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Author:  Zephrant [ Mon May 29, 2006 1:02 am ]
Post subject:  View tv: 0-10s, then a reboot with PVR500

This is a new install- I'm running a PVR500 in a P3-667 box. The box was very stable in it's previous life, but I added the PVR500 and an nVidia 6200a AGP card to it recently. I have a DISH-500 box feeding SVideo in to the '500 on video0. No attempts to control the Dish box yet.

I can play MP3s, videos, etc, except when I hit watch TV, it reboots in 0-10 seconds. When I do get live TV to play for a few seconds, the audio is scratchy too.

Nothing in the logs prior to the reboot.

I followed the instructions here to install the newest ivtv driver (0.4.5) compatible with my core(Linux version: 2.6.15-chw-2).

Doing a "cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg" causes an immediate reboot.

The PCI latency was set to 32 in BIOS, I upped it to 64, then 128 with no effect (other than the warning message going away).
I upped the AGP memory hole from 32 to 256MB with no effect either.

Any ideas of what to try next?

lspci -v
Code:
0000:02:08.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc.: Unknown device e807
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 128, IRQ 11
        Memory at c8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

0000:02:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc.: Unknown device e817
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 128, IRQ 10
        Memory at c4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2


root@mythtv:~# dmesg | grep ivtv
Code:
ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
ivtv:  version 0.4.5 (tagged release) loading
ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.15-chw-2 SMP preempt 586 gcc-3.3
ivtv:  In case of problems please include the debug info between
ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
ivtv:  any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card (cx23416 based)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]
tuner 1-0060: chip found @ 0xc0 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=60]
tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
cx25840 1-0044: cx25843-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=cx25840, addr=44]
wm8775 1-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=wm8775, addr=1b]
tda9887 1-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tda9887, addr=43]
ivtv0: This is the first unit of a PVR500
ivtv0: Detected a TEA5767 radio tuner. Enabling radio support.
ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 500 (unit #1), card #0
ivtv:  ======================  NEXT CARD  ======================
ivtv1: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card (cx23416 based)
ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]
tuner 2-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
cx25840 2-0044: cx25843-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=cx25840, addr=44]
wm8775 2-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=wm8775, addr=1b]
tda9887 2-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=tda9887, addr=43]
ivtv1: This is the second unit of a PVR500
ivtv1: Correcting tveeprom data: no radio present on second unit
ivtv1: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
ivtv1: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv1: Initialized WinTV PVR 500 (unit #2), card #1
ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
lirc_pvr150: ivtv i2c driver #0: no devices found
lirc_pvr150: ivtv i2c driver #1: no devices found

Author:  Zephrant [ Mon May 29, 2006 10:52 am ]
Post subject: 

When I run:
Code:
dmesg | grep -i irq | grep -i disabl

I got this:
Code:
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled


So I went in to the BIOS and disabled COM2, and the LPT port to free up interrupts. No effect.

I pulled the sound card, and rebooted and it lasted much longer. I was getting some tearing on screen, and no audio of course.

I'm pulling cards, and playing with interrupts... so far I've forced the int. to 3 for the PCI slot the card is in, and it is stable for now... going to test more of course.

Then work on getting audio working again.

Zeph

Author:  Zephrant [ Mon May 29, 2006 11:02 am ]
Post subject: 

Well, that didn't last long. Looks like I get up to 5 minutes of viewing live TV, then a reboot.

I've pulled the NIC and sound card. The only card left in the machine other than the PVR500 is the AGP video.

I forced interrupts on that slot, to no real effect.

I'm out of ideas. :(

Author:  ryanpatterson [ Mon May 29, 2006 1:17 pm ]
Post subject: 

What chipset does your motherboard use? I'm guessing VIA, ALI or maybe S3?

Author:  DoubleJ [ Sat Jun 03, 2006 12:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Did you find a solution?

Having the same problem here. PVR-500 on a an MSI mobo with VIA chipset.

Author:  Zephrant [ Thu Jun 08, 2006 5:12 pm ]
Post subject: 

It's a nForce2 chipset, with a new AGP 6200 card in it.

I gave up and bought/built a Dragon copy with the MSI board. The 500 works fine in that system, although I had to do a new install.

Author:  tjc [ Thu Jun 08, 2006 8:31 pm ]
Post subject: 

Did you try it without 0.4.5 first? I recommend that people avoid 0.4.5 at this point in time, because it has known issues.

Did you try the CompileIvtv instructions on the Wiki? With a vanilla install forcing the use of the 04.4 drivers by doing step 4 gets most recalitant PVR-150 and PVR-500's working.

Author:  Zephrant [ Thu Jun 08, 2006 10:30 pm ]
Post subject: 

I did try it with the stock R5C7 install first. After many hours of messing with the bios, I tried to update ivtv via the compile ivtv. I did just pull down the newest files though, so may have missed the combination that worked.

For my needs, I was just test-driving Myth on that box before I bought a new box. I proved to myself that it would fulfill my needs (when I got the record working), so went ahead and bought the new box.

Thanks a lot for your help though- I'd never even come close without this site to search/ask on.

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