[mythtv-users] PVR-500 + VIA KT400 = rebooting? black magic problem?

[Michael T. Dean]

Brian M. Sperlongano wrote:

> I recently bought a PVR-500 to replace my existing low-quality saa7139 
> card.  I've finally gotten through the various instructions and have 
> gotten nice high-quality video out of /dev/video0.... but only for 
> about 5 seconds, after which my machine reboots!!!  There was a 
> previous thread on the list where someone complained of having 
> problems with KT133 motherboards, and since my mobo (Soyo KT400) uses 
> the KT400 chipset, I thought there might be a problem. 
>
> Also, with the .3x release of ivtv, it seems that the no_black_magic 
> flag is no longer an option, as I get the following in dmesg when I 
> try to install the card:
>
> cx25840: Unknown parameter `no_black_magic'
>
> In any case: perfect video for a few seconds, then POOF reboot.

Module options are *extremely* dependent on the version of ivtv you're 
using--and I don't mean 0.1 versus 0.2 versus 0.3.  I mean 0.3.7 versus 
0.3.8 (and, in some cases, all the way down to the letter after the last 
number)...  In general, though, with 0.3.8+ you probably don't need any 
module options for ivtv--just the char-major-81 aliases (or would that 
be alii?).

alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
alias char-major-81-1 ivtv

Mike