On 20/11/2009, at 6:20 AM, Porfirio Gaona wrote: > Hello, > > These are my final results. > > Ubunto 9.10 + AG 3.2 beta is working on my video PC. > > 1.- I tested without Hauppage capture video cards. I installed one > by one and the system recognized them. > > 2.- I just add my user to video group. The change on permissions on / > dev/video0 and /dev/video1 were not necessary.
Thanks for the feedback Porfirio, I'll add something about this on the installation page for AG on karmic. chris > NOTE: > > 15.004686] IRQ 21/bttv0: IRQF_DISABLED is not guaranteed on shared > IRQs > 15.294241] IRQ 22/bttv1: IRQF_DISABLED is not guaranteed on shared > IRQs > > These messages are showed with dmesg command but the capture video > cards are working very well. > > > Thanks for all to all that gave me hints to solve my problem. > > Now, I'm testing stability on this box > > > Porfirio Gaona > UNAM-Mexico > > On Nov 19, 2009, at 5:51 AM, Christoph Willing wrote: > >> >> On 19/11/2009, at 10:03 AM, Porfirio Gaona wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Yes, I have some actions to do. >>> >>> 1.- I have to connect just 1 capture card (preferable on a >>> different slot). >> >> >> Porfirio, >> >> I've just noticed that I also have the "IRQF_DISABLED is not >> guaranteed on shared IRQs" message on at least one of our machines. >> yet the vic video works fine i.e. you may not have a hardware >> problem at all. >> >> That definitely makes Andrew's suggestion about a permissions >> problem something to consider. >> >> >>> 2.- Change permissions under /dev/video* (thanks Andrew Leahy). >>> My username is on administrator group (I can make "sudo" >>> commands), but it can be a reason to no detect my capture cards on >>> my AG 3.2 beta. >> >> >> Any user should be able to access the /dev/video* devices provided >> they are a member of /dev/video*'s group - thats usually the >> "video" group. You can check whether you are a member of the group >> by running the command: >> groups >> which will return a list of the groups the current user is a member >> of. If you are not a member of the video group, add yourself to it >> in the /etc/group file. After any changes to this file, you may >> need to log in again for the changes to have an effect (at least on >> the "groups" command). >> >> >> chris >> >> >>> 3.- I will test with another apps related with my capture video >>> cardes (Hauppauge based on BT878 chipset). >>> >>> Thanks to all, I'll write my results. >>> >>> Porfirio Gaona >>> >>> On Nov 18, 2009, at 2:59 PM, Christoph Willing wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On 19/11/2009, at 5:36 AM, Porfirio Gaona wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> I'm upgrading video machine from Fedora to Ubuntu 9.10(Ubuntu >>>>> Karmic). I read from >>>>> http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/research/accessgrid/software/debian/karmic.html >>>>> >>>>> that AG3.2 beta is practically "stable". >>>>> >>>>> On this video machine, I have 2 Hauppauge capture video cards >>>>> based on BT878 Chipset. >>>>> >>>>> I made a dmsg command and I put on bold font the messages that I >>>>> consider important. >>>> [snip] >>>>> [ 8.394225] bttv0: using: Hauppauge (bt878) >>>>> [card=10,autodetected] >>>>> [ 8.394233] IRQ 21/bttv0: IRQF_DISABLED is not guaranteed on >>>>> shared IRQs >>>> [snip] >>>>> >>>>> AG3.2 can not identify my /dev/video0 and /dev/video1, the >>>>> Access Grid Node Management just can identify X11 like video >>>>> source, but my ubuntu could identify my 2 video capture cards. >>>> >>>> >>>> Porfirio, >>>> >>>> It looks like a hardware issue - your cards are recognised but >>>> not enabled by the operating system, so AG software won't detect >>>> them. Is any other (non-AG) software able to use video from these >>>> cards? >>>> >>>> Since the problem appears to be at the system level - some IRQ >>>> sharing issue - I would first try with only 1 capture card >>>> installed. You may also have to move the card(s) to different >>>> slots and look for differences in behaviour. >>>> >>>> >>>> You mention that you've just upgraded your system - did you have >>>> AG software installed and running on the previous system with >>>> this same hardware combination? >>>> >>>> >>>> chris >>>> >>>> >>>> Christoph Willing +61 7 3365 8316 >>>> QCIF Access Grid Manager >>>> University of Queensland >>>> >>> >> >> Christoph Willing +61 7 3365 8316 >> QCIF Access Grid Manager >> University of Queensland >> > Christoph Willing +61 7 3365 8316 QCIF Access Grid Manager University of Queensland
