Re: [mythtv-users] TheWife's Whacked MythTV Display

2005-04-19 Thread Brian Elliott Finley
Got it resolved. I reinstalled her notebook with Ubuntu Linux (still based on debian), but which uses X.org instead of XFree86. It was a stupid-simple install (thanks Ubuntu!) and now mythtv "just works". Cheers, -Brian Brian Elliott Finley wrote: >Help! > >Trying to get wife's notebook work

Re: [mythtv-users] Best place to load dvb_bt8xx from?

2005-04-19 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Apr 19, 2005, at 6:47 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote: I'm looking for the best way to trigger the load of the DVB driver for my HD2000 card. I'm assuming I want the module loaded before mythbackend starts? Where's the elegant way to trigger the module load? I'd like to think there's a better way to do

Re: [mythtv-users] irman & lirc help

2005-04-19 Thread Jeff Wormsley
Bryce wrote: Thanks again for the detailed response. Glad to be of help. I have had so much help here, I'm glad to be able to help someone else when I can. My box is broken right now, and hopefully I'll get mine back up this weekend, and I know I'll need others on the list's help to do it.

Re: [mythtv-users] Toshiba DVI input at 1080i with a nvidia 5200

2005-04-19 Thread BP
> > I have the Toshiba 42H83 (next year's model) working at 960x540p with > DVI: > The H83 series is a different beast. The HX83 (Cinema Series) would be closer to the HDX82 (Cinema Series), but is still different. If I recall, they reduced the number of guns from the 82 to the 83 models. The

Re: [mythtv-users] Request info from working M10K frontend.

2005-04-19 Thread Jon Eklund
On Apr 19, 2005, at 4:50 PM, Michael Carland wrote: What interrupts are your ethernet and video on? (cat /proc/interrupts) CPU0 0: 1301531405 XT-PIC timer 1: 9328 XT-PIC i8042 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 5: 2 XT-PIC uhci_hcd

[mythtv-users] Re: Backend crash after MythWeb access

2005-04-19 Thread Tony Lill
If mythbackend left a core file lying around, I'd be interested in what a backtrace shows. -- Tony Lill, [EMAIL PROTECTED] President, A. J. Lill Consultantsfax/data (519) 650 3571 539 Grand Valley Dr., Cambridge, Ont. N3H 2S2 (519) 241 2461 --- http:/

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: List etiquette

2005-04-19 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Apr 12, 2005, at 10:32 AM, Joseph A. Caputo wrote: so if you reply under that, kmail and thunderbird users won't see? :) nope, we see it, but when viewing the message, it's faded (ie: it looks like someone dropped the opacity to 50-60% on all text after "dash dash space return") ... and when do

Re: [mythtv-users] Rebuild source rpms HOWTO

2005-04-19 Thread Ken Mink
On 4/19/05, Jarod Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 19 April 2005 18:22, Joe Votour wrote: > > > The required macros have been posted on the > > > atrpms-devel list a few times. > [...] > > Yes, in fact, I pulled down the macros from one of > > your postings on atrpms-devel. It was a

Re: [mythtv-users] Toshiba DVI input at 1080i with a nvidia 5200

2005-04-19 Thread Ianic Brisson
Unfortunately, this modeline did not work either. Thanks for the help, I'll be heading the component way, I've spent enough time on this issue. Ianic --- Robert Tsai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 09:46:44AM -0400, Ianic Brisson wrote: > > >> I'm trying to get the DVI input

Re: [mythtv-users] to the people using dial-up

2005-04-19 Thread Harry Orenstein
On Tuesday 19 April 2005 1:05 pm, Aaron Aguilar wrote: > I need a dial-up modem that will work under the 2.6 kernel. (I'm > using FC3, big surprise right?) The modem I have now is only > supported for the 2.4 kernel. I would like to find a reasonably > priced modem if it's possible, and I figure

[mythtv-users] Program Genres as Recording Groups

2005-04-19 Thread Robert Tsai
I think the MythFrontend UI allows Recording Groups to be used as the left-panel "Watch Recordings" selector instead of each individual show title. One of the popups in "Watch Recordings" also allows you to set the left panel to contain show genres (Sitcom, Talk, Crime Drama, etc.). The show genr

Re: [mythtv-users] irman & lirc help

2005-04-19 Thread Bryce
On Tue, April 19, 2005 7:07 pm, Jeff Wormsley said: > Bryce wrote: > >>I've removed all lirc rpms and re-installed just lirc-lib and lirc and >>rebooted a couple of times. >> >> > I'm using an IRMan with a different remote, but other than the > lircd.conf and .lircrc files, it should be the same p

Re: [mythtv-users] Seattle Comcast question

2005-04-19 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Tuesday 12 April 2005 12:11, Andy Alsup wrote: > I just got my HD display, and I'm having trouble setting up the DTV > channels on the DTV tuner. Now wondering if the tuner is bad. Are you talking about the tuner in the TV itself? If so, are you certain its QAM-capable? > Does anyone know th

Re: [mythtv-users] Best place to load dvb_bt8xx from?

