[linux-dvb] Re: DVB-T crashes Mandrake 9.1

[Bruno Prior <bruno@rpgd.uklinux.net>]

OK. You guys were right. The noapic option didn't help - the machine went 
into the same irq loop as previously. But moving the card from slot 2 to 
slot 3 resolved the problem, whether or not I boot with the noapic option. 
With the card in slot 3, it shares IRQ 11 with a USB controller and the SCSI 
card with the noapic option, and has IRQ 22 to itself without the noapic 
option. tzap now tunes fine. dvbtune is as useless as ever (never got an 
answer from Dave Chapman why dvbtune -i was giving me such bizarre info), 
but at least doesn't crash the machine. Conclusion: linux isn't as good as 
people say at sharing IRQs.

Now I've just got to figure out how to use DVB as anything other than the 
root user (Mandrake uses devfs and there seems to be no connection between 
the dvb lines in /etc/devfsd.conf, which adjust permission and setup 
symlinks on files under /dev/dvb/card[0-9]+ and /dev/ost, and the devices 
and permissions actually setup under /dev/dvb/adapter[0-9]+), and put a 
workable interface on it (VDR is out as this won't be connected to a TV).

Cheers,

Bruno Prior



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