[mythtv-users] Re: ATrpms ivtv and FC2 -- segmentation fault

[Jarod C. Wilson]

On May 26, 2004, at 5:37 PM, Axel Thimm wrote:

> Hi Peter,
>
> On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 01:41:43AM +0200, Peter Martens wrote:
>> I ve got a perfectly working mythtv-box, mostly thanks to all of U 
>> and Jarod
>> 's guide.
>> However, yesterday, I decided t upgrade to Fedora Core 2. Everything 
>> seems
>> to work fine except the ivtv-driver from ATrpms. I saw there is only 
>> the
>> experimental driver available. When I try to run test_ioctl or 
>> mythtv< I get
>> segmentation fault with everything I do...
>> I am using a PVR-350.
>>
>> Someone knows the answer to this problem? ... or do I just have to 
>> wait
>> until another kernel or another ivtv-driver will come available? And 
>> can
>> someone give me an indication about how long that will take. 
>> Otherwise I
>> have to go back to FC1.
>
> ivtv is rumored to have 4kstacks issue like the nvidia drivers. I
> don't know how much there is to it, but probably the ivtv lists will
> be able to help more.
>
> There is only the experimental driver available for FC2, because the
> stable driver (0.1.9) only works for kernel 2.4.x

I've heard of folks simply installing the latest FC1 kernel on FC2 and 
using that for the time being. Do that, or compile your own 2.6 
sans-4kstacks for now.

-- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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