[mythtv-users] Mythtv system lock up when watch tv chosen

[Scott Croft]

I had noticed that this changed when I updated the video card drivers.  I
did not put the "nv" in the file.  I had tried to change it back to the
setting suggested "nvidia" but it did not seem to help (left it in but
commented out).  Changed the file as per attached/suggested and rebooted.
Now I get a lot of nvidia splash screens at boot up, and a "Warning:
something is currently using: /dev/dsp, retrying." screen when I try to
watch tv.  I push the "Continue without audio" button and have a video
picture.  I tried to change the mythtv settings for audio to dsp1, adsp, and
adsp1 but none of them seem to help.  I guess that the video problem is
fixed now I will have to sort out the audio issue.


My last install of video drivers was:
# yum install nvidia-graphics8178-kmdl-$KVER
# yum install nvidia-graphics8178




-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of Kevin Kuphal
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 7:32 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv system lock up when watch tv chosen


Scott Croft wrote:
> See attached files (I guess it is ok to attach files?).  The xorg.conf is
> the current file, and the xorg.conf.orig is the original fc4 file.  When I
> updated the video drivers it made most of the changes.  Some of the
> commented out stuff are things I was trying / working on for display as
per
> online directions.
>
> Thanks for the input and interest.
>
Try changing the line in Device from Driver "nv" to Driver "nvidia".  I
don't think you're using the accelerated driver which is causing
problems.  My section is:

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "nvidia"
        VendorName  "Chaintech"
        BoardName   "nVidia GeForce 4 MX 440"
        #Option      "RenderAccel" "1"
        # TV Out Setup
        Option      "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
        Option      "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE"
        Option      "XvmcUsesTextures" "false"
EndSection

See that mine is nvidia, not nv.

Kevin
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