[mythtv-users] Two Capture Card Setup Help, Please!

[Michael Kipper]

Hi,

I am trying to set up a MythTV system for my home. I am new to Linux,
and am not sure how to set up my two capture cards.
I am using two Mercury (http://www.Kobian.com) SAA7130HL based capture
cards, with onboard IR and FM modules.
I have installed Debian 3.0r1 woody, and then installed x-window-system,
xfree86, and xawtv using apt-get.
I also installed the newest nVIDIA Linux drivers from their website.
When I start xawtv, I get a "Segmentation Fault", but when I start it as
"xawtv -noxv", it works fine (no sound, but I'll work on that later.)
When I run MythTV, I get up till the part where I can click "Watch TV",
and then there's no video, and the computer freezes up. A ctrl+alt+bksp
can usually get me out, but not always.

Note that when loading the module for the card, it loads as "[LG PAL
(newer TAPC series)]", when the card should be NTSC.
What am I doing wrong? What more information do you need?

Also, off-topic, why does "Intel MultiProcessor Specification v1.4"
load, when I only have one processor?

Specifics:
AMD Athlon XP 2000+
512MB RAM
80GB HDD
2x Mercury SAA7130HL capture cards
nVIDIA GeForce 420 AGP video card
RealTek 8139 10/100 NIC onboard
VIA AC97' sound onboard
Debian Linux 3.0r1 woody
Kernel 2.4.22 from kernel.org
Kernel patches from bytesex.org
saa7134 from bytesex.org


Thanks!
Michael Kipper
mkipper (at) rogers dot com



************************************************************
* # lspci -v
*
************************************************************
<snip>
00:08.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors: Unknown device
7130 (rev
01)
        Subsystem: Unknown device 5168:0138
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
        Memory at ef002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 1

00:0a.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors: Unknown device
7130 (rev
01)
        Subsystem: Unknown device 5168:0138
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
        Memory at ef000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 1
<snip>
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device
0172 (rev
a3) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 03b3
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
        Memory at ec000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Memory at e4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
        Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=512K]
        Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [44] AGP version 2.0



************************************************************
* # cat /etc/modules
*
************************************************************
8139too
af_packet
saa7134



************************************************************
* # dmesg
*
************************************************************
Linux version 2.4.22 (mkipper at MythTV) (gcc version 2.95.4 20011002
(Debian prere
lease)) #2 Tue Oct 28 17:21:07 EST 2003
<snip>
Intel MultiProcessor Specification v1.4
    Virtual Wire compatibility mode.
OEM ID: OEM00000 Product ID: PROD00000000 APIC at: 0xFEE00000
Processor #0 Pentium(tm) Pro APIC version 17
<snip>
i2c-core.o: i2c core module
i2c-dev.o: i2c /dev entries driver module
i2c-core.o: driver i2c-dev dummy driver registered.
i2c-algo-bit.o: i2c bit algorithm module
i2c-algo-pcf.o: i2c pcf8584 algorithm module
i2c-proc.o version 2.6.1 (20010825)
<snip>
Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann
agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 439M
agpgart: Detected Via Apollo Pro KM266 / KL266 chipset
agpgart: AGP aperture is 64M @ 0xe0000000
<snip>
kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno = 2
Linux video capture interface: v1.00
<snip>
8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.26
eth0: RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet at 0xe089a000, 00:40:ca:35:b6:28,
IRQ 18
eth0:  Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8139C'
saa7130/34: v4l2 driver version 0.2.8 loaded
saa7130[0]: found at 00:08.0, rev: 1, irq: 16, latency: 32, mmio:
0xef002000
saa7130[0]: subsystem: 5168:0138, board: LifeView FlyVIDEO2000
[card=3,autodetec
ted]
i2c-dev.o: Registered 'saa7130[0]' as minor 0
i2c-core.o: adapter saa7130[0] registered as adapter 0.
saa7130[0]: i2c eeprom 00: 68 51 38 01 10 28 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
ff
saa7130[0]: i2c eeprom 10: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
ff
saa7130[0]: i2c eeprom 20: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
ff
saa7130[0]: i2c eeprom 30: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
ff
saa7130[0]: board init: gpio is 39500
i2c-core.o: driver i2c TV tuner driver registered.
tuner: chip found @ 0xc2
tuner: type set to 37 (LG PAL (newer TAPC series))
i2c-core.o: client [LG PAL (newer TAPC series)] registered to adapter
[saa7130[0
]](pos. 0).
saa7130[0]: registered device video0 [v4l2]
saa7130[0]: registered device vbi0
saa7130[0]: registered device radio0
saa7130[1]: found at 00:0a.0, rev: 1, irq: 18, latency: 32, mmio:
0xef000000
saa7130[1]: subsystem: 5168:0138, board: LifeView FlyVIDEO2000
[card=3,autodetec
ted]
i2c-dev.o: Registered 'saa7130[1]' as minor 1
tuner: chip found @ 0xc2
tuner: type set to 37 (LG PAL (newer TAPC series))
i2c-core.o: client [LG PAL (newer TAPC series)] registered to adapter
[saa7130[1
]](pos. 0).
i2c-core.o: adapter saa7130[1] registered as adapter 1.
saa7130[1]: i2c eeprom 00: 68 51 38 01 10 28 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
ff
saa7130[1]: i2c eeprom 10: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
ff
saa7130[1]: i2c eeprom 20: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
ff
saa7130[1]: i2c eeprom 30: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
ff
saa7130[1]: board init: gpio is 39500
saa7130[1]: registered device video1 [v4l2]
saa7130[1]: registered device vbi1
saa7130[1]: registered device radio1
eth0: Setting 100mbps full-duplex based on auto-negotiated partner
ability 45e1.