Is this result of this a solid black screen in Xawtv? If so, I've seen this same bug. As with yours, unloading/loading the saa7134 module didn't help. Though, I could still mute/unmute audio. Next time I see this, how can I test if it's the same bug? Cheers, Shaun On Sat March 29, 2003 17h34, you wrote: > Hi Gerd, > > I've been trying saa7134-20030326 with linux 2.4.20 and have had > more problems. > > Specifically: > > - After an indeterminate period of time VIDIOC_DQBUF returns -EIO. > Tracing this through it is caused by a buffer being set into > STATE_ERROR due to a timeout (BUFFER_TIMEOUT) expiring. > I have no idea why this occurs. > > - Once an EIO error occurs no frames can be captured (ever.. more > EIO errors) > > - unloading/loading the saa7134 driver doesn't fix this problem. > > - Sanity is only achieved by power-cycling the computer. > > Any ideas? > > -Greg