[mythtv-users] What is the best distro / kernel version /ivtv version for mythtv

[Chris Isip]

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 2:50 AM, Gordon McCrae <gordon-mccrae at bluebottle.com>
wrote:

> Chris Isip wrote:
> > What combination of the above have people tried with the best
> > results.  I'm trying to find the combination that will get rid of dma
> > timeout errors.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Chris
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> Can happily report that my openSuSE 10.3 system autodetected the IVTV
> card fine on my system.
>
> I use it to watch feed from Sky TV here in the UK without problems.
>
> Kernel is "2.6.22.17-0.1-default" from automatic updates, and the
> following IVTV rpms are installed:
>
> ivtv-firmware-0.10.3-37
> ivtv-kmp-default-0.10.3_2.6.22.17_0.1-37.1
> ivtv-0.10.3-37
>
> Again, from automatic updates, no manual tweaking.
>
> Cheers
> Gordon
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I used to run myth in Centos 5.1 and I got DMA issues there.  It was a xen
kernel.  I am running it in an  ubuntu  hardy domU  now and  while the dma
issues are less, they are still there.

I have a Dell e510 PC and both a PVR 250 and PVR 500.

Thanks
Chris
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