[linux-dvb] Re: illegal video device handle (-1)!

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

Casale Giuseppe Gaetano wrote:
> 
> When I try to run VDR(0.92, first version i've installed) nothing seems to
> happen!
> 
> the  /var/log/messages file reports:
> 
> Aug 28 19:44:26 localhost vdr[8080]: SVDRP listening on port 2001
> Aug 28 19:44:26 localhost vdr[8080]: setting watchdog timer to 60 seconds
> Aug 28 19:44:26 localhost vdr[8080]: ERROR: illegal video device handle
> (-1)!
> Aug 28 19:44:32 localhost vdr[8080]: max. latency time 1 seconds
> Aug 28 19:44:59 localhost vdr[8080]: caught signal 2
> Aug 28 19:44:59 localhost vdr[8080]: saved setup to /video/setup.conf
> Aug 28 19:44:59 localhost vdr[8082]: EIT processing thread ended
> (pid=8082) - master
> Aug 28 19:44:59 localhost vdr[8080]: max. latency time 1 seconds
> Aug 28 19:44:59 localhost vdr[8080]: exiting
> 
> What can I do?

There appears to be a problem with the /dev/ost/osd device.
What kind of DVB card are you using? Is it, maybe, a "budget" card?

Klaus
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