[mythtv] Re: waiting for free video buffers timed out

[Cory Papenfuss]

 	What... and you didn't tell me?  WTF?  :)

 	I guess it all makes sense now (except why X insisted on loading 
the nvidia module to begin with).  I still think it's mythtv-related 
(trying to open nvidia device if there?), since mplayer would play things 
fine.

-Cory


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* Cory Papenfuss							*
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student               *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 			*
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On Sat, 2 Oct 2004, Johan wrote:

> fyi: I also had the nvidia kernel module on my failing setup...
>
>
> Johan
>
> On Sat, 2004-10-02 at 16:29, Cory Papenfuss wrote:
>>  	I appreciate the suggestions, and I will probably uninstall my
>> tarball+patch+hack '100zz' and try out your 'testing' RPM instead (to make
>> it easier later).  I upgraded to the latest rpms, and xorg went from
>> xorg-x11-6.7.0-5
>> to
>> xorg-x11-6.7.0-9
>>
>>  	Unfortunately, that didn't fix the problem.  The good news is that
>> I think I figured out what it was, and why more people don't have it.
>> Since I've been trying a number of different vid cards, drivers, etc,
>> there was some vestigial cruft in the xorg.conf and modprobe.conf.  For
>> some reason, either X or mythtv was still loading the nvidia kernel module
>> and breaking the 'ati' driver card for video play.  Getting rid of
>>
>> ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/nvidia" (xorg.conf)
>> and
>> # nvidia kernel module
>> alias char-major-195 nvidia-1_0-6111 (modprobe.conf)
>>
>> made it go.
>>
>> Thanks for all the suggestions, and hopefully the 100zz rpm will go
>> nicely.
>>
>> -Cory
>>
>> *************************************************************************
>> * Cory Papenfuss							*
>> * Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student               *
>> * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 			*
>> *************************************************************************
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 2 Oct 2004, Axel Thimm wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 02:17:19PM -0400, Cory Papenfuss wrote:
>>>> 	*sigh*... I feel a re-install in my future.  Oh well, with 100zz
>>>> from Axel on the horizon at least the install should be easier.
>>>
>>> 100zz has already landed.
>>> (in "testing", and testing is appreciated, but is not to be considered
>>> "stable" yet :)
>>>
>>> I wouldn't reinstall FC2, just upgrade to the currently available rpms.
>>>
>>> But I don't think this error has something to do with the capture card
>>> drivers, as you write that it occurs during playback.
>>>
>>> Try uninstalling all capture card drivers and see if the error is
>>> still there. Next use X drivers from xorg only and not from ATI, to
>>> check whether the error is in the video driver. Finally if the error
>>> is still there it would look like it has been isolated to mythtv.
>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> -Cory
>>>>
>>>> *************************************************************************
>>>> * Cory Papenfuss							*
>>>> * Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student               *
>>>> * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 			*
>>>> *************************************************************************
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 1 Oct 2004, Johan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I reinstalled FC2 using Jarods guide. Everything is working fine now.
>>>>> I did not install at-bleeding this time. Maybe that made the
>>>>> difference...
>>>>>
>>>>> Johan
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 17:08, Cory Papenfuss wrote:
>>>>>> 	Any results from this experiment?  The only weirdness I can think
>>>>>> of with my box is that it's a dual PIII (VIA VP6) with an older ATI card.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 	Still have no resolution with my machine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>> -Cory
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *************************************************************************
>>>>>> * Cory Papenfuss							*
>>>>>> * Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student               *
>>>>>> * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 		 *
>>>>>> *************************************************************************
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Johan wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 21:26, Cory Papenfuss wrote:
>>>>>>>> 	Hey all... just wondering if there's an idea for a resolution on
>>>>>>>> 	this.
>>>>>>>> I saw it in the archives from a few days ago, and it just started
>>>>>>>> happening to
>>>>>>>> me.  It appears to do this when using r128 or ati (mach64) cards, but
>>>>>>>> not with
>>>>>>>> nvidia on a tnt2.  When trying to play a video through mythtv, it just
>>>>>>>> continously spits out:
>>>>>>>> waiting for free video buffers timed out
>>>>>>>> waiting for free video buffers timed out
>>>>>>>> waiting for free video buffers timed out
>>>>>>>> waiting for free video buffers timed out
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -Cory
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> hey,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I reported the problem here
>>>>>>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/85563
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have sis 650 for video output(onboard).
>>>>>>> Could not wait for a solution and installed FC2 again.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Now I am upgrading package by package to see if it comes back...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Johan
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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