[mythtv-users] Hard lockups when viewing Live TV or recorded TV PVR-250 ATI Radeon 7000.

[John Johnson]

After trying an ATI Radeon 9250, gatos drivers, ATI's own drivers, etc. 
I finally solved the problem: I returned both cards and bought an 
nVidia based card.  This one: 
http://evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?Part_Number=064-A8-NV93-LX
It was also cheaper and had rebates.

Unfortunately all the time I wasted on the ATI cards is gone.

Regards,
   JJ

On 28-Dec-2004, at 11:57, John Johnson wrote:

> More info:
>
> I loaded mythfrontend on my Mac, and I can view previously recorded 
> and live tv! (That is so cool!)
>
> So, looks like I have an X problem. It's running the vesa driver now. 
> Nothing I did can make the ati or radeon drivers work, much less 
> theatre_out. Think I'll go pick up an nVidia card and give it a shot.
>
> Thanks for any advice!
>
> Regards,
>   JJ
>
> On 26-Dec-2004, at 18:13, John Johnson wrote:
>
>> First I want to say thanks to everyone involved with the MythTV 
>> application, ivtv, lirc, etc. This is great work you all have done!
>>
>> Here's a problem I'm having:
>> If I select watch live TV, or view a recorded TV program, the system 
>> locks up solid, and I have to power off and on. Sometimes I get a few 
>> frames of video before it locks up. I can run an XTerm and view a 
>> .nuv file using mplayer with no problem. The system records fine. 
>> Since the system dies hard, I haven't been able to do much 
>> troubleshooting on the problem. I haven't seen anything in the logs 
>> to help with the problem. I have R'ed every FM I can find, to no 
>> avail. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>   JJ
>>
>> HP Pavilion 6735 (PIII Celeron Coppermine 600MHz), 256MB RAM, 60GB HD
>> KnoppMyth R4V5
>> Hauppauge PVR-250
>> VisionTek ATI Radeon 7000 using S-Video out to a TV
>> LinkSys LNE-100TX
>>
>>
>>
>> root at mythtv:/usr/src# lspci -v
>> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82810 GMCH [Graphics Memory 
>> Controller Hub] (rev 03)
>>         Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
>>
>> 00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82810 CGC [Chipset 
>> Graphics Controller] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
>>         Subsystem: Intel Corp. 82810 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller]
>>         Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
>>         Memory at ec000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [disabled] 
>> [size=64M]
>>         Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] 
>> [size=512K]
>>         Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
>>
>> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AA PCI Bridge (rev 02) (prog-if 
>> 00 [Normal decode])
>>         Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
>>         Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
>>         I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
>>         Memory behind bridge: e8100000-e81fffff
>>         Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f0000000-fbffffff
>>
>> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
>>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
>>
>> 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801AA IDE (rev 02) (prog-if 80 
>> [Master])
>>         Subsystem: Intel Corp. 82801AA IDE
>>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
>>         I/O ports at 1800 [size=16]
>>
>> 00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA USB (rev 02) (prog-if 00 
>> [UHCI])
>>         Subsystem: Intel Corp. 82801AA USB
>>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
>>         I/O ports at 1820 [size=32]
>>
>> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801AA SMBus (rev 02)
>>         Subsystem: Intel Corp. 82801AA SMBus
>>         Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 9
>>         I/O ports at 1810 [size=16]
>>
>> 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA AC'97 Audio 
>> (rev 02)
>>         Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 5643
>>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
>>         I/O ports at 1200 [size=256]
>>         I/O ports at 1300 [size=64]
>>
>> 01:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Lite-On Communications Inc LNE100TX (rev 
>> 20)
>>         Subsystem: Lite-On Communications Inc LNE100TX
>>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5
>>         I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
>>         Memory at e8110000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
>>         Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=256K]
>>
>> 01:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 
>> QY [Radeon 7000/VE] (prog-if 00 [VGA])
>>         Subsystem: VISIONTEK: Unknown device 0280
>>         Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 9
>>         Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
>>         I/O ports at 3400 [size=256]
>>         Memory at e8100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
>>         Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K]
>>         Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
>>
>> 01:0e.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc: 
>> Unknown device 0016 (rev 01)
>>         Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc.: Unknown device 4009
>>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 9
>>         Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
>>         Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
>>
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