2005-04-19 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Thursday 14 April 2005 21:37, John Freer wrote: > Hey all: > > I'm looking for the best way to trigger the load of the DVB driver > for my HD2000 card. > > I'm assuming I want the module loaded before mythbackend starts? > > Where's the elegant way to trigger the module load? I'd like to > thin

Re: [mythtv-users] Rebuild source rpms HOWTO

2005-04-19 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Tuesday 19 April 2005 18:22, Joe Votour wrote: > > The required macros have been posted on the > > atrpms-devel list a few times. [...] > Yes, in fact, I pulled down the macros from one of > your postings on atrpms-devel. It was a bit of a > pain, since I couldn't find any search feature. I ha

Re: [mythtv-users] VNC launches second mythfrontend

2005-04-19 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Tuesday 19 April 2005 18:17, Bryan Halter wrote: > Why not use the X server in cygwin and give yourself an actual X display? Why not solve the problem instead of working around it? And why the hell would I want to run cygwin? I don't run Windows anywhere. :-) > Jarod Wilson wrote: > >On Tuesd

Re: [mythtv-users] glxgears fx5200 and 7174

2005-04-19 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Sunday 17 April 2005 16:46, Greg Grotsky wrote: > You should use NvAGP, I switched over from AMD64_AGPGART (939pin > northbridge driver) and gained 1000fps on my 5700 Ultra. I see ~5100 > fps with glxgears. AGPGART on AMD64, GeForce 6600GT, 7130fps. The fps make pretty much zero difference fo

Re: [mythtv-users] Bootsplash on PVR-350 ?

2005-04-19 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Sunday 17 April 2005 03:54, Chad wrote: > On 4/17/05, Fredrik Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm using a PVR-350 on a gentoo box connected only to my TV. I'm > > getting tired of first having nothing on the screen, followed by a > > garbled image when X starts up on the

Re: [mythtv-users] Rebuild source rpms HOWTO

2005-04-19 Thread Joe Votour
--- Jarod Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I put everything in ~/.rpmmacros and *never* build > anything as root (can cause > Very Bad Things to happen if there's a bug in the > spec...). > Good idea... I'll make sure that I do that for the version of the document that I'll write. > The

Re: [mythtv-users] Request info from working M10K frontend.

2005-04-19 Thread Michael Carland
On Apr 19, 2005, at 6:11 PM, Cecil Watson wrote: Hello, Michael Carland wrote: Howdy. ** Questions Could someone with a working M10K using built in video and ethernet, with a separate backend, provide me with the following info? What interrupts are your ethernet and video on? (cat /proc/interrupt

Re: [mythtv-users] VNC launches second mythfrontend

2005-04-19 Thread Bryan Halter
Why not use the X server in cygwin and give yourself an actual X display? Jarod Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 19 April 2005 10:24, Larry K wrote: Yes, this is exactly what I am seeing as well, using Jarod's "power button" script. This was causing me all kinds of pain until I finally

RE: [mythtv-users] Re: VNC launches second mythfrontend

2005-04-19 Thread Berry, David
Try this one - it uses the current X display: http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/ x11vnc allows one to remotely view and interact with real X displays (i.e. a display corresponding to a physical monitor, keyboard, and mouse) with any VNC viewer. In this way it plays the role for Unix/X11 that WinVN

Re: [mythtv-users] VNC launches second mythfrontend

2005-04-19 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Tuesday 19 April 2005 10:24, Larry K wrote: > Yes, this is exactly what I am seeing as well, using Jarod's "power button" > script. This was causing me all kinds of pain until I finally realized that > 2 instances of mythfrontend were running. > > Thanks for the info. I don't actually run VNC o

Re: [mythtv-users] Rebuild source rpms HOWTO

2005-04-19 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Tuesday 19 April 2005 11:22, Joe Votour wrote: > I've done it for the 0.17 release, but I don't have > access to the information while I'm at work (I only > enabled MythWeb access to my machine, not SSH). I > haven't done it for 0.18, I'm going to reinstall > everything before doing it for 0.18

