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FIX::Re: serious issues
I know this sounds crazy, but when I changed the


DefaultDepth 24

to

DefaultDepth 16


in my XF86Config file, under the Screen section, everything completely
worked... nvidia drivers and all apparently seem to be playing tv and dvds
fine with sound


hope this can help someone in the future at least



On Thursday 12 June 2003 8:46 am, John Goulah wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Hoping someone can shed some light on this because I am running out of
> ideas. I just bought and built a new computer and am having some X Windows
> lock up problems that I have never seen before. When in console mode, no
> problems.
>
> Here is the relevant hardware
>
> Soyo KT400 Dragon Ultra (Black) w/ 1 GB RAM
> AMD Athlon 2600+
> ATI TV Wonder for capture
> GeForce 2 Nvidia PCI
>
>
> I initially tried Redhat 9 and downgraded because I wasn't sure why it was
> acting up... so I am using Redhat 8 for now.
>
> PROBLEM 1
> Generic Nvidia drivers work ok for dvd viewing (mplayer, xine). When using
> the nvidia custom driver the video freezes after about a second or two into
> the movie. This locks up X Windows (can't ctrl-alt-backspace or
> ctrl-alt-delete)
>
> PROBLEM 2
> Under either the generic or nvidia driver xawtv (or zapping) and X Windows
> locks up a few seconds into showing some tv footage. I am not really sure
> how to configure but here is my .xawtv file:
>
> ------------------ .xawtv file --------------------
> [global]
> ratio = 4:3
> freqtab = us-cable
> pixsize = 128 x 96
> pixcols = 1
> jpeg-quality = 75
> keypad-ntsc = no
> keypad-partial = yes
> osd = yes
> [defaults]
> group = main
> input = Television
> norm = NTSC
> capture = over
> color = 44%
> bright = 43%
> hue = 40%
> contrast = 40%
>
> [3]
> channel = 3
>
> [4]
> channel = 4
>
> [5]
> channel = 5
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> Anyway, I figure this should work before I get mythtv working, and I don't
> want my system hanging for mythtv.
>
>
> Here are some snips in my /var/log/messages log:
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> Jun 12 07:09:54 mythserver kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00
> Jun 12 07:09:54 mythserver kernel: i2c-core.o: i2c core module
> Jun 12 07:09:54 mythserver kernel: i2c-algo-bit.o: i2c bit algorithm module
> Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv: driver version 0.7.91 loaded
> Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv: using 2 buffers with 2080k (4160k
> total
> ) for capture
> Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv: Host bridge is PCI device
> 1106:3189 (VI
> A Technologies, Inc.)
> Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
> Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 00:0b.0
> Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 5 with 00:0b.1
> Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 5 with 00:0e.0
> Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 5 with 00:10.3
> Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 00:0b.0, irq:
> 5, lat
> ency: 32, memory: 0xed021000
> Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv0: detected: ATI TV Wonder
> [card=63], PCI
> subsystem ID is 1002:0001
> Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv0: using: BT878(ATI TV-Wonder)
> [card=63,insmod option]
> Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: i2c-core.o: adapter bt848 #0 registered
> as adapter 0.
> Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @
> 0x80... found
> Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: i2c-core.o: driver i2c msp3400 driver
> registered.
> Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: msp34xx: init: chip=MSP3445G-B8, has
> NICAM support
> Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: msp3410: daemon started
> Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv0: i2c attach
> [client=MSP3445G-B8,ok] Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: i2c-core.o:
> client [MSP3445G-B8] registered to adapter [bt848 #0](pos. 0).
> Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @
> 0xb0... not found
> Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @
> 0x8a... not found
> Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: i2c-core.o: driver i2c TV tuner driver
> registered.
> Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: tuner: probing bt848 #0 i2c adapter
> [id=0x10005]
> Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: tuner: chip found @ 0xc0
> Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv0: i2c attach [client=Philips
> NTSC,ok] Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: i2c-core.o: client [Philips
> NTSC] registered
> to adapter [bt848 #0](pos. 1).
> Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv0: registered device video0
> Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv0: registered device vbi0
> Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 ... ok
> Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: bttv0: PLL: switching off
> Jun 12 07:09:55 mythserver kernel: tuner: TV freq (0.-6) out of range
> (44-958)
>
> HARD LOCKUP HERE!
>
>
> Anyone that can help at all I appreciate it. I'd be glad to post any more
> info necessary to solve the problem. Ideally it would be nice to use the
> nvidia driver.
>
> Thanks
> John
>
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