Kdetv crashing

[Sven Richter]

Hello Antonio,


On Wednesday 14 March 2007 10:21:40 arcorreia wrote:
> Hello Sven,
>
> 1 - From the console confirm that bttv module is loaded by listing  loaded
> modules and finding lines containing bttv.
>
> console> lsmod
>
> bttv                  173424  1 bt878
> video_buf              22724  1 bttv
> i2c_algo_bit            9800  1 bttv
> i2c_viapro              9108  0
> v4l2_common             6080  1 bttv
> btcx_risc               5288  1 bttv
> tveeprom               15312  1 bttv
> i2c_core               22848  9
> i2c_acpi_ec,tuner,tda9887,tvaudio,tda9875,bttv,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_viapro,tvee
>prom videodev               10144  1 bttv
>

Everything is loaded so far and correct i think


> 2 - Even if linux installs bttv it doesn't know the type of the card.
> Configure bttv module for your TV card.
>
That would be really weired, i use this card scince 5 years
and every distribution i used so far could handle that
card without problems.


> In my case I have a Hercules Smartv 2 and I added (as root) the following
> lines (the first one is just a comment) to the file /etc/modprobe.d/options
>
> # Hercules Smartv 2 TV Card
> options bttv tuner=38 card=100 gbuffers=4
>

I played around with module options a bit but 
i still get the same error,

I still dont think its an kdetv specific problem.


> If you can't remember the parameters for your tv card google around you'll
> probably find it in one of the wikis or linux forums.
>
> 3 - Reboot your computer.
>
> 4 - Remove the dir with the ancient kdetv setups.
>
> console> rm -r .kde/share/apps/kdetv
>
> 5 - Start kdetv and answer the questions of the config script. It should
> detect all your channels and you should be able to use kdetv.
>
Like written above, it still doesnt work.

I filed a bug report on launchpad with the error report
from xawtv, see here:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xawtv/+bug/92212


Greetings
Sven Richter

>
> >i want to watch tv on my computer.
> >I have an old Videocard with a BT878 chip on it.
> >
> >TV always worked for me until i got a new computer.
> >(The card is the same)
> >
> >If i try to start kdetv it tells me:
> >
> >Unable to grab video.
> >
> >Video display is not possible with the current plugin configuration. Try
> >playing with the configuration options of the V4L2 plugin.
> >
> >
> >Console output gives me:
> >kdetv: WARNING: KXvDevice::rebuildImage: XvCreateImage failed.
> >ASSERT: "xv_image != 0" in
> > /build/buildd/kdetv-0.8.9/./kdetv/kvideoio/kxv.cpp (683)
> >X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8
> >  Major opcode:  141
> >  Minor opcode:  17
> >  Resource id:  0x0
> >
> >Under Windows the card still works.
> >
> >I use feisty Herd5 and have an ATI graphiccard with two monitors
> >plugged in.
> >I installed the actual binary driver from ati website.
> >
> >kdetv works neither under root nor under normal user login.
> >
> >Playing around with the v4l settings didnt help too.
> >
> >No other TV application works.
> >
> >
> >Somebody having an idea what may be the problem?
> >
> >
> >Greetings
> >Sven Richter