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Betr: Betr: Betr: PVR500 reboots my system when /dev/video0 is accessed
>-- Oorspronkelijk bericht --
>Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:53:26 +0100
>From: cedric.dewijs@telfort.nl
>To: "User discussion about IVTV" <ivtv-users@ivtvdriver.org>
>Subject: [ivtv-users] Betr: Betr: PVR500 reboots my s
> ystem when /dev/video0 is accessed
>Reply-To: User discussion about IVTV <ivtv-users@ivtvdriver.org>
>
>
>>-- Oorspronkelijk bericht --
>>Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:24:48 +0100
>>From: cedric.dewijs@telfort.nl
>>To: "User discussion about IVTV" <ivtv-users@ivtvdriver.org>
>>Subject: [ivtv-users] Betr: PVR500 reboots my system when /dev/video0 is
>> accessed
>>Reply-To: User discussion about IVTV <ivtv-users@ivtvdriver.org>
>>
>>
>>
>>>-- Oorspronkelijk bericht --
>>>Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 05:57:44 +0100
>>>From: cedric.dewijs@telfort.nl
>>>To: ivtv-users@ivtvdriver.org
>>>Subject: [ivtv-users] PVR500 reboots my system when /dev/video0 is accessed
>>>Reply-To: User discussion about IVTV <ivtv-users@ivtvdriver.org>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi All,
>>>
>>>Description of the problem:
>>>When I do a cat /dev/video0 > ~/test.mpg my system reboots. A few seconds
>>>after hitting enter I see the BIOS screen. This is reproducable every
time.
>>>
>>>I have a second PC here (athlon 1770+, Nvidia FX5700 agp). I put the Harddrive
>>>and the PVR500 in this second system with the same result, cat /dev/video0
>>>reboots the system.
>>>
>>>Software versions:
>>>Mythbuntu 9.04 + updates
>>>Linux tv 2.6.28-17-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 1 18:57:07 UTC 2009
i686
>>>GNU/Linux
>>>udev version 141
>>>
>>>Hardware:
>>>P3-667 512MB ram, 8GB hdd,
>>>hauppauge PVR-500
>>>nvidia Geforce 2 MX-400 PCI
>>>
>>>Output from the following commands is attached:
>>>dmesg lspci lspci -v lspci -vv tail -n 500 /var/log/kern.log
>>>
>>>on the troubleshooting page, i see my udev version is too new:
>>>"
>>>For some unknown reason people experience locks with udev version >087.
>>At
>>>this moment there is no work around other then downgrading to <=udev-087
>>>
>>>Some people have found disabling udev coldplugging and placing ivtv in
>modules
>>>autoload file is a workable solution.
>>>"
>>>
>>>How to I downgrade the version of udev? How can I disable udev coldplugging?
>>>
>>>Best regards,
>>>Cedric
>>>
>>
>>Hi Al,
>>In the e-mail archives I've seen the following message:
>>http://ivtvdriver.org/pipermail/ivtv-users/2010-January/009760.html
>>"
>> I also had this problem with an old VIA board. Rebooted under heavy
>>load, as in, when more than one tuner started recording.
>> The following append fixed it, and it ran for years:
>>append="noapic nolapic pci=noacpi acpi=off"
>>"
>>
>>I have altered my /boot/grub/menu.lst:
>>old:
>>title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-17-generic
>>uuid c4888a22-cd4e-4d34-b5c2-a17b4aafb8e2
>>kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-17-generic root=UUID=c4888a22-cd4e-4d34-b5c2-a17b4aafb8e2
>>ro quiet splash
>>initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-17-generic
>>quiet
>>
>>new:
>>title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-17-generic PVR500-fix
>>uuid c4888a22-cd4e-4d34-b5c2-a17b4aafb8e2
>>kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-17-generic root=UUID=c4888a22-cd4e-4d34-b5c2-a17b4aafb8e2
>>ro noapic nolapic pci=noacpi acpi=off
>>initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-17-generic
>>quiet
>>
>>My system still reboots a few seconds after I press "watch TV" on mythTV.
>>Directly after pressing return I hear the Hdd rattle for a few seconds,
>then
>>I see the BIOS screen
>>
>>dmesg is attached.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Cedric
>>
>
>Hi All,
>
>I've received the following suggestion:
>In /usr/src/linux/drivers/pci/quirks.c remove text beginning from this line:
>static void __devinit quirk_via_cx700_pci_parking_caching(struct pci_dev
>*dev)
>
>Until this line (remove this line too)
>DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_FINAL(PCI_VENDOR_ID_VIA, 0x324e, quirk_via_cx700_pci_parking_caching);
>
>Then recompile the kernel and reboot with it.
>
>I have taken used kernel version 2.6.28.10. Then I've rebooted my Pentium3
>box with it. Unfortunately this PC still rebooted after accessing /dev/video0
>
>
>Then I moved the hard drive and the PVR500 to my Athlon1700+ and also booted
>kernel 2.6.28.10. Same result, this PC also rebooted after accessing /dev/video0
>
>
>I have attached dmegs from the Athlon, and lspci from both PC's.
>
>Does anybody have an idea howto proceed from here?
>I will repeat the above test with the newest kernel source and report back.
>
>
>Best regards,
>Cedric
>

Hi All,

I forgot the attachment (oops ;-)

Best regards,
Cedric