[mythtv-users] System hard locks several times per day, usually when paused

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I had the excact same problems using a promise controller (on-board on 
an ASUS A7V-266e). It seems that Linux and that controller do not work 
well together.

Thread wrote:

> I managed to catch some log messages this last time it froze up. The 
> only pertinant messages from mythbackend are:
>
> error reading from: /dev/video0
> read: Input/output error
>
> While my system log reports:
>
> Sep 9 00:07:21 [kernel] hde: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21
> Sep 9 00:07:31 [kernel] hde: DMA timeout error
>
> Does that help at all? Any suggestions?
>
> Thread wrote:
>
>> I have since tried using a Promise PCI IDE controller, but it hasn't 
>> helped a bit. I have no exhausted all my options. Is there really 
>> nothing left to do but get off this VIA chipset? (buy a new mobo)
>>
>> Here's the stuff I forgot to mention in the first post. I'm on linux 
>> 2.6.8-gentoo-r3 and when it freezes up, mythbackend says:
>>
>> 2004-09-08 12:39:03 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
>> 2004-09-08 12:40:27 Found changes in the todo list.
>> 2004-09-08 12:40:27 Scheduled 1 items in 0.066297 seconds.
>> error reading from: /dev/video0
>> read: Input/output error
>> Starting up as the master server.
>> 2004-09-08 13:58:36 Channel::Open(): Can't open:
>> No such file or directory
>> 2004-09-08 13:58:36 Channel::Open(): Can't open:
>> No such file or directory
>> Couldn't find input: Television on card
>> is defined, but isn't attached to a cardinput.
>>
>>
>> Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.
>>
>> See my IVTV forum post here:
>> http://www.shspvr.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=31889
>>
>>
>> Thread wrote:
>>
>>> Hello, everybody. I've been using mythtv for about a week now, and 
>>> I'm loving it. I have been experiencing freezing that is quite 
>>> unique. I'll come back after I paused it, and I can see that the 
>>> buffer has stopped growing. When I unpause, it keeps playing, but 
>>> without sound. Over about 20-30 seconds, my interface becomes less 
>>> and less responsive... until finally my x cursor stalls up and 
>>> there's nothing left to do but reboot.
>>>
>>> I found http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-dev/2003-June/010379.html 
>>> which is a thread post that describes freezing very similar to mine.
>>>
>>> The IVTV FAQ, http://ivtv.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html#_jump21 
>>> <http://ivtv.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html#_jump21>, talks about the 
>>> potential VIA chipset issues. I first tried disabling an 
>>> Enable/Disable option in my bios about ACPI APIC along with all 
>>> other ACPI options. When that didn't work, I even tried rebuilding 
>>> my kernel without any ACPI stuff in it, just to be sure. It's still 
>>> freezing up, though maybe less often than it was before I disabled 
>>> the APIC stuff in the bios. I find it quite interesting that it only 
>>> seems to happen when I have it paused, and the buffer is filling up.
>>>
>>> I'm stuck at this point. Any suggestions?
>>>
>>>
>>> Stuff I Have:
>>>
>>> A7V880 Motherboard 
>>> (http://www.pantherproducts.co.uk/Product%20Reviews/Asus%20A7V880.shtml) 
>>>
>>> Hauppauge PVR-250
>>> ivtv-0.1.10-pre2-ck107x with the provided patch applied to mythtv
>>> mythtv-0.15.1
>>>
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