On Samstag 06 Juni 2009, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com> [09-06-06 14:34]:
> > On Samstag 06 Juni 2009, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> > > Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com> [09-06-06 12:09]:
> > > > On Samstag 06 Juni 2009, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > When using Kaffeine as dbv-t viewer while there is traffic
> > > > > on the ethernet I get anything from masssive distortion
> > > > > to freezes of single channels (which can be recovered by
> > > > > switch back and forth to another channel).
> > > > >
> > > > > I am wondering, what the conjunction is between my ethernet
> > > > > traffic and my dvb-t card/kaffeine ???
> > > > >
> > > > > By the way: Is there an alternative to kaffeine, which
> > > > > makes channel scanning and selecting that easy?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you very much for any help in advance!
> > > > > Have a nice weekend!
> > > > > Kind regards
> > > > >  Meino Cramer
> > > >
> > > > cat /proc/interrupt
> > >
> > >            CPU0       CPU1
> > >   0:         44          0   IO-APIC-edge      timer
> > >   1:        233      62585   IO-APIC-edge      i8042
> > >   4:         89      22491   IO-APIC-edge      serial
> > >   9:          0          0   IO-APIC-fasteoi   acpi
> > >  14:       2223     672582   IO-APIC-edge      ide0
> > >  15:          0          0   IO-APIC-edge      ide1
> > >  16:       1958    3233172   IO-APIC-fasteoi   nvidia
> > >  17:       2643     680621   IO-APIC-fasteoi   eth0
> > >  18:          0          4   IO-APIC-fasteoi   bttv0, bt878
> > >  20:       2980     777474   IO-APIC-fasteoi   sata_via
> > >  21:        733     193520   IO-APIC-fasteoi   ehci_hcd:usb1,
> > > uhci_hcd:usb2, uhci_hcd:usb3, uhci_hcd:usb4, uhci_hcd:usb5 22:       
> > > 765 191859   IO-APIC-fasteoi   VIA8237
> > > NMI:          0          0   Non-maskable interrupts
> > > LOC:    9379783    9379753   Local timer interrupts
> > > RES:     825171     691921   Rescheduling interrupts
> > > CAL:        807        602   Function call interrupts
> > > TLB:      98890     106045   TLB shootdowns
> > > TRM:          0          0   Thermal event interrupts
> > > SPU:          0          0   Spurious interrupts
> > > ERR:          0
> > > MIS:          0
> >
> > hm, looks ok. and which kernel frequency are you using?
>
> "kernel frequency" ???
>
> cat /proc/cpuinfo:
> processor       : 0
> vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
> cpu family      : 15
> model           : 43
> model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+
> stepping        : 1
> cpu MHz         : 2002.373
> cache size      : 512 KB
> physical id     : 0
> siblings        : 2
> core id         : 0
> cpu cores       : 2
> apicid          : 0
> initial apicid  : 0
> fdiv_bug        : no
> hlt_bug         : no
> f00f_bug        : no
> coma_bug        : no
> fpu             : yes
> fpu_exception   : yes
> cpuid level     : 1
> wp              : yes
> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
> cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm
> 3dnowext 3dnow pni lahf_lm cmp_legacy bogomips        : 4004.74
> clflush size    : 64
> power management: ts fid vid ttp
>
> processor       : 1
> vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
> cpu family      : 15
> model           : 43
> model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+
> stepping        : 1
> cpu MHz         : 2002.373
> cache size      : 512 KB
> physical id     : 0
> siblings        : 2
> core id         : 1
> cpu cores       : 2
> apicid          : 1
> initial apicid  : 1
> fdiv_bug        : no
> hlt_bug         : no
> f00f_bug        : no
> coma_bug        : no
> fpu             : yes
> fpu_exception   : yes
> cpuid level     : 1
> wp              : yes
> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
> cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm
> 3dnowext 3dnow pni lahf_lm cmp_legacy bogomips        : 4005.34
> clflush size    : 64
> power management: ts fid vid ttp
>
> uname -a:
> Linux solfire 2.6.29.4 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed May 20 20:09:24 CEST 2009 i686
> AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

what I mean is:
      Timer frequency (300 HZ)  --->

I am attaching my config - since we have both amd64 systems ;) maybe you find 
some big difference.