Playing DVD freezes the computer

[Xiaotian Sun]

On 5/12/05, Marcel Janssen <korgull at home.nl> wrote:
> On Friday 13 May 2005 05:23, Xiaotian Sun wrote:
> > I tried this -V xshm on another DVD.  When played for about 1 hour, it
> > froze the computer again.  Really don't know what's going on.
> 
> This may not be easy to find.
> Is your system stable using other application or do you also have an
> occasional crash without using video playing ?
> If so, perhaps it's a memory problem. You could check your CAS settings in the
> bios to see if they're perhaps set to critical for your memory.
> 
> you can also try to monitor your log files while playing DVD. perhaps
> something already happens before the crash.

I kind of find out what might be the cause.  It's probably because of
DMA.  This freezing happens not only when watching DVD, but also
watching other videos stored on the hard drive.  It also happens when
mythtv is recording.  Not sure how well the ATI IXP200 chipset is
supported in Linux.

> 
> Regards,
> Marcel
> 

Xiaotian