Re: MythTV WAS: [Re: [gentoo-user] Are the video files there, or aren't they?] [SOLVED sort of]

[Joost Roeleveld]

On Thu, February 19, 2009 6:12 am, Michael Sullivan wrote:
 On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 04:42 +, Stroller wrote:
 On 18 Feb 2009, at 22:41, Michael Sullivan wrote:


snip


 Is it possible that, when you booted with the new kernel  no cards
 were found they were removed from MythTV's database?

 I have never used MythTV, but maybe - under the old kernel - you can
 add them back in using MythTV's setup and they'll work again?

 This doesn't help why the cards are not shown under the new kernel,
 but if you are easily able to add them in then it would demonstrate
 that your hardware is OK  perhaps inspire confidence.

 Stroller.

 I got Myth to work with the 2.6.26-r4 kernel, but I don't plan on using
 this kernel forever.  Is there any way I can find out what modules are
 being loaded with this kernel that aren't being loaded with the new one?

You could check the output of lspci -v to check which drivers are used
for the video-capture card you are using.

--
Joost

MythTV WAS: [Re: [gentoo-user] Are the video files there, or aren't they?]

[Michael Sullivan]

On Wed, 2009-02-18 at 22:15 +, Neil Bothwick wrote:
 On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:30:31 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote:
 
  Is it there, or isn't it?  I don't know if it matters, but when I was
  trying to fix the X problem, I built and booted with a new kernel:
 
 Did you try going back to the old kernel?
 

I went back to the old kernel 

camille ~ # uname -a
Linux camille 2.6.26-gentoo-r4 #1 SMP Sat Dec 13 17:31:25 CST 2008 i686
GNU/Linux


and the video worked, at least from /dev/v4l/video0.  This is a
temporary solution, but now I can't get mythtv to work.  LiveTV won't
work, and it won't show my upcoming programs.  I've verified that mysql
is running:

camille ~ # ps ax | grep mysql
16099 ?Ssl0:52 /usr/sbin/mysqld
--defaults-file=/etc/mysql/my.cnf --basedir=/usr
--datadir=/var/lib/mysql --pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
--socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock


and when I run mythbackend and frontend in a terminal, I get this:

camille ~ # mythbackend
2009-02-18 16:39:56.181 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2009-02-18 16:39:56.183 Empty LocalHostName.
2009-02-18 16:39:56.183 Using localhost value of camille
2009-02-18 16:39:56.204 New DB connection, total: 1
2009-02-18 16:39:56.210 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2009-02-18 16:39:56.211 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
2009-02-18 16:39:56.212 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2009-02-18 16:39:56.215 New DB connection, total: 2
2009-02-18 16:39:56.223 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2009-02-18 16:39:56.228 Current Schema Version: 1214
Starting up as the master server.
2009-02-18 16:39:56.242 mythbackend: MythBackend started as master
server
2009-02-18 16:39:56.253 TVRec(2) Error: Problem finding starting
channel, setting to default of '3'.
2009-02-18 16:39:56.260 ChannelBase(2) Error: InitializeInputs(): 
Could not get inputs for the capturecard.
Perhaps you have forgotten to bind video
sources to your card's inputs?
2009-02-18 16:39:56.262 mythbackend: Problem with capture cards: Card
2failed init
ERROR: no valid capture cards are defined in the database.
Perhaps you should read the installation instructions?
2009-02-18 16:39:56.265 mythbackend: No capture cards are defined:
Please run the setup program.
2009-02-18 16:39:56.270 New DB connection, total: 3
2009-02-18 16:39:56.273 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2009-02-18 16:39:57.570 Main::Registering HttpStatus Extension
2009-02-18 16:39:57.570 mythbackend version: 0.21.20080304-1
www.mythtv.org
2009-02-18 16:39:57.570 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
2009-02-18 16:39:57.574 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free
Space: 0.0 GB w/freq: 15 min
2009-02-18 16:40:06.254 mythbackend: Running housekeeping thread
2009-02-18 16:40:06.333 UPnpMedia: BuildMediaMap VIDEO scan starting
in :/share/Movies/dvd:
2009-02-18 16:40:06.333 UPnpMedia: BuildMediaMap Done. Found 0 objects
2009-02-18 16:40:14.551 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
2009-02-18 16:40:14.551 adding: camille as a client (events: 0)
2009-02-18 16:40:14.553 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
2009-02-18 16:40:14.553 adding: camille as a client (events: 1)

