[linux-dvb] Re: Replay problems

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Carsten Koch wrote:
> 
> Jonietz wrote:
> ....
> > Sometimes I get many errors like
> >
> > Jun 15 16:29:48 linux vdr[1147]: read incomplete section - seclen = 4095, n =
> > 278
> > Jun 15 16:29:48 linux vdr[1147]: read incomplete section - seclen = 294, n = 62
> > Jun 15 16:29:48 linux vdr[1147]: read incomplete section - seclen = 2419, n =
> > 229
> > Jun 15 16:29:48 linux vdr[1147]: read incomplete section - seclen = 304, n = 285
> 
> same here.
> This happened while there was nothing recording or replaying.
> I have 2 DVB-S cards.
> 
> Some lines from my log:
> 
> Jun 16 01:15:04 vdr vdr[541]: VDR version 0.81 started
> Jun 16 01:15:04 vdr vdr[541]: loading ./setup.conf
> Jun 16 01:15:04 vdr vdr[541]: loading ./channels.conf
> Jun 16 01:15:04 vdr vdr[541]: loading ./timers.conf
> Jun 16 01:15:04 vdr vdr[541]: loading ./commands.conf
> Jun 16 01:15:04 vdr vdr[541]: probing /dev/ost/qpskfe0
> Jun 16 01:15:04 vdr vdr[543]: EIT processing thread started (pid=543) - master
> Jun 16 01:15:05 vdr vdr[541]: probing /dev/ost/qpskfe1
> Jun 16 01:15:05 vdr vdr[544]: EIT processing thread started (pid=544)
> Jun 16 01:15:05 vdr vdr[541]: probing /dev/ost/qpskfe2
> Jun 16 01:15:05 vdr vdr[541]: probing /dev/ost/qamfe2
> Jun 16 01:15:05 vdr vdr[541]: found 2 video devices
> Jun 16 01:15:05 vdr vdr[541]: setting primary DVB to 2
> Jun 16 01:15:05 vdr vdr[541]: switching to channel 3
> Jun 16 01:15:05 vdr vdr[545]: LIRC remote control thread started (pid=545)
> Jun 16 01:15:05 vdr vdr[541]: SVDRP listening on port 2001
> Jun 16 01:15:05 vdr vdr[541]: setting watchdog timer to 60 seconds
> Jun 16 01:15:06 vdr kernel: lirc_serial: auto-detected active low receiver
> Jun 16 01:15:13 vdr vdr[541]: max. latency time 1 seconds
> Jun 16 01:16:01 vdr sshd[547]: Accepted rsa for cko from 158.225.25.1 port 1023
> Jun 16 01:16:02 vdr modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-10
> Jun 16 01:16:17 vdr vdr[541]: max. latency time 5 seconds
> Jun 16 01:16:47 vdr su: (to root) cko on /dev/pts/0
> Jun 16 01:16:47 vdr PAM-unix2[575]: session started for user root, service su
> Jun 16 01:22:27 vdr vdr[543]: read incomplete section - seclen = 4072, n = 1046
> Jun 16 01:22:27 vdr vdr[543]: read incomplete section - seclen = 463, n = 416
> .....
> (many more deleted)
> .....
> Jun 16 01:24:58 vdr vdr[543]: read incomplete section - seclen = 270, n = 109
> Jun 16 01:24:58 vdr vdr[543]: read incomplete section - seclen = 2307, n = 234
> Jun 16 01:25:20 vdr vdr[541]: ERROR: channel 7 not sync'ed!
> Jun 16 01:25:20 vdr vdr[541]: retrying
> Jun 16 01:26:09 vdr kernel: outcommand error 1
> Jun 16 01:26:14 vdr kernel: outcommand error 1
> Jun 16 01:26:14 vdr kernel: dvb: ARM RESET
> Jun 16 01:26:14 vdr vdr[543]: read incomplete section - seclen = 4080, n = 71
> Jun 16 01:27:03 vdr vdr[541]: PANIC: watchdog timer expired - exiting!
> Jun 16 01:27:03 vdr PAM-unix2[534]: session finished for user cko, service su
> Jun 16 01:27:29 vdr kernel: dvb: 2 dvb(s) released.
> Jun 16 01:27:31 vdr kernel: dvb: AV7110  firm f0240009, rtsl b0250014, vid 00010065, app 01010001
> Jun 16 01:27:34 vdr kernel: dvb: AV7110  firm f0240009, rtsl b0250014, vid 00010065, app 01010001
> Jun 16 01:27:34 vdr kernel: dvb: 2 dvb(s) found!
> Jun 16 01:27:36 vdr su: (to cko) root on /dev/tty2
> Jun 16 01:27:36 vdr PAM-unix2[673]: session started for user cko, service su
> Jun 16 01:27:38 vdr vdr[680]: VDR version 0.81 started
> 
> This happened 4 times per hour:
> 
> # fgrep outcommand /var/log/messages
> Jun 16 00:33:48 vdr kernel: outcommand error 1
> Jun 16 00:33:53 vdr kernel: outcommand error 1
> Jun 16 00:50:05 vdr kernel: outcommand error 1
> Jun 16 00:50:10 vdr kernel: outcommand error 1
> Jun 16 01:02:15 vdr kernel: outcommand error 1
> Jun 16 01:02:20 vdr kernel: outcommand error 1
> Jun 16 01:26:09 vdr kernel: outcommand error 1
> Jun 16 01:26:14 vdr kernel: outcommand error 1

This looks a lot like it could be caused by the unstable channel switching.
Please try setting the EPGScanTimeout setup parameter to 0.
Does the problem still occur then?

Klaus
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