[mythtv-users] updated kernel, ivtv, v4l, now can't record

[Axel Thimm]

On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 04:22:17PM -0700, Dan Wilson wrote:
> Dan Wilson wrote:
>> I am running CentOS 5.3 on a combined BE/FE with a PVR-500, which has  
>> been working fine.
>>
>> Tonight I did a yum update, which got me new kernel, new ivtv, and new  
>> Video4linux, along with several other packages.
>>
>> After installing and rebooting, I saw that ivtv hadn't been  
>> auto-loaded, so I insmoded it.
>>
>> Now I can't record or watch live tv.  When I try, the backend log  
>> reports errors:
>> 2009-09-19 23:54:37.177 MPEGRec(/dev/video32) Error: select timeout -  
>> ivtv driver has stopped responding
>>
>>
>> Originally, I was using /dev/video0 and /dev/video1, but when I  
>> started getting the problem, I went into mythtv-setup and deleted all  
>> my input cards, then created new ones.
>>  I had the same problem, but saw that there were additional  
>> /dev/video* devices, so I worked my way up trying the different  
>> devices, ending up with /dev/video32 and /dev/video33.
>>
> I rolled back to the previous kernel (2.6.18-128.7.1) and installed the  
> ivtv-kmdl for that kernel, and all is well again.  It appears to me that  
> something is wrong with either the 2.6.18-164 kernel or the atrpms  
> ivtv-kmdl for that kernel.

You could also try the new kernel with the latest video4linux kmdls
(instead of the ivtv kmdls). Let us know if it works, thanks!
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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