[mythtv-users] Possible help for those experiencing "blue screen" during playback

[Michael J. Lynch]

Mark Knecht wrote:
> Michael,
>    I'm having the same problem (blue screen, distorted video) on one
> of my machines that uses a PVR-150. I've found that doign rmmod
> ivtv;modprobe ivtv by hand after the machine has booted gets the
> driver working for me.
> 
>    The machine is an up to date Gentoo box using a 2.6.11 kernel and
> has run xorg-6.8 for a long time. the machine uses udev. I am
> suspecting that something about the way udev sets up at boot time
> doesn't agree with the ivtv driver but that's just a guess.
> 
>    You (or others) might try the rmmod/modprobe test if necessary.
> 

As I stated...this is a frontend only machine so it does not have
a capture card at all.  The ivtv drivers are no use at all on this
machine, but your advice may work for others.

-- 
Michael J. Lynch

What if the hokey pokey IS what it's all about -- author unknown