[linux-dvb] Re: DEC2000-t "frontend lockup" recoverable?

[Alex Woods <linux-dvb@giblets.org>]

On Tuesday 16 December 2003 1:01 pm, Michael Loose wrote:
> Sometimes the box (or whatever) locks up when changing the channel
> using tzap ore xine (no output to CLI, TV-output disappears if present
> before). Error is not reproducable on demand, but especially zapping
> around too much in xine (not even "fast") would let it pipe down sooner
> or later.
>
> tzap -r foo returns:
>
> using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
> ERROR: failed opening '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' (Device or resource
> busy)
>
> Is it possible to recover this the soft way (not unplugging the box)?

I'm not sure - I haven't seen this exact problem.  Changing channels fast in 
xine seems to lock xine dead sometimes, but tzap has always been reliable for 
me.  I presume you're killing off any dead apps that are holding the devices 
open?  You can see the pids of any programs user the device like this with 
the fuser command:

fuser /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0

If nothing is holding it open, is there anything in the syslogs at all?

Cheers,
Alex



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