I cannot tell you what a relief it is to have someone give some suggestions as to a possible solution. Although nothing is guaranteed, it helps to come to the conclusion that re-installation is the way to go forward, if all other known solutions do not work.
Below is the output of /var/log/messages dated yesterday, which is when my troubles began...
Mar 11 12:04:17 mythtv -- MARK --
Mar 11 12:19:59 mythtv kernel: nfsd: last server has exited
Mar 11 12:19:59 mythtv kernel: nfsd: unexporting all filesystems
Mar 11 12:19:59 mythtv kernel: RPC: failed to contact portmap (errno -5).
Mar 11 12:20:03 mythtv kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped.
Mar 11 12:20:03 mythtv kernel: Kernel log daemon terminating.
Mar 11 12:20:03 mythtv exiting on signal 15
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv syslogd 1.4.1#16: restart.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: klogd 1.4.1#16, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.6.13.2-chw-3
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Loaded 34041 symbols from /boot/System.map-2.6.13.2-chw-3.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.6.13.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: No module symbols loaded - kernel modules not enabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Linux version 2.6.13.2-chw-3 (
root@dev.mysettopbox.tv) (gcc version 3.3.6 (Debian 1:3.3.6-5)) #1 SMP Wed Sep 21 08:15:54 PDT 2005
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f800 (usable)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000000009f800 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000003fff0000 (usable)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000003fff0000 - 000000003fff3000 (ACPI NVS)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000003fff3000 - 0000000040000000 (ACPI data)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec01000 (reserved)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fef00000 (reserved)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000fefffc00 - 00000000ff000000 (reserved)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000ffff0000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: 127MB HIGHMEM available.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: 896MB LOWMEM available.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: DMI 2.3 present.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x4008
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Allocating PCI resources starting at 40000000 (gap: 40000000:bec00000)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Built 1 zonelists
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=Linux ro root=301 splash=silent apm=power-off nomce
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: bootsplash: silent mode.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Found and enabled local APIC!
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Initializing CPU#0
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 65536 bytes)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Detected 1808.998 MHz processor.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Using pmtmr for high-res timesource
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Memory: 1033360k/1048512k available (3064k kernel code, 14380k reserved, 1213k data, 216k init, 131008k highmem)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode... Ok.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 3621.87 BogoMIPS (lpj=7243746)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Security Framework v1.0.0 initialized
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: CPU: L2 Cache: 128K (64 bytes/line)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: mtrr: v2.0 (20020519)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: setting ELCR to 0200 (from 1c28)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: CPU0: AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3000+ stepping 02
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: SMP motherboard not detected.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Brought up 1 CPUs
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: checking if image is initramfs...it isn't (no cpio magic); looks like an initrd
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Freeing initrd memory: 3k freed
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 16
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: bus type pci registered
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfba90, last bus=2
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: Subsystem revision 20050408
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: Interpreter enabled
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: Assume root bridge [\_SB_.PCI0] segment is 0
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: Power Resource [ISAV] (on)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK1] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK2] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK3] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK4] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 *12 14 15)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK5] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 *10 11 12 14 15)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LUBA] (IRQs *3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LUBB] (IRQs *3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LMAC] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 *11 12 14 15)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LAPU] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LACI] (IRQs 3 4 *5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LMCI] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LSMB] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 *11 12 14 15)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LUB2] (IRQs *3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LFIR] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [L3CM] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LIDE] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LSID] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LFID] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC1] (IRQs *16), disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC2] (IRQs *17), disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC3] (IRQs *18), disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC4] (IRQs *19), disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC5] (IRQs *16), disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCF] (IRQs 20 21 22) *0, disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCG] (IRQs 20 21 22) *0, disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCH] (IRQs 20 21 22) *0, disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCI] (IRQs 20 21 22) *0, disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCJ] (IRQs 20 21 22) *0, disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCK] (IRQs 20 21 22) *0, disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCS] (IRQs *23), disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCL] (IRQs 20 21 22) *0, disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCM] (IRQs 20 21 22) *0, disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [AP3C] (IRQs 20 21 22) *0, disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCZ] (IRQs 20 21 22) *0, disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APSI] (IRQs 20 21 22) *0, disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APSJ] (IRQs 20 21 22) *0, disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: pnp: PnP ACPI init
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: PnPBIOS: Disabled by ACPI PNP
