[mythtv-users] Playback freeze/lockup + kernel panic

[steve]

>OK I got it working,and right you are.  The whole thing is too big to post.
>But the important part seems to be:
>
>NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 26, Ch 00000003 M 00000304 D 00000001 intr 00400000
>NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 26, Ch 00000003 M 00000858 D 00000000 intr 04c00000
>NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 26, Ch 00000003 M 00000858 D 00000000 intr 00400000
>NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 26, Ch 00000003 M 00000858 D 00000000 intr 00c00000
>NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 26, Ch 00000003 M 00000858 D 00000000 intr 00400000
>NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 26, Ch 00000003 M 00000858 D 00000000 intr 00c00000
>NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 26, Ch 00000003 M 00000858 D 00000000 intr 00400000
>NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 26, Ch 00000003 M 00000858 D 00000000 intr 00c00000
>BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffc9000a180000
>IP: [<ffffffffa054e643>] os_mem_set+0x11/0x18 [nvidia]
>PGD 12fc07067 PUD 12fc18067 PMD 12a4f2067 PTE 0
>Thread overran stack, or stack corrupted
>Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP 
>last sysfs file: /sys/kernel/kexec_crash_loaded
>
>Indicating that it is some kind of nvidia problem.  Any idea if this
>indicates a hardware fault vs. a driver problem?

I've been in touch with Nvidia about this and they suggested that I
uninstall the RPM Fusion package and install the beta manufacturer drivers
instead.  Doing this got rid of the kernel panic but not the freeze/lockup.

Now they want me to try and reproduce the problem in mplayer, but mplayer
isn't set up by default to handle VDPAU playback.  Does anyone know how to
do this?  All I can find by searching around is a page that's 1.5 years old
for FC11.