[mythtv] MythTV hangs

[Thomas Börkel]

HI!

You have to copy "/boot/config-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl_37.rhfc1.at" to 
"/lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2174.nptl_37.rhfc1.at/build/.config".

Also, you should take this to the ivtv mailing list.

Thomas

Argenis Tovar wrote:
> I tried one of the patches (and since I've never done that before, I'm
> probably doing something wrong). Per your suggestion I downloaded patch
> 38a, extracted the files and went to the "driver" directory. Since I'm
> running a 2.4 kernel:
> 
> # mv Makefile Makefile.orig
> # mv Makefile2.4 Makefile
> # make
> Makefile:11: /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2174.nptl_37.rhfc1.at/build/.config:
> No such
> file or directory
> grep: /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2174.nptl_37.rhfc1.at/build/.config: No such
> file or directory
> make: *** No rule to make target
> `/lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2174.nptl_37.rhfc1.at/build/.config'.  Stop.
> 
> 
> "2.4.22-1.2174.nptl_37.rhfc1.at" is the kernel that I'm running, so what
> is the problem?
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Argenis
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Michael T. Dean
> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 1:43 PM
> To: Development of mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv] MythTV hangs
> 
> Isaac Richards wrote:
> 
> 
>>On Thursday 15 April 2004 08:16 am, Mike Drons wrote:
>> 
>>
>>
>>>It happens to my machine as well.  I have posted many times to the
> 
> myth
> 
>>>users and have not been able to fix it.  My issues are definitely
> 
> related
> 
>>>to MythTV frontend/backend.
>>>   
>>>
>>
>>If your entire machine locks up, or the ivtv driver hangs and stops
> 
> providing 
> 
>>data, it's not mythtv related.
>>
> 
> Exactly.  I recommend trying different versions of the ivtv driver. For 
> me, some
> drivers work and some don't.
> 
> I *highly* recommend signing up for the ivtv mailing lists ( 
> http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=73219 ) if using the ivtv 
> drivers.  They're all relatively low-volume list (at least compared to 
> the Myth lists), and answers a lot of questions about the iTVC15-family 
> of chips.
> 
> The current consensus on the ivtv ML ( 
> http://www.poptix.net/ivtv/current/threads.html ) seems to be that 
> driver stability is significantly increased on a (properly installed) 
> Linux 2.6 machine.  Those who have reported this are not yet using NPTL 
> (Native POSIX Thread Library), although doing so may also help--testing 
> is still being done.
> 
> Regardless of which kernel you use, I wouldn't use any ivtv drivers 
> prior to ivtv-0.1.9.   Other versions you may want to try:
> ivtv-0.1.9 with Matthias Badaire's prepdma patch (from 
> http://membres.lycos.fr/badzzzz/ )
> ivtv-0.1.9 with Hans Verkuil's patch ( from 
> http://www.xs4all.nl/~hverkuil/ )
> ivtv-0.1.9a (from http://membres.lycos.fr/badzzzz/ --it's basically 
> 0.1.9 with prepdma, Hans' patch, and Linux 2.6 support)
> ivtv-0.1.10pre2 with Chris Kennedy's patches (from 
> http://kmos.org/~ckennedy/ivtv/ )
> -- Specifically, 38a, 36b, 35, 27, 24, 07D, 06a (in that order)
> 
> If using Linux 2.6, start with Chris Kennedy's patches.
> 
> Users of the PVR-350's TV out should also use Matthias Badaire's ivtvdev
> 
> X driver.
> 
> Mike
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