[mythtv-users] System Hangs

[J. Donavan Stanley]

John Dycus wrote:

> David Brieck Jr. wrote:
>
>> Kenneth Aafløy wrote:
>>
>>> On Friday 13 February 2004 07:25, John Dycus wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm hoping this is a driver issue, but I can't seem to find anyone 
>>>> else
>>>> with the issue I'm having.  I'm currently running ivtv 0.1.9 with 
>>>> mythtv
>>>> .14 on a Gentoo box (Athlon xp 1800 and asus a7s333).  Almost 
>>>> everything
>>>> is working perfectly, except for when I record live tv.  It seems like
>>>> that within an hour or so of recording a show my system will hang.  In
>>>> fact, if I set it to record a show, it seems to hang almost exactly an
>>>> hour after the last time I entered any keystrokes or touched the 
>>>> mouse.
>>>> So because of that I believe it must be some sort of power management
>>>> issue that's kicking in after an hour that's causing the issues.  I've
>>>> removed all traces of apm and acpi from the kernel and 
>>>> triple-checked my
>>>> settings in the bios, but nothing is turning up.  Anyone got any 
>>>> ideas?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Have you tried a vanilla kernel vs the gentoo-sources?
>>>
>>
>> I'll second that. I'm using the Gentoo sources, but I compiled the 
>> kernel with very few if any unnecessary options. If there is 
>> something in the Gentoo patched kernel sources that is causing your 
>> problems you either need to try vanilla sources or get rid of any 
>> extra junk in your kernel you don't need.
>>
>> BTW, I'm running 2.4.20-xfs-r3 without any problems.
>> _______________________________________________
>
>
> Thanks, those are both really good suggestions.  I'll try the vanilla 
> kernel first over the weekend, and then run the hardware tests if it 
> still hangs.  I'll be sure to report back what I find, and what 
> hopefully fixes it...
>

Another thing to check is your firmware version.  I had major stability 
issues with prolonged use of my tuner, for TV or recording.  Once I 
switched to the latest firmware all the problems went away.  I think it 
really depends on what revision your capture card is to determine which 
firmware is the most stable for you.