Re: [Rivatv-help] modprobe rivatv --> System stucks

[stefan <st...@lk...>]

On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, Frieder Heydt wrote:

> Hi,

Hello!

> My english is not very good, but I will try to describe my problems. I
> have Debian Linux installed on my Computer with kernel 2.6.3. There are
> no errors compiling rivatv 0.8.4, but it works only when it's new
> compiled. When I do rmmod rivatv or restart my system and do modprobe
> rivatv then some seconds later my system stucks. The keyboard is
> blocked, the running processes continue and the cursor is movable, but i
> can't do anything with it. I have to press restet to restart the system.
>
> Thank you very much...
>
> Frieder Heydt
>
> Here I have some lines of my syslog:
>
> [...]
> Mar 11 15:39:54 tux kernel: modprobe: page allocation failure. order:8,
> mode:0x20
> Mar 11 15:39:54 tux kernel: Call Trace:
> Mar 11 15:39:55 tux kernel:  [__alloc_pages+747/848]
> __alloc_pages+0x2eb/0x350
> Mar 11 15:39:55 tux kernel:  [__get_free_pages+31/80]
> __get_free_pages+0x1f/0x50
> Mar 11 15:39:55 tux kernel:  [dma_alloc_coherent+76/128]
> dma_alloc_coherent+0x4c/0x80
> Mar 11 15:39:55 tux kernel:  [_end+274460300/1069198456]
> rivatv_setup_capture+0x44/0x90 [rivatv]
> Mar 11 15:39:55 tux kernel:  [_end+274460621/1069198456]
> riva_setup_video_dev+0xd5/0x190 [rivatv]
> Mar 11 15:39:55 tux kernel:  [_end+274463394/1069198456]
> rivatv_init_pci+0x55a/0x7f0 [rivatv]
> Mar 11 15:39:55 tux kernel:  [dput+34/528] dput+0x22/0x210
> Mar 11 15:39:55 tux kernel:  [pci_device_probe_static+82/112]
> pci_device_probe_static+0x52/0x70
> Mar 11 15:39:55 tux kernel:  [__pci_device_probe+59/80]
> __pci_device_probe+0x3b/0x50
> Mar 11 15:39:55 tux kernel:  [pci_device_probe+44/80]
> pci_device_probe+0x2c/0x50
> Mar 11 15:39:55 tux kernel:  [bus_match+63/112] bus_match+0x3f/0x70
> Mar 11 15:39:55 tux kernel:  [driver_attach+89/144] driver_attach+0x59/0x90
> Mar 11 15:39:55 tux kernel:  [bus_add_driver+159/192]
> bus_add_driver+0x9f/0xc0
> Mar 11 15:39:55 tux kernel:  [driver_register+47/64]
> driver_register+0x2f/0x40
> Mar 11 15:39:55 tux kernel:  [pci_register_driver+92/144]
> pci_register_driver+0x5c/0x90
> Mar 11 15:39:55 tux kernel:  [_end+274459822/1069198456]
> init_module+0x36/0x80 [rivatv]
> Mar 11 15:39:55 tux kernel:  [sys_init_module+319/640]
> sys_init_module+0x13f/0x280
> Mar 11 15:39:55 tux kernel:  [syscall_call+7/11] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
> Mar 11 15:39:55 tux kernel:
> Mar 11 15:39:55 tux kernel: rivatv: unable to allocate YUV capture
> buffer (812 kb)

Apparently you run out of continous memory (for data transfer) in the
kernel.  Try loading rivatv before hand other modules.

Hope this helps,
	st...@lk...