xawtv problems

[Marc Williams]

On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 16:15:04 -0700, Nifty Hat Mitch wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 09:52:09PM -0500, Marc Williams wrote:
>> On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 17:59:08 -0700, Ioan Podoleanu wrote:
>> > You're right, the combination nvidia-1.0-6106 with xawtv is a killer.
>> > For xawtv, if you use "-remote" which disables overlay mode, it should
>> > work. I also use -noxv which reduces the procesor use even further.
>> > It's not perfect, but it works for me. My line now is: xawtv -c
>> > /dev/video0 -remote -noxv .
>> 
>> Thanks for the tip.  Adding -remote -noxv does indeed provide an
>> acceptable workaround.  I hope I can eventually get overlay mode back
>> though.
> 
> I wonder if xawtv is making a gfx call that causes rivafb.ko to load. What
> if rivafb.ko was moved ...?

Since that would be an easy test and since I am in no position to argue
otherwise, I tried it.  It didn't work.  Had the exact same freeze up as
previously.  But thanks for the resolution attempt.

I think I'll leave my rivafb.ko permanently renamed since it doesn't seem
to hurt anything...