mich...@camille ~ $ mythfrontend
2009-02-18 16:40:05.310 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2009-02-18 16:40:06.037 XScreenSaver support enabled
2009-02-18 16:40:06.038 DPMS is active.
2009-02-18 16:40:06.053 Empty LocalHostName.
2009-02-18 16:40:06.053 Using localhost value of camille
2009-02-18 16:40:06.105 New DB connection, total: 1
2009-02-18 16:40:06.110 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2009-02-18 16:40:06.112 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
2009-02-18 16:40:06.117 Primary screen 0.
2009-02-18 16:40:06.117 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2009-02-18 16:40:06.119 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
2009-02-18 16:40:06.136 New DB connection, total: 2
2009-02-18 16:40:06.136 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2009-02-18 16:40:06.141 mythfrontend version: 0.21.20080304-1
www.mythtv.org
2009-02-18 16:40:06.141 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
2009-02-18 16:40:07.355 No theme
dir: /home/michael/.mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T
2009-02-18 16:40:07.358 Primary screen 0.
2009-02-18 16:40:07.360 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
2009-02-18 16:40:07.361 No theme
dir: /home/michael/.mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T
2009-02-18 16:40:07.363 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T)
2009-02-18 16:40:07.409 Using the Qt painter
mythtv: could not connect to socket
mythtv: No such file or directory
2009-02-18 16:40:07.415 lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding
messages
2009-02-18 16:40:07.416 JoystickMenuClient Error: Joystick disabled -
Failed to read /home/michael/.mythtv/joystickmenurc
2009-02-18 16:40:08.835 Loading
from: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T/base.xml
2009-02-18 16:40:08.977 Loading
from: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/base.xml
2009-02-18 16:40:09.155 

Re: MythTV WAS: [Re: [gentoo-user] Are the video files there, or aren't they?]

[Stroller]

On 18 Feb 2009, at 22:41, Michael Sullivan wrote:


On Wed, 2009-02-18 at 22:15 +, Neil Bothwick wrote:

On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:30:31 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote:

Is it there, or isn't it?  I don't know if it matters, but when I  
was

trying to fix the X problem, I built and booted with a new kernel:


Did you try going back to the old kernel?


I went back to the old kernel

camille ~ # uname -a
Linux camille 2.6.26-gentoo-r4 #1 SMP Sat Dec 13 17:31:25 CST 2008  
i686

GNU/Linux


and the video worked, at least from /dev/v4l/video0.  This is a
temporary solution, but now I can't get mythtv to work.  LiveTV won't
work, and it won't show my upcoming programs.  I've verified that  
mysql

is running:

...
and when I run mythbackend and frontend in a terminal, I get this:
...
ERROR: no valid capture cards are defined in the database.


Is it possible that, when you booted with the new kernel  no cards  
were found they were removed from MythTV's database?


I have never used MythTV, but maybe - under the old kernel - you can  
add them back in using MythTV's setup and they'll work again?


This doesn't help why the cards are not shown under the new kernel,  
but if you are easily able to add them in then it would demonstrate  
that your hardware is OK  perhaps inspire confidence.


Stroller.

Re: MythTV WAS: [Re: [gentoo-user] Are the video files there, or aren't they?] [SOLVED sort of]

[Michael Sullivan]

On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 04:42 +, Stroller wrote:
 On 18 Feb 2009, at 22:41, Michael Sullivan wrote:
 
  On Wed, 2009-02-18 at 22:15 +, Neil Bothwick wrote:
  On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:30:31 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote:
 
  Is it there, or isn't it?  I don't know if it matters, but when I  
  was
  trying to fix the X problem, I built and booted with a new kernel:
 
  Did you try going back to the old kernel?
 
  I went back to the old kernel
 
  camille ~ # uname -a
  Linux camille 2.6.26-gentoo-r4 #1 SMP Sat Dec 13 17:31:25 CST 2008  
  i686
  GNU/Linux
 
 
  and the video worked, at least from /dev/v4l/video0.  This is a
  temporary solution, but now I can't get mythtv to work.  LiveTV won't
  work, and it won't show my upcoming programs.  I've verified that  
  mysql
  is running:
 
  ...
  and when I run mythbackend and frontend in a terminal, I get this:
  ...
  ERROR: no valid capture cards are defined in the database.
 
 Is it possible that, when you booted with the new kernel  no cards  
 were found they were removed from MythTV's database?
 
 I have never used MythTV, but maybe - under the old kernel - you can  
 add them back in using MythTV's setup and they'll work again?
 
 This doesn't help why the cards are not shown under the new kernel,  
 but if you are easily able to add them in then it would demonstrate  
 that your hardware is OK  perhaps inspire confidence.
 
 Stroller.

I got Myth to work with the 2.6.26-r4 kernel, but I don't plan on using this 
kernel forever.  Is there any way I can find out what modules are being loaded 
with this kernel that aren't being loaded with the new one?