[vdr] Re: no free DVB device

[Mirko =?ISO-8859-15?Q?G=FCnther?= <mi.guenther@ib-helms.de>]

I've the same problem yesterday after a APM-Crash. after reload the 
driver, vdr can't access the dvb-device. I've restart my computer and 
that it works fine.

Alexander Asteroth wrote:

> Dirk Wiebel wrote:
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>>> yesterday I had to restart my vdr a few times (I was playing with lirc
>>> and my haupauge remote) when suddenly I was not able to do any recording
>>> any more. The problem is that no free DVB device is found for recording.
>>> Some device-file seems to be locked but I can't figure out which one.
>>>   
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>> did you try to restart the drivers (via make rmmod and make insmod or
>> manually)? If yes, be sure there is no remaining vdr instance blocking
>> the rmmod. If rmmod of any module fails, look up the processes with "ps
>> ax" and kill the programs related to vdr/dvb. You also have to remove
>> the lirc_dvb module in order to be able to restart the drivers.
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> I removed every module, I even restarted the whole computer (and 
> disconnected the power supply for some time), so this can't be the cause.
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