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: SCSI subsystem initialized
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: PCI: If a device doesn't work, try "pci=routeirq". If it helps, post a report
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: pnp: 00:00: ioport range 0x4000-0x407f could not be reserved
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: pnp: 00:00: ioport range 0x4080-0x40ff has been reserved
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: pnp: 00:00: ioport range 0x4400-0x447f has been reserved
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: pnp: 00:00: ioport range 0x4480-0x44ff could not be reserved
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: pnp: 00:00: ioport range 0x4800-0x487f has been reserved
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: pnp: 00:00: ioport range 0x4880-0x48ff has been reserved
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:0b.0
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: IO window: 9000-9fff
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: MEM window: e4000000-e5ffffff
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: PREFETCH window: d8000000-dfffffff
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:0e.0
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: IO window: a000-afff
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: MEM window: e6000000-e6ffffff
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: PREFETCH window: e0000000-e3ffffff
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: highmem bounce pool size: 64 pages
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Total HugeTLB memory allocated, 0
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: JFS: nTxBlock = 8076, nTxLock = 64609
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: SGI XFS with ACLs, security attributes, realtime, large block numbers, no debug enabled
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: SGI XFS Quota Management subsystem
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Initializing Cryptographic API
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: io scheduler noop registered
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: io scheduler anticipatory registered
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: io scheduler deadline registered
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: io scheduler cfq registered
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size 1024 blocksize
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: NFORCE3-250: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:08.0
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: NFORCE3-250: chipset revision 162
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: NFORCE3-250: not 100%% native mode: will probe irqs later
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: NFORCE3-250: BIOS didn't set cable bits correctly. Enabling workaround.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: NFORCE3-250: BIOS didn't set cable bits correctly. Enabling workaround.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: NFORCE3-250: 0000:00:08.0 (rev a2) UDMA133 controller
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: hda: SAMSUNG SP0822N, ATA DISK drive
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: hdb: WDC WD1600JB-00REA0, ATA DISK drive
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: hdc: SONY DVD RW DRU-710A, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: hda: max request size: 1024KiB
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: hda: 156368016 sectors (80060 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=16383/255/63
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: hda: cache flushes supported
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: hdb: max request size: 1024KiB
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: hdb: 312581808 sectors (160041 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=19457/255/63, UDMA(100)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: hdb: cache flushes supported
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: hdb: hdb1
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: hdc: ATAPI 48X DVD-ROM DVD-R CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: md: linear personality registered as nr 1
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: md: raid0 personality registered as nr 2
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: md: raid1 personality registered as nr 3
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: md: raid10 personality registered as nr 9
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: md: raid5 personality registered as nr 4
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: raid5: automatically using best checksumming function: pIII_sse
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: pIII_sse : 5609.000 MB/sec
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: raid5: using function: pIII_sse (5609.000 MB/sec)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: raid6: int32x1 827 MB/s
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: raid6: int32x2 995 MB/s
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: raid6: int32x4 545 MB/s
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: raid6: int32x8 542 MB/s
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: raid6: mmxx1 1523 MB/s
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: raid6: mmxx2 2841 MB/s
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: raid6: sse1x1 1436 MB/s
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: raid6: sse1x2 2391 MB/s
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: raid6: sse2x1 1266 MB/s
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: raid6: sse2x2 1789 MB/s
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: raid6: using algorithm sse1x2 (2391 MB/s)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: md: raid6 personality registered as nr 8
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: md: multipath personality registered as nr 7
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: md: faulty personality registered as nr 10
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: md: md driver 0.90.2 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: md: bitmap version 3.38
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: device-mapper: 4.4.0-ioctl (2005-01-12) initialised:
dm-devel@redhat.comMar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 2
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: IP route cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: TCP established hash table entries: 262144 (order: 10, 4194304 bytes)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 786432 bytes)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: TCP: Hash tables configured (established 262144 bind 65536)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: TCP reno registered
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: TCP bic registered
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 1
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 15
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Using IPI Shortcut mode
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Suspend2 Core.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Suspend2 Compression Driver loading.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Suspend2 Encryption Driver loading.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Suspend2 Swap Writer loading.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Suspend2 FileWriter loading.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: md: autorun ...
