[mythtv-users] Kernel 2.6 Confuses Recording State???

[MythTV (Jim)]

Brett Jones wrote:

> I've been using Mythtv for over a year.  I recently upgraded to kernel 
> 2.6.  I had held off due to lirc, ivtv, and nvidia complications, and 
> these seem resolved.  The new system seems much better: the video is 
> much smoother, and many video artifacts are no longer seen.
>
> But a new problem now is causing me headaches.  The system frequently 
> seems to be stuck in the recording state.  This causes me to miss 
> recordings, and I'm unable to watch live TV.  All inputs are said to 
> be busy, but no recordings are indicated as in progress in the view 
> recordings screen.  I only have one card (PVR-250).  If I restart the 
> backend, things work beautifully - for a while.  Eventually, at the 
> end of a recording it seems to leave the backend in the recording state.
>
> I'm using release-0-16 from the cvs server.  The exact same code was 
> working fine before I upgraded my kernel (and nvidia video driver and 
> ivtv driver and lirc).
> Can anyone help me track this down?  I can get around the code fairly 
> well, but don't know it inside and out.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Brett
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I have this same problem with a 2.4 kernel (Red Hat 9), it also goes in 
spirts.. I could be fine for a week, and all is good, then I could have 
it happen every day for a week. I am running the release of .16 i still 
have not figured out what the problem is..


Jim