[AG-TECH] Fedora C2 & Ospreys
ULM AccessGrid
accessgrid at ulm.edu
Mon Jul 12 13:54:46 CDT 2004
Yes, same problem :-(
Adam
-----Original Message-----
From: Ivan R. Judson [mailto:judson at mcs.anl.gov]
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 1:50 PM
To: 'ULM AccessGrid'; 'Fred Dech'
Cc: ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
Subject: RE: [AG-TECH] Fedora C2 & Ospreys
This might be too elementary to have not been done, but have you tried
reconfiguring using the Node Management stuff and saving your new
configuration?
Instructions are at:
http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/fl/research/accessgrid/documentation/VENUE_CLIEN
T_MANUAL_HTML/VenueClientManualHTML.htm
Look under section 2.13 Managing your node
--Ivan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
> [mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of ULM AccessGrid
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 1:42 PM
> To: 'Fred Dech'
> Cc: ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
> Subject: RE: [AG-TECH] Fedora C2 & Ospreys
>
> The port problem has been filed under bug 1067.
>
> I have tried everything to fix the port problem. Even if I
> hardcode the values it reverts back to Composite1.
>
> Thanks
>
> Adam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
> [mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Fred Dech
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 1:07 PM
> To: ULM AccessGrid
> Cc: ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
> Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] Fedora C2 & Ospreys
>
> yeah. i believe the video port issu is a feature that should
> be investigated further.
>
> all this time i assumed i wasn't transmitting video because
> my two sources don't show up on VIC. i actually decided to
> test with another node to see what came up when i was
> swapping out S-Video for composite, etc. it turns out that
> when i've configured my VideoProducerServices to S-Video,
> rather than TV (i have to do this whenever i start up the
> Venue Client, but it sticks when switching venues), and i've
> switched my video transmission ports from
> composite1 to S-Video each time i enter a venue, then i
> actually am transmitting correct (more or less) video to
> other clients connected to the venue.
> i just can't see my video sources at my node.
> i disabled my firewall, thinking that this might be caused by
> blocked loopbacks as was discussed relating to RAT last week.
> but that is not the problem, apparently, since VIC still
> doesn't display my streams.
>
> 'anybody else running into this?
>
> thanks.
>
> --fred
>
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 10:43AM, ULM AccessGrid said:
> > I have sort of the same problem. My VICs all default to
> composite1.
> > If I manually change the port in the vic menu to
> Composite2, I see my
> > video
> just
> > fine. As soon as I change rooms it defaults back to
> Composite1. It's
> like
> > it ignores the node management resource settings for the ports.
> >
> > Any other linux users running 2.2 have this problem???
> >
> > Note, I do not have opprey cards. I am running pinnacle
> PCTV Pro cards.
> > This is because they support PCI-X slots (which my machines
> have more
> > of
> the
> > regular pci slots) But the problem sounds the same :-)
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Adam
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
> [mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov] On
> Behalf
> > Of Fred Dech
> > Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 10:00 AM
> > To: Andrew Daviel
> > Cc: AG Tech List
> > Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] Fedora C2 & Ospreys
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 06:15PM, Andrew Daviel said:
> > > On Fri, 9 Jul 2004, Fred Dech wrote:
> > >
> > > > i believe that i have a configuration problem aside from AG2.2
> > > > with
> > these
> > > > Osprey100 cards.
> > > >
> > > > when i run xawtv, should i be able to see the output of one of
> > > > these cards? i've tried using the -device option but haven't
> > > > found anything it would accept.
> > >
> > > xawtv = Linux ??
> > >
> > it's part of the AG2.2 install prereqs, if i remember right.
> >
> > > If so, there should be entries in the syslog and the bttv module
> > > should
> be
> > > installed (lsmod |grep bttv) . There's install options
> for bttv.o to
> > > set the card type, BTW, if it's not autodetected (affects
> which port
> > > is
> > assigned to TV, s-video
> > > etc.)
> > >
> > > May need "alias char-major-81 bttv" in /modules.comf
> (should be set
> > > by
> > > kudzu) to install module automatically
> > >
> > > Cards should also show up with "lspci", e.g.
> > > 00:0b.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878
> > > Video Capture (rev 02)
> > >
> > > Cards should show up (nowadays) in /dev/video0, video 1
> etc so try
> > > xawtv -c /dev/video0. I think it still defaults to
> /dev/video which
> > > is now a directory.
> > >
> > > It should be possible to run multiple copies of xawtv one
> for each card.
> > > I use it a lot for testing video (and for watching TV at
> home ....)
> > >
> > thanks for the detailed description, Andrew.
> >
> > this system has bttv installed, and they show up in modeprobe and
> > lspci shows 2 Bt878 Video Captureres.
> >
> > i'm firing up xawtv -c /dev/video0
> > i'll be damned. i can see myself. and i'm having a bad hair day...
> > huh.
> > i must have been pointing toward the wrong device IDs in my
> previous
> > attempts.
> > i think i did point at /dev/video1(2) at some point and got
> nothing,
> > but didn't bother to right-click. it defaults to PAL and TV. it
> > works much better as NTSC and S-Video :-P
> >
> > xawtv -c /dev/video0 and
> > xawtv -c /dev/video1 both work.
> >
> > so i guess it Is an AG config problem. i still get blue
> screens in my
> > two sub-VICS, and i don't show up at all in the master-VIC.
> >
> > i hacked at
> > /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/AccessGrid/Platform/unix/Config.py
> > complements of Adam Taylor....
> >
> > def GetResources(self):
> >
> > deviceList = dict()
> >
> > videodevpath = '/dev'
> > v4lctlexe = '/usr/bin/v4lctl'
> >
> > if os.path.exists('/sys/class/video4linux'):
> > videodevpath = '/sys/class/video4linux'
> > # Get list of devices
> > cmd = "ls /sys/class/video4linux | grep video"
> > fh = os.popen(cmd,'r')
> > for line in fh.readlines():
> > device = os.path.join('/dev',line.strip())
> > deviceList[device] = None
> > fh.close()
> > ...
> >
> > so i can get these two VideoProducerServices in my AG Node
> Managment:
> > VideoProducerServices /dev/video0 Enabled
> > VideoProducerServices /dev/video1 Enabled
> >
> > Configuration for both:
> > streamname Video
> > port S-VIdeo
> > encoding h261
> > standard NTSC
> >
> > when i select 'Menu' on my sub-VICs, i have:
> > 'Device' v4I- BT878 video (Hauppauge (bt848))
> /dev/video0(1) 'Signal'
> > NTSC 'Port' option always defaults to Composite1 whenever i change
> > venues??
> > changing it to S-Video doesn't seem to help, though. still no me.
> >
> > this is getting to be very time-consuming.
> >
> > --fred
>
>
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