[mythtv-users] Stabalizing Firewire?

[Steven Adeff]

On 5/8/07, David Frascone <dave at frascone.com> wrote:
> Steven Adeff wrote:
> > On 5/8/07, David Frascone <dave at frascone.com> wrote:
> >> I've noticed that firewire support is flaky at best.  But -- I still
> >> need it for premium highdef channels.
> >>
> >> So -- Does anyone have any ideas how to stabalize it?  I'm thinking
> >> reboot it and my backend every once in a while.  But -- how can I tell
> >> when the backend is idle?
> >>
> >> I'm thinking of an algorithm something like this:
> >>
> >> If it is between 2:00AM and 4:00AM
> >>    And, there are no recordings scheduled in the next 15 minutes
> >> then
> >>    Turn off STB.
> >>     Reboot
> >> end
> >>
> >> (Part of my mythbackend startup script turns the STB back on.)
> >>
> >> The only other thing I can think of is to modify my turn-on script to
> >> run firewire_tester to make sure we have ptp connectivity working.
> >>
> >>
> >> So -- if the above algorithm is sound:
> >>    How can I tell if there are recordings pending?  Play with SQL in the
> >> script?
> >>
> >
> > are you running SVN?
> >
> >
> Yes.
>
> Yesterday, it wouldn't let me tune to any channel on firewire.  When I
> ran plugreport, I got only errors .. . . the firewire connection had
> "disappeared".  When I rebooted the box (the myth backend, not the STB),
> everything started working fine.

sounds more like a driver/hardware issue than a myth issue. might want
to check your kernel and system logs.

-- 
Steve
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