Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 02:40:10 -0800 (PST) From: Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@schweikhardt.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/48279: Brooktre878 (bktr) may cause freeze Message-ID: <200303301040.h2UAeA0n032689@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/48279; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@schweikhardt.net> To: Peter B <pb@ludd.luth.se> Cc: GNATS Bug Followup <bug-followup@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: kern/48279: Brooktre878 (bktr) may cause freeze Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 12:36:56 +0200 On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 07:02:55PM +0100, Peter B wrote: ... # >I had the same problem. I even swapped the bt848 card for a bt878 card. # >Then I booted linux on the same system. Same effect: hard freeze # >(keyboard LEDs don't change) anywhere from 5min to three days after # >launching fxtv. # # For me it either freezes at once, or work indefinitly. And I can at all times # avoid the freeze by running fxtv right away and quit the application. # # >From all I read on the Hauppauge page, it is a HW # >incompatibility of the chipset. Which chipset is on your board? If it's # >anything other than intel, try swapping the board and see if the problem # >persists. # # Motherboard: Asus A7V333-R (Raid,Firewire-TSB43AB21,Sound-CMI8738) This board has a VIA KT333 North bridge... # CPU: AMD XP1800 (no overclocking) # AGP: ATI Technologies RV200 Radeon QW # Cards: 0 19160 AIC-7892B Ultra160 SCSI Adapter # 1 Bt878 MediaStream Controller # 2 RTL8029 NE2000 compatible Ethernet # 3 RTL8029 NE2000 compatible Ethernet # 4 <empty> # # >This is not enough information to make a case either way. The symptom # >looks very much like a PCI bus lockup, something you can't trigger in # >software. I'm not saying it must be HW, but after all my efforts and # >investigations, it's by far the most probable. # # If manufactors could straighten out their chips pre-production..F00F..CMD640 :) # # I'll see if a 1 second grab in /etc/rc.local will workaround it in the # meantime. It would be very helpful if you could boot linux on your system and try running kwintv or xawtv. You do not need an extra partition if you use Knoppix Linux, which is a read-only Linux that runs completely from CD and RAM. Grab an ISO Image from http://www.knoppix.com/ PS: please CC: copies to gnats with the subject intact (see this mail's header) so they can be added to the database. Regards, Jens -- Jens Schweikhardt http://www.schweikhardt.net/ SIGSIG -- signature too long (core dumped)
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