[mythtv-users] Hard Lock

[MythTV-at-C4L]

Wouldn't you just know it!  Here I am touting that I have an install
that can stand the test of time using Mandrake 9.2 with myth-0.13 & ivtv
0.1.9 and the darn thing does a kernel oops!

Only thing I see in /var/adm/messages are ICMP requests hitting my
Shorewall install.  Nothing in the mythbackend log as well.

Maybe Gentoo wouldn't be such a bad thing after all.


On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 09:40, Malcolm wrote:
> >merely changing the distribution
> > shouldn't fix the problem.
> 
> Agreed.  After going the gentoo route I decided it was more work than it was
> worth.  I did get it all working but it took me several days (more like a
> week) of compile this and compile that and keep recompiling my kernel to
> include new things etc.  I finally said to hell with it and wacked the
> gentoo install and gave the Knoppix Mythtv distro a try.  I'm impressed.
> After playing with it a while I think this might be the way to go.  After
> having done everything manually I now know more or less how everything works
> and I can tweak what ever I need to on the knoppix install.  If something
> fouls up, boot off the Knoppix Myth CD and it less than 20 minutes I have a
> full working myth system again.  Hard to beat that.
> 
> I may go back to the Mandrake setup sometime (different hard drive I didn't
> wack yet) and see if I can find a kernel/myth/ivtv combo that works great
> but for now I'm very content with the Knoppix setup.
> 
> Thanks
> Malcolm
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "MythTV-at-C4L" <davidc-mythtv at connect4less.com>
> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 9:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Hard Lock
> 
> 
> > I'm not sure I agree that Gentoo will really help you with this.  If
> > it's a kernel/Myth/ivtv issue, merely changing the distribution
> > shouldn't fix the problem.  Isn't the same kernel no matter who's
> > distribution you use?
> >
> > I think the thing to do, is to find the right kernel combination and ID
> > the holes in ivtv/myth that cause the memory leaks/lockups.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 14:00, Malcolm wrote:
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "David Brieck Jr." <myth at brieck.com>
> > > To: <davidc-mythtv at connect4less.com>; "'Discussion about mythtv'"
> > > <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> > >
> > > > > I'm using ivtv-0.1.9 + myth-0.13.  Running TV-Out on my FX5200 with
> a
> > > > > PVR350 doing the encoding (but it wasn't doing anything at the
> time.)
> > > > > The MB is an ABIT BL7 w/Intel 1.9GHz + 512MB ram, Mandrake 9.2 +
> > > > > kernel-2.4.22-21mm.1mdk
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > I've been preaching over on the ivtv list that something is amiss with
> > > > the Mandrake kernels, however I've never seen anyone report the
> problem
> > > > who was using an Intel system. My opinion is that there is a patch in
> > > > their kernels that is exposing a bug in ivtv or creating a bug in
> ivtv.
> > > >
> > > > How long have you been running Myth and IVTV? I would suggest posting
> > > > this also on the ivtv mailing list.
> > >
> > > I've tried running mythtv (both backend/frontend combos as wells as just
> a
> > > front end) on two test boxes at home.
> > >
> > > Box 1 = PIII 500 256 megs ram
> > > Box 2 = Athlon 1G 256 megs ram
> > >
> > > Both boxes:
> > > Mandrake 9.2
> > > ivtv 0.1.9
> > > mythtv 0.13
> > > PVR-250
> > >
> > > Both boxes would lockup complete rock solid on the default mandrake
> kernel.
> > > I downloaded 2.4.24 from kernel.org and compiled my own kernel and was
> able
> > > to leave it running over night as apposed to about 2 hours.
> > >
> > > While a fresh kernel from kernel.org did fix that problem it's not
> perfect.
> > > After running for about 12 + hours the box really starts to drag like
> it's
> > > out of memory and usually the frontend will crash.  No more hard locks
> > > though.  I'm now in the process of giving gentoo a shot to see if that
> helps
> > > any.
> > >
> > > I might also mention both boxes where doing software decoding and had
> their
> > > CPUs pegged at 100% non stop.  I don't think that helps any.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Malcolm
> > >
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