> > > v4l2: me=4864 v4l=4800 ^^^^^^^^ > mode: 1200x900, depth=24, bpp=32, bpl=4864, base=0xf2000000 ^^^^^^^^ Hmm, these should be identical. Seems something is going wrong here ... > > > and any attempt to gain further information via strace or gdb > > > on an unstripped xawtv executable, freezes the system ! > > > > Kernel oops maybe? Anything in the logfiles? > > Yes indeed: Opps induced by xawtv-3.70 > argo kernel: invalid operand: 0000 > argo kernel: CPU: 0 > argo kernel: EIP: 0010:[<d088169e>] Not tainted Ok, please rebuild the kernel with CONFIG_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE and pipe the dmesg output througth ksymoops to resolve the addresses to symbols. Gerd -- #define ENOCLUE 125 /* userland programmer induced race condition */