[Kwintv] Those with the ripping effect

[George Staikos]

On Tuesday November 12 2002 21:55, Rizsanyi Zsolt wrote:

> >   That's no good!  Hmmm.  (I have no luck with ALi chipsets btw - they
> > frustrate me to no end)
> >
> >   Well most likely the problem is in the bttv driver but I'm sure you
> > already guessed that.  What does the qtvision backtrace look like when it
> > crashes?
>
> I have not been precise. When I try to run qtvision or xawtv my X server
> freezes and I have no way to get any log or backtrace, just to restart.
> I will try to ssh in from a different machine to see if really the X server
> crashes, or it is an kernel oops, but I will have to do some setup before.

  There should be some apps that can play TV on the frame buffer/console.  You 
should try one of those without X running to see if it makes a difference.

> >   And does the Xv driver work?
>
> No. The Xv driver crashed. So I have not even tried v4l. I suspect that
> this is a kernel issue.

  I agree.

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George Staikos