the ivtv 6.x
> after I upgraded under FC4 and the ivtv 4.4 that is in
> the Knoppmyth R5C7 release.
>
> One thing I have noticed is that this seems to happen
> only when a show is being recorded or live TV is being
> watched.
>
> I *think* I was still running a 2.6.14 kernel before I
> upgraded and seem to be having problems with this on
> 2.6.15 and 2.6.16 kernels, so wonder if something
> changed that caused this. The other think may be that
> the newest ivtv firmware has reintroduced the IVTV/VIA
> DMA conflict. I've tried some of the recommended
> resolutions to that: have the latest bios, etc.
>
> Thoughts on other ways to troubleshoot? Any other
> suggestions. I'm about to lose my family's support of
> MythTV.
>
>   
I'm no expert either, but you noted you have an Athlon but the logs seem 
to indicate you're running an SMP kernel?  Is this true?  I didn't think 
you ran SMP kernels on Athlon processors unless they were dual core.

Kevin