[linux-dvb] Re: AW: Re: Total freezes

[Alistair Hamilton <alistair@eurgain.free-online.co.uk>]

On Sat, 2003-07-05 at 08:37, Roland Praml wrote:
> Hi there.
> 
> > > Hm, is it *always* the 2G limit  (-> possible pointer arithmetic bug),
> > > or do the sizes vary?
> > Thanks, Johannes
> >
> > Experiment has shown that it is approximate, sometimes lots more
> > sometimes lots less.
> 
> I bought a new mainboard and now I've the same problem.
> 
> My hardware:
> Asus P4s533, Celeron 2GHz
> 1 DVB-s rev. 1.3
> 1 DVB-s NOVA
> 
> Kernel 2.4.20
> 
> The system is running fine if only the DVB-s is inserted.
> If I want to use my NOVA card the system crashes in < 1 hour (most time < 10
> minutes)
> 
> I tried:
> - different PCI slots
> - use ONLY the nova-card
> - don't start VDR -> the system seems to stay stable if nothing access the
> card
> - then I started the "scan" utility -> crash after ~ 1 minute
> 
> Result: I think my card got broken.
> 
> > However, adding "noapic" to the lilo command line along with the
> > watchdog option produced a very slow but completely (over 4 hours of TV
> > modules installed and running) machine.
> 
> You give me some hope: I'll try that today

That got me no-where. The machine still crashed.

However, I now have it working - up already for 48 hours! I selected
"failsafe" settings in the BIOS, which turns off every accelerating
feature in the BIOS. I now have to re-enable them one-by-one until I
find out which one is causing problems. This will take some time, I
think!

Alistair
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Alistair Hamilton <alistair@eurgain.free-online.co.uk>



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