[ale] mythtv capture card issues

[Narahari 'n' Savitha]

I want to pass the argument "pci=nocrs" to the boot line, how do I tinker
with the entry that grub menu provides.

I dont want to do this permanently but only for single session.

How do I pass args to the selected boot menu entry ?

-Narahari

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Narahari 'n' Savitha <savithari at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello Friends:
>
> I have removed all the PCI devices.  I then moved the Hauppauge PVR 150 to
> the farthest PCI slot.  I have captured the output of
> dmesg command
>
> http://pastebin.com/MxHrkAXv
>
> The line number 370 is highlighted that shows something about memory.
>
> Could anyone help based on this highlighted line ?
>
> The output of the lspci is also put here.
>
> http://pastebin.com/5a6cWcx5
>
> I am willing to accept that the card could be bad but I doubt that very
> much.  I will try to see if the card works in Windoze and find if the card
> is at fault.
>
> -Narahari
>
> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 2:05 PM, H P Ladds <householdwords at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Narahari 'n' Savitha <savithari at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Friends:
>>>
>>>   Thanks for your time and attention.
>>>
>>>    I am trying to setup the myth backend.  One of the sections is the
>>> Capture cards.
>>>
>>>    I have the Hauppauge PVR 150 (yes the analog card, serves me well).
>>>  It did    not get recognized.
>>>
>>
>> Are we certain that the card is good? When was the last time it worked
>> properly? (I read that the card "serves you well," but understand this
>> phrase to mean that you are operating in an analog environment, not that the
>> card has been tested and known to work.)
>>
>> Have you tried changing the PCI slot? IIRC, some of the PVR 150s had
>> issues with being improperly recognized -- sometimes it would be /dev/videoX
>> then next boot /dev/videoY. However, this was usually a "does not play well
>> with others" situation, and occurred when using the PVR 150 injunction with
>> another card such as a pcHDTV. Some people found that changing the pci
>> placement order helped with this problem.
>>
>> I am using Mythbuntu 10.10 and a PVR500 + pcHDTV without issue. Both were
>> recognized without additional effort during setup.
>>
>>
>>
>>>    I installed the ivtv-util package using apt-get, still no luck.
>>>
>>>    I think I now see IVTV-MPEG as an entry, but the probe says nothing.
>>>
>>>    I did lspci and dmesg but I dont see anything.
>>>
>>>    Any ideas how to make it get recognized ?
>>>
>>>    Which card is know to get recognized ?
>>>
>>>    Is there a MYTH fest around that you folks are aware of  ?
>>>
>>
>> Perhaps it is time time to crank up another MythTV InstallFest?  The
>> MythTV Yahoo Group -- MUCH  (discussed earlier) originated out of a MythTV
>> InstallFest. That had to be about 2+ years ago.
>>
>>
>>
>>>    -Narahari
>>>
>>> - Done.
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