#18 rivatv 8.3.0 on ELSA Erazor I PCI freezes machine

[Anonymous]

With version 8.3.0, modprobe rivatv finally loads (without
requiring agpgart) on a PCI-only machine with an ELSA Erazor I.

Here is /var/log/messages from this SuSE Linux 8.2 system:

Aug 30 16:40:18 kernel: i2c-core.o: i2c core module version
2.7.0 (20021208)
Aug 30 16:40:18 kernel: i2c-algo-bit.o: i2c bit algorithm module
version 2.7.0 (20021208)
Aug 30 16:40:18 kernel: rivatv: Video4Linux driver for NVIDIA
cards
Aug 30 16:40:18 kernel: rivatv: Version 0.8.3
Aug 30 16:40:18 kernel: rivatv: MMX processor extension
enabled
Aug 30 16:40:18 kernel: rivatv: nVidia card found - rivatv0
Aug 30 16:40:18 kernel: rivatv: Identified your board as Elsa
Victory Erazor
Aug 30 16:40:18 kernel: rivatv: Attempting to load module
vpx32xx
Aug 30 16:40:18 kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:0c.0
Aug 30 16:40:18 kernel: mtrr: 0xe6000000,0x1000000 overlaps
existing 0xe6000000,0x400000
Aug 30 16:40:18 kernel: rivatv: unable to setup MTRR
Aug 30 16:40:18 kernel: rivatv: PCI nVidia NV3 card detected
(RIVA 128 [0x18], 4MB @ 0xE6000000)
Aug 30 16:40:18 kernel: rivatv: I2C adapter driver for NVIDIA
cards
Aug 30 16:40:18 kernel: rivatv: video decoder chip registered
Aug 30 16:40:18 kernel: VPX32XX: vpx32xx attached
Aug 30 16:40:18 kernel: VPX32XX: chip detection: MICRONAS
INTERMETALL VPX3225D detected
Aug 30 16:40:18 kernel: rivatv: procfs file registered for rivatv0
Aug 30 16:40:18 kernel: rivatv: allocated YUV capture buffer
(812 kb)
Aug 30 16:40:18 kernel: rivatv: AGPGART: not available
Aug 30 16:40:18 kernel: rivatv: AGP: disabled
Aug 30 16:40:18 kernel: rivatv: Hash table layout: 4kB (9 bits) @
0xE6C00000
Aug 30 16:40:18 kernel: rivatv: Open source nv driver detected,
DMA supported
Aug 30 16:40:18 kernel: rivatv: DMA transfers disabled
Aug 30 16:40:18 kernel: rivatv: successfully requested IRQ 9
Aug 30 16:40:18 kernel: rivatv: Video4Linux device driver
registered
Aug 30 16:45:20 syslogd 1.4.1: restart.

However, the machine freezes within seconds after first
accessing the driver, both with xawtv under X11 (tried KDE as
well as fvwm2) and in console mode when invoking ffmpeg as
suggested in the FAQ.

Has anyone had more success with this card, or suggestions on
how to obtain some helpful debug information in the last few
seconds before the machine dies?

[Nobody/Anonymous]

Logged In: NO

s/8\.3\.0/0.8.3/g of course...

[Stefan Jahn]

Logged In: YES
user_id=80302

You could tell your syslog to forward messages to another
computer's syslog. Thus you could get last messages...