[mythtv-users] Blue Screen randomness on FC6

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Sun Apr 1 18:11:27 UTC 2007


On 03/31/2007 09:19 PM, Craig Ghareeb wrote:
> In a FC6 (2.6.19-1.2911.6.5) mythtv install, tuners are detected correctly (one PVR-150, one PVR-500), and no apparent problems watching tv or recording.  However, after leaving myth on one of the menus for an hour or so, I come back to find a blue screen displayed.  Frontend is still operating behind this blue, apparently, as I can blindly navigate the menus to watch tv, etc., and hear the accompanying audio.  I can even blindly exit the frontend, and still no change to the blue display.  A reboot gets me back, but still only lasts a few hours (at most).
...
> 2007-03-31 08:49:04.133 VideoOutputXv: Falling back to X shared memory video output.
>                               *** May be slow ***
>
> Rifling though Xorg.0.log doesn't show XVideo being loaded.  Should the extension explicitly be in xorg.conf?
>
> The only common thing I've come across it he following lines in the Xorg.0.log that appear only after the problem has occurred:
> (WW) I810(0): Successfully set original devices
> (WW) I810(0): Setting the original video mode instead of restoring
>         the saved state
> (WW) I810(0): Extended BIOS function 0x5f05 failed.
> (II) I810(0): BIOS call 0x5f05 not supported, setting refresh with VBE 3 method.
> (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 4
> (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 0
> (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 1
> (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 3
> (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 2
> (WW) I810(0): Successfully set original devices (2)
>   

Looks like a driver issue (especially if the blue screen isn't just the 
theme's blue background without icons).  Did you ask on the i810 or your 
distro's lists/fora?  Have you tried leaving the system in X, but 
without mythfrontend running (to verify that the same result happens then)?

Mike


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