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: md: ... autorun DONE.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Trying to move old root to /initrd ... <6>kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: okay
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 216k freed
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Suspend2 2.2-rc7: You need to use a resume2= command line parameter to tell Suspend2 where to look for an image.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Suspend2 2.2-rc7: Resume2 parameter is empty. Suspending will be disabled.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Adding 883564k swap on /dev/hda2. Priority:-1 extents:1
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: EXT3 FS on hda1, internal journal
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: usbcore: registered new driver hub
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v2.3
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LUBA] enabled at IRQ 3
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: PCI: setting IRQ 3 as level-triggered
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.0[A] -> Link [LUBA] -> GSI 3 (level, low) -> IRQ 3
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: nVidia Corporation CK8S USB Controller
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: irq 3, io mem 0xe7002000
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LUBB] enabled at IRQ 3
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.1[B] -> Link [LUBB] -> GSI 3 (level, low) -> IRQ 3
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: nVidia Corporation CK8S USB Controller (#2)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: irq 3, io mem 0xe7003000
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: hub 2-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ohci1394: $Rev: 1299 $ Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK4] enabled at IRQ 12
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: PCI: setting IRQ 12 as level-triggered
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:0b.0[A] -> Link [LNK4] -> GSI 12 (level, low) -> IRQ 12
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.0 (PCI): IRQ=[12] MMIO=[e6000000-e60007ff] Max Packet=[2048]
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Real Time Clock Driver v1.12
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB]
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: Fan [FAN] (on)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: CPU0 (power states: C1[C1])
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (40 C)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: parport: PnPBIOS parport detected.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: agpgart: Detected AGP bridge 0
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: agpgart: Setting up Nforce3 AGP.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xd0000000
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-0: nForce2 SMBus adapter at 0x4c00
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: i2c_adapter i2c-1: nForce2 SMBus adapter at 0x4c40
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: forcedeth.c: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.35.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LMAC] enabled at IRQ 11
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: PCI: setting IRQ 11 as level-triggered
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:05.0[A] -> Link [LMAC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: eth0: forcedeth.c: subsystem: 01565:2501 bound to 0000:00:05.0
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv: version 0.4.0 (tagged release) loading
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.13.2-chw-3 SMP preempt 586 gcc-3.3
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 350 card (iTVC15 based)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:07.0[A] -> Link [LNK4] -> GSI 12 (level, low) -> IRQ 12
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: msp34xx: ivtv version
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: msp34xx: init: chip=MSP3448W-A2, has NICAM support, simple (D) mode, simpler (G) no-thread mode
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: msp34xx: $Id$ compiled on: Jan 26 2006 19:49:09
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=MSP3448W-A2, addr=40]
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: saa7115 2-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=saa7115, addr=21]
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: tveeprom: ivtv version
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 48132, rev = K268, serial# = 7852920
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: tveeprom: tuner = LG TAPE H001F MK3 (idx = 68, type = 47)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: tveeprom: audio processor = MSP4448 (type = 1b)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: tveeprom: decoder processor = SAA7115 (type = 13)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: saa7127 2-0044: saa7129 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=saa7127, addr=44]
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: tda9885/6/7: (ivtv) chip found @ 0x86
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tda9887, addr=43]
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: loading /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: loading /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-dec.bin
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02040011
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Decoder revision: 0x02020023
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder MPEG stream: 16 x 65536 buffers (1024KB total)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder VBI stream: 512 x 2048 buffers (1024KB total)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Create decoder VOUT stream
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder YUV stream: 24 x 43200 buffers (1024KB total)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: loading /lib/modules/ivtv_init_mpeg.bin
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: tuner: type set to 47 (LG NTSC (TAPE series)) by ivtv i2c driver #0
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 350, card #0
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ====================
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0-osd: Framebuffer module loaded (attached to ivtv card id 0)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0-osd warning: Framebuffer is at decoder-relative address 0x00510000 and has 1704960 bytes.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0-osd: screen coords: [0 0] -> [720 480]
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0-osd: original global alpha = 208
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0-osd: current OSD state = 39
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0-osd: new global alpha = 208 (1 255 0)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0-osd: framebuffer at 0xe1510000, mapped to 0xf9d90000, size 1350k
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0-osd: mode is 720x480x32, linelength=2880
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 90x30
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0-osd: fb0: iTVC15 TV out frame buffer device
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder OSD stream: 16 x 65536 buffers (1024KB total)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: bttv: driver version 0.9.16 loaded
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: cx2388x v4l2 driver version 0.0.5 loaded
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: lirc_i2c: chip found @ 0x18 (Hauppauge IR)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=Hauppauge IR, addr=18]
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 10
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LACI] enabled at IRQ 5
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: PCI: setting IRQ 5 as level-triggered
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:06.0[A] -> Link [LACI] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 54822 usecs
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: intel8x0: clocking to 46990
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 17
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: bt878: AUDIO driver version 0.0.0 loaded
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: saa7146: register extension 'dvb'.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: saa7146: register extension 'budget dvb'.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: saa7146: register extension 'budget_ci dvb'.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: saa7146: register extension 'budget_av'.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: usbcore: registered new driver ttusb
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: usbcore: registered new driver ttusb-dec
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 10
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Disabled Privacy Extensions on device c04d8ba0(lo)
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ttyS1: LSR safety check engaged!
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: ttyS1: LSR safety check engaged!
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: EXT3 FS on dm-0, internal journal
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Mar 11 12:21:01 mythtv kernel: Warning: /proc/ide/hd?/settings interface is obsolete, and will be removed soon!
