Re: cx88 sound does not always work (Re: [PATCH v2.6.38 resend 0/7] cx88 deadlock and data races)

2011-05-04 Thread hubstar
Update: I noticed I was using the desktop kernel this time, and reinstalled the default kernel. The audio now works fine (once this patch is installed). Works every time. This rings a bell, like I've had to do this to a system in the past. I don't really understand what desktop vs default kernel

Re: cx88 sound does not always work (Re: [PATCH v2.6.38 resend 0/7] cx88 deadlock and data races)

2011-05-02 Thread linuxtv
Card Hauppage HVR-1300 Does it show up - yes Does it work - yes. However when testing for audio, either via mythbackend or smplayer /dev/video1 I get no sound 75% of the time on a first run. Of that, 75% of the time if I run smplayer /dev/video1 a few times sound reappears and will stay there unt

cx88 sound does not always work (Re: [PATCH v2.6.38 resend 0/7] cx88 deadlock and data races)

2011-05-02 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, linuxtv wrote: > FYI I too experienced the problem of hanging and used the patch dated > 6th April to get it working. > However I do have the problem that sound does not always work/come on. > Once it is started it stays, getting it started is not reliable. Could you give details? What card

Re: [PATCH v2.6.38 resend 0/7] cx88 deadlock and data races

2011-05-01 Thread linuxtv
FYI I too experienced the problem of hanging and used the patch dated 6th April to get it working. However I do have the problem that sound does not always work/come on. Once it is started it stays, getting it started is not reliable. On 01/05/11 10:17, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Hi, > > Since v2.6.

[PATCH v2.6.38 resend 0/7] cx88 deadlock and data races

2011-05-01 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, Since v2.6.37 (BKL removal), trying to open a cx88-blackbird driven MPEG device would hang. Ben Hutchings provided an initial patch[1] to fix that, and Andi Huber helped a lot in finding races that patch had missed. Ben requested that I take authorship of the series, so I've done so. These