[mythtv-users] Re: VNC launches second mythfrontend

2005-04-19 Thread Allan Risk
i noticed this too. i recently installed VNC hoping that i could remotely create cutlists for the recordings i had. apparently this is not the case. :( i'll try creating a separate user for VNC as was suggested by Scott and see if that works. just out of curiousity, what are you using VNC for? a

Re: [mythtv-users] Slight 0.18 compile problems

2005-04-19 Thread Harry Orenstein
On Saturday 16 April 2005 6:54 pm, Harry Orenstein wrote: > First, thanks to Isaac and all of the developers (as well as less frequent > contributors) for the great work on 0.18. > > I had a couple of minor problems compiling 0.18 that I just wanted to post > and see if anyone had the same issues.

[mythtv-users] bttv0: OCERR @ ??? Suggestions?

2005-04-19 Thread John Freer
Anyone ever seen these before in dmesg? This is the last bit of error messages I get just before my system hardlocks and requires reset. bttv0: OCERR @ 1cd2a014,bits: HSYNC OFLOW OCERR* bttv0: OCERR @ 1cd2a014,bits: HSYNC OFLOW OCERR* bttv0: OCERR @ 1cd2a014,bits: HSYNC OFLOW OCERR* bttv0: OCERR

Re: [mythtv-users] irman & lirc help

2005-04-19 Thread Jeff Wormsley
Bryce wrote: I've removed all lirc rpms and re-installed just lirc-lib and lirc and rebooted a couple of times. I'm using an IRMan with a different remote, but other than the lircd.conf and .lircrc files, it should be the same process. Assuming you've followed Jarod's guide and installed apt,

Re: [mythtv-users] Rebuild source rpms HOWTO

2005-04-19 Thread Joe Votour
The problem with the linked procedure is that ATrpms has MythTV in their own locations (usr/bin, instead of /usr/local/bin), and they move some of the configuration files around. Rebuilding from source after you have installed the RPMs will lead to conflicts (I know, I have tried this myself). It

Re: [mythtv-users] High-Definition Playback performance data

2005-04-19 Thread Brad Templeton
On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 05:21:32PM -0500, Paul Leppert wrote: > On 4/3/05, Brad Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > They include: > > > > a) Right drivers for card with your kernel > > b) Proper AGP bus speed and AGP interface driver in use > > c) Proper user of openGL sync for

Re: [mythtv-users] to the people using dial-up

2005-04-19 Thread Jonathan Watmough
On 4/19/05, Alan Hagge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aaron, > > Aaron Aguilar wrote: > > >I need a dial-up modem that will work under the 2.6 kernel. (I'm > >using FC3, big surprise right?) The modem I have now is only > >supported for the 2.4 kernel. I would like to find a reasonably > >priced

Re: [mythtv-users] How to record HD and SD versions of same show

2005-04-19 Thread Brad Templeton
Well, I usually transcode to mp4 to save space which may not be playable on your mediamvp, but here is my mencoder script which works quite well at shrinking HDTV down in size without losing a lot of quality. #!/bin/bash rate=${2:-3500} scale=${3:-scale=1280:-2} #inter=ildct:ilme inter="" copts=

Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV lockups

2005-04-19 Thread Andrew Kreps
On 4/19/05, Nick Rosier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm also seeing this. MythTV 0.18 (CVS); using PVR-350 as framebuffer > with ivtv 0.3.2 p, q, 0.3.3a, c > Skipping forward/backwards or skipping commercials will hang the > frontend from time to time with the message: > > 2005-04-19 21:03:27.502

Re: [mythtv-users] Request info from working M10K frontend.

2005-04-19 Thread Cecil Watson
Hello, Michael Carland wrote: Howdy. ** Questions Could someone with a working M10K using built in video and ethernet, with a separate backend, provide me with the following info? What interrupts are your ethernet and video on? (cat /proc/interrupts) CPU0 15:1856705 XT-PI

Re: [mythtv-users] How to record HD and SD versions of same show

2005-04-19 Thread John Sturgeon
David Shay wrote: - Original Message - From: "Brad Templeton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> => Or you could write a script to transcode/down-rez the HD version and keep it in videos. It will look much better than any version recorded off something like a pvr-250, and may look better than a

