Also [depending on] how many analogue cards do you have as you might want to double the value to 32768.
The ivtv driver tries to compensate for a lot of bugs in the dma chips on the 150/500 series cards but sometimes it isn't enough. When it gets really bad a reboot is generally recommended.
Some of you might try the following (taken from http:// www.gossamer- threads. com/lists/ mythtv/ mythtvnz/ 378788# 378788):
Try putting the following in /etc/sysctl.conf
vm.min_ free_kbytes= 16384
Also [depending on] how many analogue cards do you have as you might want to double the value to 32768.
The ivtv driver tries to compensate for a lot of bugs in the dma chips on the 150/500 series cards but sometimes it isn't enough. When it gets really bad a reboot is generally recommended.
Other ideas: ubuntuforums. org/showthread. php?t=899947 www.gossamer- threads. com/lists/ ivtv/users/ 35808#35808
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