[opensuse] openSUSE 11 and MythTV probs
I have finally updated my MythTV system to openSUSE 11.0. Everything is up and working but I have two issues that I cannot resolve. - First, I have my Hauppage DVB-T Nova-T USB stick configured and working. I can watch a TV channel, but when I press escape on the keyboard to return to the main MythTV menu, I get a segfault, and MythTV exits. I ran it from the terminal, and all it says is Segmentation Fault. Any tips on how to track this one down and resolve it? - Second is a problem I also had in openSUSE 10.3 on this hardware, but NOT with MythBuntu8.04 or Kubuntu 8.04. I experimented first with MythBuntu and Kubuntu before installing openSUSE. The problem is when I change TV channels. Sometimes it changes channels normally, but usually when the new DVB channel is locked, the display shows as if the vertical hold is gone on an old analog TV. The only way to recover is to exit the Watch TV part of MythTV and go back into Watch TV. Then the channel that had vertical hold issues is back to normal. With this exact same hardware, but booted to another Linux distribution, and using the same version of MythTV (built of course for that distribution), the problem doesn't appear... so it seems to be something openSUSE specific here. Any ideas? C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Clayton <smaug42@gmail.com> wrote:
I have finally updated my MythTV system to openSUSE 11.0. Everything is up and working but I have two issues that I cannot resolve.
- First, I have my Hauppage DVB-T Nova-T USB stick configured and working. I can watch a TV channel, but when I press escape on the keyboard to return to the main MythTV menu, I get a segfault, and MythTV exits. I ran it from the terminal, and all it says is Segmentation Fault. Any tips on how to track this one down and resolve it?
- Second is a problem I also had in openSUSE 10.3 on this hardware, but NOT with MythBuntu8.04 or Kubuntu 8.04. I experimented first with MythBuntu and Kubuntu before installing openSUSE. The problem is when I change TV channels. Sometimes it changes channels normally, but usually when the new DVB channel is locked, the display shows as if the vertical hold is gone on an old analog TV. The only way to recover is to exit the Watch TV part of MythTV and go back into Watch TV. Then the channel that had vertical hold issues is back to normal. With this exact same hardware, but booted to another Linux distribution, and using the same version of MythTV (built of course for that distribution), the problem doesn't appear... so it seems to be something openSUSE specific here. Any ideas?
Sounds like something wrong with the myth build for Suse. Have you pursued this on the Mythtv list? -- ----------JSA--------- There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those that can read binary and those that can't. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Sounds like something wrong with the myth build for Suse. Have you pursued this on the Mythtv list?
No I haven't... mainly because when I tested other non-openSUSE builds (to try and rule out hardware issues), I didn't encounter any problems... so that's why I thought I'd post here. The vertical hold issue has been there in openSUSE only, and across multiple versions... ie 10.3 and now 11.0. The segfault is new for me as of 11.0. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Am Freitag 25 Juli 2008 19:36:38 schrieb Clayton:
I have finally updated my MythTV system to openSUSE 11.0. Everything is up and working but I have two issues that I cannot resolve.
I suspect you are using the mythtv packages I am building for packman.
- First, I have my Hauppage DVB-T Nova-T USB stick configured and working. I can watch a TV channel, but when I press escape on the keyboard to return to the main MythTV menu, I get a segfault, and MythTV exits. I ran it from the terminal, and all it says is Segmentation Fault. Any tips on how to track this one down and resolve it?
- Second is a problem I also had in openSUSE 10.3 on this hardware, but NOT with MythBuntu8.04 or Kubuntu 8.04. I experimented first with MythBuntu and Kubuntu before installing openSUSE. The problem is when I change TV channels. Sometimes it changes channels normally, but usually when the new DVB channel is locked, the display shows as if the vertical hold is gone on an old analog TV. The only way to recover is to exit the Watch TV part of MythTV and go back into Watch TV. Then the channel that had vertical hold issues is back to normal. With this exact same hardware, but booted to another Linux distribution, and using the same version of MythTV (built of course for that distribution), the problem doesn't appear... so it seems to be something openSUSE specific here. Any ideas?
For now I have no concrete ideas. The packages itself contain no really openSUSE specific patches. Nevertheless the enviroment is different for openSUSE and the other distributions. Other kernel, other drivers and so on. You already mentioned, that you are using a Hauppage DVB-T Nova-T USB stick. I need some additional information. What's your graphics card and which driver are using for it? Are you using compositing (Compiz or KDE4). Nevertheless even if a driver is triggering the problems, there is would be a problem with mythtv. At least with it's error handling. Herbert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
I suspect you are using the mythtv packages I am building for packman.
