[vdr] Re: Vdr+dxr3+kernel 2.6.3 crashes

[Jussi Alanärä <jalanara@dc.turkuamk.fi>]

On Tue, 2 Mar 2004, Seppo Ingalsuo wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have had problems with new CVS em8300 drivers and vdr so I thought it
> is worth to try bleeding edge development :^)
>
> I'm now able to run vdr 1.2.6 on Linux 2.6.3. Dvb-kernel and LCDproc are
> ok as such, Lirc works after finding a suitable kernel patch, em8300 CVS
> required two patches to compile with new kernel (posted to dxdr3-devel
> list: em8300-cvs_hs+nb.patch.gz and em8300-2.6-update.patch.gz).
> Vdr-Dxr3 plugin is the latest one (0.2.2).
>
> Channel zapping is now faster than ever but I don't if it is thanks to
> dvb-kernel or new em8300 stuff.
>
> The problem is that vdr dumps now core always when skipping recordings
> with green and yellow keys or in fast playback (<< or >>). Where for a
> core dump shows
>
> (gdb) where
> #0  0x0807bb83 in cDvbPlayer::Action() (this=0x83d8610) at
> ringbuffer.h:92
> #1  0x080aa708 in cThread::StartThread(cThread*) (Thread=0x83d861c) at
> thread.c:143
> #2  0x40044974 in start_thread () from /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0
> #3  0x083d899c in ?? ()
>
> System log output for vdr and dxr3 plugin shows nothing exceptional.
> There are some em8300 driver messages jush before crash (happened
> 18:39:39)
>
> syslog:Mar  1 18:39:08 napsu kernel: em8300_video.o: Video sync rdptr is
> stuck at 0x000028a2, wrptr 0x0000299c, left 250
> syslog:Mar  1 18:39:08 napsu kernel: em8300_video.o: Video sync timeout
> syslog:Mar  1 18:39:22 napsu kernel: em8300_video.o: Video sync rdptr is
> stuck at 0x00027109, wrptr 0x00027203, left 250
> syslog:Mar  1 18:39:22 napsu kernel: em8300_video.o: Video sync timeout
> syslog:Mar  1 18:39:39 napsu kernel: em8300_video.o: Video sync rdptr is
> stuck at 0x0002e33f, wrptr 0x0002e3fe, left 191
> syslog:Mar  1 18:39:39 napsu kernel: em8300_video.o: Video sync timeout
>
> Has anyone else seen something like this? Mplayer works fine with this
> setup.

Browse back this mailing list, this is known problem with em8300 after
someday in november. em8300 from CVS dated 1.11.2003 is known to work much
better, you'll find the exact date from archives when some patch was added
and broke vdr.

/Jussi


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