Comment # 4 on bug 881722 from Stakanov Schufter

(In reply to Wolfgang Bauer from comment #3)

> Thanks for the feedback.
Oh, you are welcome, thank you for looking at it.

> Can you still do a few tests please to narrow down the problem?
> 
> Does it help to set a different "video driver" (xv or xshm) in
> ~/.kde4/share/apps/kaffeine/xine-config ?
> That should rule out a problem with hardware acceleration completely.
> 
> Kaffeine is basically just a frontend to libxine.
> So, does it work with xine-ui? You'd have to create a "channels.conf" file
> first to be able to watch DVB there though.
> You can do it like this:
> 
> mkdir ~/.config/xine-lib
> dvbscan /usr/share/dvb/dvb-s/Astra-19.2E >~/.config/xine-lib/channels.conf
> 
> (the package dvb has to be installed for that, and you have to adapt the
> first argument to your circumstances, the preset files are in
> /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/ for your use-case obviously)
> 
> IME here, xine just crashes with the generated channels.conf. I haven't
> investigated further, but it seems to not like some entries (or maybe the
> list is just too long... ;-) ).
> Deleting all but one line (that looks reasonable) with a text editor in the
> resulting file should work in any case.
> 
> Does watching TV work with VLC? (menu File->Open Capture Device, Capture
> Mode->TV - digital)
No, but it does with myth-tv

> Well, it seems to be related to intel driver somehow then, yes. But I don't
> think the graphics driver should interact at all with DVB. But I'm not sure
> about all the details there anyway.
> 
> Maybe you can try in "recovery mode" to rule out the intel driver?
> It might not be related to the kernel driver, but rather the Xorg one...
> 

> You mean really several instances of Kaffeine itself?
Yes I recall three or four kaffeines hanging around (one I recall being a
zombie).
> 
> It is normal that there are two processes, kaffeine and kaffeine-xbu.
> But if there are more, than probably Kaffeine is still running (and hanging)
> from the first attempt to start it I suppose.
I will try to get you all this, but it will take some time. I will be away in
June and as I am aware of the problem of burglary, I did empty to the max my
place to be able to find my notebook afterwards. I will then do the testing and
send it according to your indications. Please have patience, but I will send
you all, as I am curious to find out the reason. 
I am doing dual monitor support with the kaffeine running on hdmi and the other
monitor just for other programs on VGA on a ultrabase. 
That could also be a reason. So to narrow that down I will try first with one
monitor only. 
Up to then, than you for the attention. Hope to get you some results as soon as
I am back.