Mar 11 12:21:06 mythtv kernel: Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996
okir@monad.swb.de).
Mar 11 12:21:06 mythtv kernel: NFSD: Using /var/lib/nfs/v4recovery as the NFSv4 state recovery directory
Mar 11 12:21:06 mythtv kernel: NFSD: recovery directory /var/lib/nfs/v4recovery doesn't exist
Mar 11 12:21:06 mythtv kernel: NFSD: starting 90-second grace period
Mar 11 12:21:06 mythtv rpc.mountd: No host name given with /myth/music (ro,sync,wdelay,hide,nocrossmnt,secure,root_squash,no_all_squash,subtree_check,secure_locks,mapping=identity,anonuid=-2,anongid=-2), suggest *(ro,sync,wdelay,hide,nocrossmnt,secure,root_squash,no_all_squash,subtree_check,secure_locks,mapping=identity,anonuid=-2,anongid=-2) to avoid warning
Mar 11 12:21:07 mythtv isapnp.rc[4087]: rtc: loaded sucessfully
Mar 11 12:21:07 mythtv kernel: input: PC Speaker
Mar 11 12:21:07 mythtv isapnp.rc[4087]: pcspkr: loaded sucessfully
Mar 11 12:21:07 mythtv input.agent[4140]: evdev: already loaded
Mar 11 12:21:07 mythtv input.agent[4136]: evdev: already loaded
Mar 11 12:21:07 mythtv kernel: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
Mar 11 12:21:07 mythtv isapnp.rc[4087]: 8250_pnp: loaded sucessfully
Mar 11 12:21:07 mythtv isapnp.rc[4087]: parport_pc: loaded sucessfully
Mar 11 12:21:08 mythtv pci.agent[4229]: amd64-agp: already loaded
Mar 11 12:21:09 mythtv pci.agent[4274]: i2c-nforce2: already loaded
Mar 11 12:21:09 mythtv pci.agent[4302]: ohci-hcd: already loaded
Mar 11 12:21:09 mythtv pci.agent[4330]: ohci-hcd: already loaded
Mar 11 12:21:10 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LUB2] enabled at IRQ 3
Mar 11 12:21:10 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.2[C] -> Link [LUB2] -> GSI 3 (level, low) -> IRQ 3
Mar 11 12:21:10 mythtv kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.2: nVidia Corporation nForce3 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
Mar 11 12:21:10 mythtv kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.2: debug port 1
Mar 11 12:21:10 mythtv kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
Mar 11 12:21:10 mythtv kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.2: irq 3, io mem 0xe7004000
Mar 11 12:21:10 mythtv kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.2: USB 2.0 initialized, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
Mar 11 12:21:10 mythtv kernel: hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
Mar 11 12:21:10 mythtv kernel: hub 3-0:1.0: 8 ports detected
Mar 11 12:21:10 mythtv pci.agent[4358]: ehci-hcd: loaded successfully
Mar 11 12:21:11 mythtv usb.agent[4406]: usbcore: already loaded
Mar 11 12:21:11 mythtv pci.agent[4445]: forcedeth: already loaded
Mar 11 12:21:11 mythtv pci.agent[4473]: snd-intel8x0: already loaded
Mar 11 12:21:12 mythtv pci.agent[4501]: sata_nv: loaded successfully
Mar 11 12:21:12 mythtv kernel: pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
Mar 11 12:21:12 mythtv kernel: shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
Mar 11 12:21:12 mythtv pci.agent[4548]: shpchp: loaded successfully
Mar 11 12:21:13 mythtv pci.agent[4602]: shpchp: already loaded
Mar 11 12:21:15 mythtv pci.rc[4218]: ignoring pci display device on 01:00.0
Mar 11 12:21:15 mythtv pci.rc[4218]: ignoring pci display device on 01:00.1
Mar 11 12:21:15 mythtv pci.agent[4718]: ivtv: already loaded
Mar 11 12:21:15 mythtv pci.agent[4746]: ohci1394: already loaded
Mar 11 12:28:11 mythtv kernel: nfsd: last server has exited
Mar 11 12:28:11 mythtv kernel: nfsd: unexporting all filesystems
Mar 11 12:28:15 mythtv kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped.
Mar 11 12:28:15 mythtv kernel: Kernel log daemon terminating.
Mar 11 12:28:15 mythtv exiting on signal 15
I am not sure which X86 files I should pull off the net, X86Config or X86Config-4. I think I will try rebooting pressing the 'Shift' key as suggestion and if I get to a boot prompt, I think this is a step forward in the right direction. I may edit one of the other X86Config files that comes with KnoppMyth and do the 'sync; sync; sync;' suggestion.
Dr. Hood