From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 22 22:30:48 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2CA216A403; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:30:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd-unix@earthlink.net) Received: from pop-satin.atl.sa.earthlink.net (pop-satin.atl.sa.earthlink.net [207.69.195.63]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7AEA43D9B; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:30:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd-unix@earthlink.net) Received: from fl-71-54-28-212.dhcp.embarqhsd.net ([71.54.28.212] helo=kt.weeeble.com) by pop-satin.atl.sa.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1Gn0c0-0001Qg-00; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:30:36 -0500 Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:30:35 -0500 From: Randy Pratt To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey Message-Id: <20061122173035.de742bd0.bsd-unix@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <20061122221136.GM29833@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20061122165141.62427953.bsd-unix@earthlink.net> <20061122221136.GM29833@wantadilla.lemis.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.10 (GTK+ 2.10.6; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PVR250 hanging X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:30:48 -0000 pOn Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:41:36 +1030 Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Wednesday, 22 November 2006 at 16:51:41 -0500, Randy Pratt wrote: > > You'll probably get more response if you send this to -questions. Perhaps I'll try that next if necessary but it seems most of the video people hang around -multimedia. > > I've been trying to get my PVR250 card working using > > FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE (sources from about a week ago) but I've ran > > into some difficulties. > > > > ... > > > > I did notice this in the output of "ps" after ctrl-c the test: > > > > # ps -auxww | grep cxm > > USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TT STAT STARTED TIME COMMAND > > root 826 0.0 0.0 0 8 ?? WL 4:33PM 0:00.00 [irq19: cxm0] > > I don't see anything obvious there; do you? No, but I was digging for any/all information I could find. > > I've had several freezes/hangs where the system is unresponsive and > > keyboard won't accept input forcing a power recycling and fsck. > > This seems more than just cxm, then. > > In general, if you're seeing this kind of behaviour, the output of > 'ps l' is of interest. The WMCHAN field gives information about where > (and maybe how) the process is waiting. # ps -auxwwl | grep cxm root 1156 0.7 0.1 1280 664 p1 S+ 5:24PM 0:00.30 cat /dev/cxm0 0 821 0 0 0 cmxrd root 826 0.0 0.0 0 8 ?? WL 4:33PM 0:00.03 [irq19: cxm0] 0 0 0 -60 0 - ( > When I get access to our PVR 250 later today, I'll compare some of > your other data. Great! I'd appreciate anything you can look at. I'm also willing to do any sort of patching/testing if needed. The box isn't anything critical. I was going to try the multimedia/pvrxxx port but it seems to be broken ATM. Thanks for the response! Randy --