[mythtv-users] MythTv freezing system

[Steven Adeff]

On 6/8/06, Jeremy Owens-Boggs <jeremy.owensboggs at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have just installed MythTv on a Dapper-Drake system.  Older Computer,
> 1.8ghz, 512mb of ram.  I think I got the backend configured ok, and xawtv
> works, but when I start mythtv or mythtv-frontend, then select watch tv, the
> system freezes up and the screen goes black.  I have attached the output to
> the terminal, the last enteries are
>
> 2006-06-07 23:58:51.796 VideoOutputXv: CreateShmImages(32): XJ: (480,480)
> X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8
>   Major opcode:  140
>   Minor opcode:  14
>   Resource id:  0x195
> 2006-06-07 23:58: 51.871 VideoOutputXv Error: Couldn't get the color key
> color,
>             probably due to a driver bug or limitation.
>             You might not get any video, but we'll try anyway.
> 2006-06-07 23:58:51.871 Image size. dispxoff 0, dispyoff: 0, dispwoff: 1024,
> disphoff: 768
> 2006-06-07 23:58:51.872 Image size. imgx 0, imgy: 0, imgw: 480, imgh: 480
> 2006-06-07 23:58:52.538 NVP: ClearAfterSeek()
> 2006-06-07 23:58:52.538 VideoOutputXv: ClearAfterSeek()
> 2006-06-07 23:58:52.538 VideoBuffers::DiscardFrames(0):
> AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
> 2006-06-07 23:58:52.539 TV: StartPlayer(): took 918 ms to start player.
> 2006-06-07 23:58:52.539 TV: Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> 2006-06-07 23:58:52.539 VideoBuffers::DiscardFrames(0):
> AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA -- done
> 2006-06-07 23:58:53.052 Using realtime priority.
> 2006-06-07 23:58:53.121 nVidiaVideoSync: VBlank ioctl did not work,
> unimplemented in this driver?
> 2006-06-07 23:58:53.128 DRMVideoSync: Could not open device /dev/dri/card0,
> No such file or directory
> 2006-06-07 23:58:53.128 RTCVideoSync: Could not set RTC frequency,
> Permission denied.
> 2006-06-07 23:58:53.131 Using audio as timebase
> 2006-06-07 23:58:53.131 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
> 2006-06-07 23:58: 53.131 Refresh rate: 11765, frame interval: 33366
> 2006-06-07 23:58:53.132 NVP: Waiting for prebuffer.. 0
> UUUUULAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
> 2006-06-07 23:58:57.430
> RingBuf(/var/lib/mythtv//1009_20060607235850.nuv):
> CalcReadAheadThresh(17214 KB)
>              -> threshhold(630 KB) min read(32 KB) blk size(256 KB)
> 2006-06-07 23:58:57.454 reads allowed (2450149 32768)
> 2006-06-07 23:59:00.070 NVP: Timed out waiting for free video buffers.
> 2006-06-07 23:59: 02.562 NVP: Timed out waiting for free video buffers.
> 2006-06-07 23:59:04.965 NVP: Timed out waiting for free video buffers.
> 2006-06-07 23:59:07.439 NVP: Timed out waiting for free video buffers.
> 2006-06-07 23:59: 09.907 NVP: Timed out waiting for free video buffers.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>

mythfrontend is not properly reading the file so it is displaying a
blank screen.

-- 
Steve
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