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Hi,<BR>
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I'm having a problem with ivtv-0.9.1 and the latest firmware drivers (I updated them to the ones released a few days ago after the problem initially occurred with the firmware from October I think it is). My kernel version is 2.6.19 (gentoo sources 2.6.19-r5).<BR>
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This does not happen every time it tries to record, but at the moment is happening around once a day. After it occurs the only way I know to get it to start again is to reboot the system.<BR>
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Anyway, here is what /var/log/message says ....
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Feb 20 16:00:13 livingroom ivtv1 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
Feb 20 16:00:13 livingroom ivtv1 warning: Failed api call 0x00000082 with result 0xfffffff0
Feb 20 16:00:13 livingroom ivtv1 warning: ENC: Failed stopping capture -16
Feb 20 16:00:23 livingroom ivtv1 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
Feb 20 16:00:23 livingroom ivtv1 warning: Failed api call 0x000000c6 with result 0xfffffff0
Feb 20 16:00:27 livingroom ivtv1 warning: No Free Mailbox for cmd 0x000000db after 100 tries!
Feb 20 16:00:27 livingroom ivtv1 warning: Mailbox[0] 0x000000dc flags 0x00000003
Feb 20 16:00:27 livingroom ivtv1 warning: Mailbox[1] 0x000000d9 flags 0x00000003
Feb 20 16:00:27 livingroom ivtv1 warning: Mailbox[2] 0x000000c9 flags 0x00000003
Feb 20 16:00:27 livingroom ivtv1 warning: Firmware UNRESPONSIVE when trying cmd 0x000000db!!!
Feb 20 16:00:31 livingroom ivtv1 warning: No Free Mailbox for cmd 0x000000dc after 100 tries!
Feb 20 16:00:31 livingroom ivtv1 warning: Mailbox[0] 0x000000dc flags 0x00000003
Feb 20 16:00:31 livingroom ivtv1 warning: Mailbox[1] 0x000000dc flags 0x00000003
Feb 20 16:00:31 livingroom ivtv1 warning: Mailbox[2] 0x000000dc flags 0x00000003
Feb 20 16:00:31 livingroom ivtv1 warning: Firmware UNRESPONSIVE when trying cmd 0x000000dc!!!
Feb 20 16:00:41 livingroom ivtv1 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
Feb 20 16:00:41 livingroom ivtv1 warning: Failed api call 0x000000b7 with result 0xfffffff0
Feb 20 16:00:51 livingroom ivtv1 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
Feb 20 16:00:51 livingroom ivtv1 warning: Failed api call 0x000000c8 with result 0xfffffff0
Feb 20 16:00:51 livingroom ivtv1 warning: init error 21. Code -16
Feb 20 16:01:01 livingroom ivtv1 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
Feb 20 16:01:01 livingroom ivtv1 warning: Failed api call 0x000000b7 with result 0xfffffff0
Feb 20 16:01:11 livingroom ivtv1 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
Feb 20 16:01:11 livingroom ivtv1 warning: Failed api call 0x000000b7 with result 0xfffffff0
Feb 20 16:01:21 livingroom ivtv1 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
Feb 20 16:01:21 livingroom ivtv1 warning: Failed api call 0x000000b7 with result 0xfffffff0
Feb 20 16:01:31 livingroom ivtv1 warning: 1000 ms time out waiting for firmware
Feb 20 16:01:31 livingroom ivtv1 warning: Failed api call 0x000000b7 with result 0xfffffff0
<repeat of the above two lines every 10 seconds until ...>
Feb 20 16:08:32 livingroom ivtv1 warning: Failed api call 0x000000b7 with result 0xfffffff0
Feb 20 16:08:36 livingroom ivtv1 warning: No Free Mailbox for cmd 0x00000081 after 100 tries!
Feb 20 16:08:36 livingroom ivtv1 warning: Mailbox[0] 0x000000d6 flags 0x00000003
Feb 20 16:08:36 livingroom ivtv1 warning: Mailbox[1] 0x000000dc flags 0x00000003
Feb 20 16:08:36 livingroom ivtv1 warning: Mailbox[2] 0x000000cd flags 0x00000003
Feb 20 16:08:36 livingroom ivtv1 warning: Firmware UNRESPONSIVE when trying cmd 0x00000081!!!
Feb 20 16:08:36 livingroom ivtv1 warning: Error starting capture!
Feb 20 16:08:36 livingroom ivtv1 warning: VBI capture start failed
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Note, I am NOT using an AMD64. I saw somebody else with a similar problem suggest it may be something to do with that, but I have a 2.4GHz Celeron in this computer.<BR>
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Help?<BR>
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