[mythtv-users] updated kernel, ivtv, v4l, now can't record

[Dan Wilson]

Dan Wilson wrote:
> I am running CentOS 5.3 on a combined BE/FE with a PVR-500, which has 
> been working fine.
>
> Tonight I did a yum update, which got me new kernel, new ivtv, and new 
> Video4linux, along with several other packages.
>
> After installing and rebooting, I saw that ivtv hadn't been 
> auto-loaded, so I insmoded it.
>
> Now I can't record or watch live tv.  When I try, the backend log 
> reports errors:
> 2009-09-19 23:54:37.177 MPEGRec(/dev/video32) Error: select timeout - 
> ivtv driver has stopped responding
>
>
> Originally, I was using /dev/video0 and /dev/video1, but when I 
> started getting the problem, I went into mythtv-setup and deleted all 
> my input cards, then created new ones.
>  I had the same problem, but saw that there were additional 
> /dev/video* devices, so I worked my way up trying the different 
> devices, ending up with /dev/video32 and /dev/video33.
>
I rolled back to the previous kernel (2.6.18-128.7.1) and installed the 
ivtv-kmdl for that kernel, and all is well again.  It appears to me that 
something is wrong with either the 2.6.18-164 kernel or the atrpms 
ivtv-kmdl for that kernel.

Dan.