[mythtv-users] two mythfrontends

2005-04-19 Thread Justin Mason
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all -- First off, thanks for MythTV!! It's a very nicely done package, well polished, and I'm very impressed. (especially given the rather hairy situation you wind up in, dealing with all this bleeding-edge barely-documented hardware...) now, I

Re: [mythtv-users] fedora boot script leads to protocol mismatch

2005-04-19 Thread hary wilke
On Apr 20, 2005, at 12:58 AM, Robert Johnston wrote: On 4/19/05, hary wilke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I setup the latest myth from CVS last night mostly following jarods guide, apt-get'ing most all of the stuff, and then grabbing myth proper from the CVS, compiling and installing. after doing "c

[mythtv-users] OT: MythBurn Development ... ?

2005-04-19 Thread Geoff Scott
Sorry for the OT, but I'm wondering if MythBurn is still being developed. I searched over at the KnoppMyth forums and didn't find the old thread that had all the MythBurn stuff. A quick scan of the archives shows some discussion about integrating it as a plugin for Myth FE's, but nothing was "for

Re: [mythtv-users] High-Definition Playback performance data

2005-04-19 Thread Paul Leppert
On 4/3/05, Brad Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > They include: > > a) Right drivers for card with your kernel > b) Proper AGP bus speed and AGP interface driver in use > c) Proper user of openGL sync for retrace > d) Proper settings for deinterlace and, if used, xvmc > e

RE: [mythtv-users] DVB-T won't tune for v0.18

2005-04-19 Thread Neil Raymond
Hi I'm having what appears to be the same problem, although I'm using the newer Nova-T. http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/125593 Any help would be appreciated, Regards Neil From: Mark Howells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Mark Howells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,Discussion about mythtv

Re: [mythtv-users] fedora boot script leads to protocol mismatch

2005-04-19 Thread Robert Johnston
On 4/19/05, hary wilke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I setup the latest myth from CVS last night mostly following jarods > guide, apt-get'ing most all of the stuff, and then grabbing myth proper > from the CVS, compiling and installing. > > after doing "chkconfig mythbackend on" and "service mythba

Re: [mythtv-users] Request info from working M10K frontend.

2005-04-19 Thread Michael Carland
On Apr 19, 2005, at 4:50 PM, Michael Carland wrote: ** Questions Could someone with a working M10K using built in video and ethernet, with a separate backend, provide me with the following info? One more question I forgot. What nfs options are you using to mount the shared drive? From the documen

[mythtv-users] fedora boot script leads to protocol mismatch

2005-04-19 Thread hary wilke
I setup the latest myth from CVS last night mostly following jarods guide, apt-get'ing most all of the stuff, and then grabbing myth proper from the CVS, compiling and installing. after doing "chkconfig mythbackend on" and "service mythbackend start", or after a reboot, mythfrontend complains o

[mythtv-users] Request info from working M10K frontend.

2005-04-19 Thread Michael Carland
Howdy. ** Background I've posted a few times about stuttering video on my M10K setup using XvMC. Since I didn't have the problem without XvMC, just video tearing, I assumed XvMC was the culprit, and have been spending evenings trying different versions of DRM/XvMC/VIA. Well, today I went nuts (

[mythtv-users] irman & lirc help

2005-04-19 Thread Bryce
I'm going nuts trying to figure out why my Tivo Series 2 remote won't play nice with lirc. I've got an irman and have confirmed using test_io from libirman that the reciever and the remote work. If I symlink /dev/ttyS0 to /dev/lirc I can get irrecord to work fine as well. If I launch lircd with --d

[mythtv-users] program guide is empty

2005-04-19 Thread Nuno Alexandre
hi, Ive been trying to get the program guide to work, but with no luck. when i run mythfilldatabase i get the following: ,---8<-- removing existing program: 152.tv.tv2.dk Roomservice på engelsk 2005-04-19T17:00:00 - 2005-04-19T17:35:00 removing existing program: 152.tv.tv2.dk Små og store syn

Re: [mythtv-users] Rebuild source rpms HOWTO

2005-04-19 Thread Paul Leppert
On 4/19/05, Ken Mink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Joe, > If Axel and Jarod don't object, please post the info. I posted a > very similar request earlier. I'm trying to recompile the 0.17 SRPMs, > but with a patch added in. The compilation step succeeds, but the > packaging is failing. > > T

Re: [mythtv-users] How to record HD and SD versions of same show

2005-04-19 Thread Kevin Kuphal
David Shay wrote: - Original Message - From: "Brad Templeton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion about mythtv" Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 2:05 PM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] How to record HD and SD versions of same show On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 12:55:09PM -0400, James Armstrong wro

