RedHat 7.0 kernel 2.4.0 SMP, modutils 2.4.0, XFree86-4.0.2, Intel i840 chipset, P3 dual processor, RivaTNT2, AverMedia EZCapture framegrabber. This card has no tuner, and no sound. When I modprobe bttv it takes almost 100% of BOTH cpu's for the longest time. I managed to do a lsmod while it was loading the modules and I saw this: Module Size Used by tuner 3264 0 (autoclean) (unused) bttv 57808 0 videodev 5024 2 [bttv] i2c-algo-bit 7296 1 [bttv] i2c-core 12880 0 [tuner bttv i2c-algo-bit] 3c59x 23616 1 (autoclean) agpgart 15104 0 (unused) emu10k1 48880 0 soundcore 4272 4 [emu10k1] so the modules did seem to be loaded. Also, in /var/log/messages I found Jan 18 07:59:56 panoramix kernel: i2c-core.o: i2c core module Jan 18 07:59:56 panoramix kernel: i2c-algo-bit.o: i2c bit algorithm module Jan 18 07:59:56 panoramix kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00 Jan 18 07:59:56 panoramix kernel: bttv: driver version 0.7.50 loaded Jan 18 07:59:56 panoramix kernel: bttv: using 2 buffers with 2080k (4160k total) for capture Jan 18 07:59:56 panoramix kernel: bttv: Bt8xx card found (0). Jan 18 07:59:56 panoramix kernel: bttv0: Bt848 (rev 18) at 02:09.0, irq: 17, latency: 64, memory: 0xfa000000 Jan 18 07:59:56 panoramix kernel: bttv0: model: BT848A( *** UNKNOWN *** ) [autodetected] Jan 18 07:59:56 panoramix kernel: i2c-core.o: adapter bt848 #0 registered as adapter 0. Jan 18 08:00:12 panoramix kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... not found Jan 18 08:00:28 panoramix kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found Jan 18 08:00:44 panoramix kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found Jan 18 08:00:44 panoramix kernel: i2c-core.o: driver i2c TV tuner driver registered. Jan 18 08:01:00 panoramix CROND[1978]: (root) CMD (run-parts /etc/cron.hourly) Jan 18 08:02:31 panoramix kernel: request_module[tuner]: waitpid(1974,...) failed, errno 512 In /etc/modules.conf I have alias char-major-81 bttv options tuner=4 in an attempt to make it forget about the tuner, because my gut feeling tells me that that's what's causing the problem. After several attempts to kill -9 modprobe, it finally gave up (I don't know if I killed it or if it timed out on its own). I did grab a few images, and it seems to work, but I haven't tested the thing extensively. Why the long delay in installing the modules? What's errno 512? This behavior occurs also with 2.4.0 non-SMP and with 2.2.16-22 SMP (the stock RH7.0 kernel), but does not happen with 2.2.16-22 non-SMP. Shouldn't option tuner=4 make it not load the tuner module? Hope someone can help! Thanks!