Probably :-)
You already mentioned, that you are using a Hauppage DVB-T Nova-T USB stick. I need some additional information. What's your graphics card and which driver are using for it? Are you using compositing (Compiz or KDE4).
The graphics card is an ATI Radion x1200 and I'm using the binary ATI drivers (8.493) from the openSUSE repository. Compiz is disabled. I am currently using Gnome with the openSUSE 11 install (the basic Gnome that comes with 11.0, and then updated from the openSUSE repositories). I also had the same vertical hold problem with KDE3.5.9 under openSUSE 10.3. I haven't tried KDE3.5.9 yet with 11.0 and MythTV... although I might soon.. Gnome is irritating the %$#$ out of me. I expect to have the same issues (vertical hold probs, and segfaults on exiting the Watch TV part of MythTV). To get the Nova-T USB stick working, I downloaded the v4l source and did a make, make install... copied the firmware into /lib/firmware. This is how I've always had to config this DVB-T USB stick. I used the same v4l source on the other test installs. Kernel is 2.6.25.9-0.2-pae. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Am Sonntag 27 Juli 2008 00:13:15 schrieb Clayton:
I suspect you are using the mythtv packages I am building for packman.
Probably :-)
You already mentioned, that you are using a Hauppage DVB-T Nova-T USB stick. I need some additional information. What's your graphics card and which driver are using for it? Are you using compositing (Compiz or KDE4).
The graphics card is an ATI Radion x1200 and I'm using the binary ATI drivers (8.493) from the openSUSE repository.
I am not sure about the capabilites of the ATI drivers. It could be useful, to play with the different video features of the card (XV, XVMC, Opengl) or disable hardware support using libmpeg instead.
Compiz is disabled.
That's fine. I am not sure about Compiz, but with KDE4 compositing I have problems. I am using a separate login with a special mythtv session I added to the packages instead.
I am currently using Gnome with the openSUSE 11 install (the basic Gnome that comes with 11.0, and then updated from the openSUSE repositories).
Gnome/KDE.. That shouldn't matter.
I also had the same vertical hold problem with KDE3.5.9 under openSUSE 10.3. I haven't tried KDE3.5.9 yet with 11.0 and MythTV... although I might soon.. Gnome is irritating the %$#$ out of me. I expect to have the same issues (vertical hold probs, and segfaults on exiting the Watch TV part of MythTV).
For this issue the following links may be relevant for you: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV_Nova- T_USB2#Issues_and_Problems This mentions a problem with channel switching which can be solved by configuring an additional delay.
To get the Nova-T USB stick working, I downloaded the v4l source and did a make, make install... copied the firmware into /lib/firmware. This is how I've always had to config this DVB-T USB stick. I used the same v4l source on the other test installs.
Support for this stick should exisit since kernel 2.6.20. Are you sure you have to compile the driver?
Kernel is 2.6.25.9-0.2-pae.
I dont't think pae really matters, but it is possible that some driver behaves different with pae. May be you should try kernel-default instead. Herbert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
You already mentioned, that you are using a Hauppage DVB-T Nova-T USB stick. I need some additional information. What's your graphics card and which driver are using for it? Are you using compositing (Compiz or KDE4).
The graphics card is an ATI Radion x1200 and I'm using the binary ATI drivers (8.493) from the openSUSE repository.
I finally found something of a resolution to this issue. Most if not all of the problem is down to the fact I am using an ATI video card. man I do not like those cards. Anyway, the driver for the card is broken in a dozen ways if not more. To fix the SegFault problem, I found that if I did this: export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=true then MythTV would start working right... no more lockups, no more SegFaults. That leaves one issue with the WatchTV module... sometimes when switching channels, the vertical hold fails, and the workaround is to drop back to the main menu and go back into the WatchTV module. This is probably some ATI foolishness as well...
To get the Nova-T USB stick working, I downloaded the v4l source and did a make, make install... copied the firmware into /lib/firmware. This is how I've always had to config this DVB-T USB stick. I used the same v4l source on the other test installs.
Support for this stick should exisit since kernel 2.6.20. Are you sure you have to compile the driver?
That was force of habit. On a clean reinstall, I simply had to find and copy the firmware to the /lib/firmware directory. The driver support may be part of the kernel, but without the firmware, it's rather useless... and finding the firmware is a major pain. The well known source for it that is documented everywhere is dead, and has been dead for months... I have a copy though.... I wonder if I can upload it to the openSUSE wiki... I am not sure if it's copyrighted code though... C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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