[vdr] ERROR (dvbapi.c,2985): Device or resource busy

[Uwe Freese <uwe.freese@bigfoot.com>]

Hello,

VDR  had  problems  in  starting a recording. I played back a previously
recorded movie that time.

What  should I do? Are there other driver / vdr versions that don't have
this problem?

I   use   VDR   0.99pre1  and  drivers  siemens_dvb-0.9-20010921.tgz.  I
downgraded  to  this  drivers  from an actual one because I had problems
with them.

>Dec 20 18:55:00 Ixos vdr[18794]: timer 13 start
>Dec 20 18:55:00 Ixos vdr[18794]: switching to channel 3
>Dec 20 18:55:00 Ixos vdr[18794]: Title: 'Die Simpsons' Subtitle: 'Das Maskottchen'
>Dec 20 18:55:00 Ixos vdr[18794]: record /video/Simpsons/2001-12-20.18:55.99.99.rec
>Dec 20 18:55:00 Ixos vdr[18794]: creating directory /video/Simpsons/2001-12-20.18:55.99.99.rec
>Dec 20 18:55:00 Ixos vdr[18794]: recording to '/video/Simpsons/2001-12-20.18:55.99.99.rec/001.vdr'
>Dec 20 18:55:00 Ixos vdr[18794]: ERROR (dvbapi.c,2985): Device or resource busy

Why?  The  2nd card was unused and on the first I only viewed a recorded
movie (card usable for new recording).

>Dec 20 18:55:00 Ixos vdr[22669]: output thread started (pid=22669)
>Dec 20 18:55:00 Ixos vdr[22670]: input thread started (pid=22670)
>Dec 20 18:55:00 Ixos vdr[22670]: ERROR (dvbapi.c,554): Bad file descriptor
>Dec 20 18:55:00 Ixos vdr[22670]: input thread ended (pid=22670)
>Dec 20 18:55:17 Ixos vdr[18794]: buffer stats: 0 (0%) used
>Dec 20 18:55:19 Ixos PAM-unix2[18793]: session finished for user root, service su
>Dec 20 18:55:31 Ixos kernel: i2c-core.o: driver unregistered: L64781 DVB demodulator
>   [VDR-shutdown, driver reload, VDR start]
>Dec 20 18:55:36 Ixos vdr[22955]: VDR version 0.99 started
>Dec 20 18:55:36 Ixos vdr[22955]: loading /video/setup.conf
>Dec 20 18:55:36 Ixos vdr[22955]: loading /video/channels.conf
>Dec 20 18:55:36 Ixos vdr[22955]: loading /video/timers.conf
>Dec 20 18:55:36 Ixos vdr[22955]: loading /video/commands.conf
>Dec 20 18:55:36 Ixos vdr[22955]: probing /dev/ost/frontend0
>Dec 20 18:55:36 Ixos vdr[22955]: ERROR: can't open video device 0

What dows this mean?

>Dec 20 18:55:36 Ixos vdr[22955]: probing /dev/ost/frontend1
>Dec 20 18:55:36 Ixos vdr[22955]: ERROR: can't open video device 1
>Dec 20 18:55:36 Ixos vdr[22955]: probing /dev/ost/frontend2
>Dec 20 18:55:36 Ixos vdr[22955]: found 2 video devices
>Dec 20 18:55:36 Ixos vdr[22955]: setting primary DVB to 1
>Dec 20 18:55:36 Ixos vdr[22955]: switching to channel 5
>Dec 20 18:55:36 Ixos vdr[22955]: ERROR: attempt to set channel with unknown DVB frontend type

?

>Dec 20 18:55:36 Ixos vdr[22955]: retrying
>Dec 20 18:55:36 Ixos vdr[22955]: ERROR: attempt to set channel with unknown DVB frontend type
>Dec 20 18:55:36 Ixos vdr[22955]: retrying
>Dec 20 18:55:36 Ixos vdr[22955]: ERROR: attempt to set channel with unknown DVB frontend type
>Dec 20 18:55:36 Ixos vdr[22955]: retrying
>Dec 20 18:55:36 Ixos vdr[22957]: LIRC remote control thread started (pid=22957)
>Dec 20 18:55:36 Ixos vdr[22955]: SVDRP listening on port 2001
>Dec 20 18:55:36 Ixos vdr[22955]: setting watchdog timer to 60 seconds
>Dec 20 18:55:36 Ixos vdr[22955]: ERROR: illegal video device handle (-1)!
>Dec 20 18:55:36 Ixos vdr[22955]: ERROR (svdrp.c,74): Address already in use

Then  another  vdr  shutdown,  driver reload and the same problem occurs
after starting vdr. I rebooted the system at this point.

Bye, Uwe.