[AG-TECH] ubuntu 9.10 + AG 3.2 beta

[Porfirio Gaona]

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.

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
>