Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 24 Sep 1999 03:56:36 -0400 | From | Rui Sousa <> | Subject | Re: bttv module and system freeze |
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Rui Sousa wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm seeing total system freezes (no response to Alt+SysRq) when starting > xawtv with the videodev, bttv modules still loaded. If I wait long enough > (so that the modules get automatically unloaded) or if I manually unload > them I have no problems. > When the system freezes I get the following message (copied by hand): > > v4l: oops: got sigalarm > ioctl VIDIOCSYNC: Interrupt system call > > Is this a known issue? Any advice? > > I'm running: > kernel 2.2.12 SMP > xawtv-2.46 (compiled in this box) > > /etc/conf.modules: > alias char-major-81 bttv > options bttv card=11 > post-install bttv modprobe -k tuner type=8 > > (I found this settings to work OK with my card- ixTV from ixmicro) > > Thanks for any help, > > Rui Sousa > > P.S: I previously send this to the video4linux list wich > seems to be dead. > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Answering your own e-mail is like talking to yourself, but anyway...
I just tried 2.2.13pre12 and the problem is gone.
Rui Sousa
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