Re: [mythtv-users] How to record HD and SD versions of sameshow

2005-04-19 Thread john roberts
I 2nd the request. I haven't had much luck in down-res'ing my HD shows. -John - Original Message - From: "David Shay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion about mythtv" Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] How to record HD and SD versions of sameshow Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:17:58 -0500 > >

Re: [mythtv-users] HDTV performance in 0.18

2005-04-19 Thread Paul Leppert
On 4/19/05, David Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What do you put in your ./configure arguments, if you're building for an > Athlon XP 3000+? > > I used: > > ./configure --enable-xvmc --enable-opengl-vsync --enable-directfb > I have an Athlon XP 2000+ with an nvidia FX 5500 (only at AGP

Re: [mythtv-users] PVR 350 and WinTv Go?

2005-04-19 Thread Victor Perez
I have that config right now on my Knoppmyth R4V5 and bttv looks like crap over the PVR-350 tv-out (AMD Sempron 2200). Sometimes I use nuvexport so I can watch sports recordings a little better. I recommend you hold the money and better go with a PVR-150. I already bought one ($66 on Amazon) and I

Re: [mythtv-users] How to record HD and SD versions of same show

2005-04-19 Thread David Shay
- Original Message - From: "Brad Templeton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion about mythtv" Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 2:05 PM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] How to record HD and SD versions of same show > On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 12:55:09PM -0400, James Armstrong wrote: > > > > > > D

[mythtv-users] DVB-T won't tune for v0.18

2005-04-19 Thread Mark Howells
I've just d/loaded 0.18 and compiled & installed but mythtv won't tune my Nova-t (tda10045). I'm using gentoo 2.6.11-r3. The card works fine in other environments e.g bash-2.05b$ ./tzap "BBC ONE" using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' tuning to 64180 Hz video pid

Re: [mythtv-users] VNC launches second mythfrontend

2005-04-19 Thread Thomas Börkel
HI! Allan Risk wrote: I've found that if I run vncserver that a second mythfrontend is running as shown by 'ps -A'. This second mythfrontend can be independently closed from the vnc client and the one on the console remains. The vnc session that appears on the remote client is otherwise different

Re: [mythtv-users] to the people using dial-up

2005-04-19 Thread Alan Hagge
Aaron, Aaron Aguilar wrote: I need a dial-up modem that will work under the 2.6 kernel. (I'm using FC3, big surprise right?) The modem I have now is only supported for the 2.4 kernel. I would like to find a reasonably priced modem if it's possible, and I figured you guys would be the ones to ask

RE: [mythtv-users] Nova-T problems with 0.18

2005-04-19 Thread mythtv-users
John wrote regarding skipping audio/video Nova-T problems on mythtv-0.18: > In mythtv-setup selecting "use hardware encoding" > seems to fix this. There is an ongoing thread about > this on the dev list and selecting extract TS instead > of or as well as use hardware may well help but for me > th

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: VNC launches second mythfrontend

2005-04-19 Thread Bruce Smith
You can export your desktop (:0) by editing your xorg.conf file as described here: http://xf4vnc.sourceforge.net/doc.html Then you can connect to it any with VNC, no matter what desktop/window-manager you're running. - BS ___ mythtv-users mailing lis

[mythtv-users] Re: VNC launches second mythfrontend

2005-04-19 Thread Allan Risk
In my situation I haven't used Jarod's power button script yet, or even created it. I'm just using myth-load.sh in section 14 of the guide. - Original Message - From: Larry K To: Discussion about mythtv Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 3:18 PM Subject: [SPAM?] --> S

[mythtv-users] Crashing frontend.

2005-04-19 Thread Brian Kennedy
I just did a handfull of upgrades to my myth box, the main purpose of which was replacing the crap WinTV tuner with a spanking new Plextor PX-TV402U. I get some wonderful test recordings with the gorecord included in the driver package, so I expect it to be a worthwile upgrade. The problem tha

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: VNC launches second mythfrontend

2005-04-19 Thread Mathew Mrosko
On Tuesday 19 April 2005 12:23 pm, Nate Thompson wrote: > I used to have this problem. To get around it, I simply enabled > 'Desktop Sharing' in the KDE Control Panel under Internet Components. If you don't want to use the WAY TO BIG FOR MYTH window manager KDE, just get x11vnc... it will bind t

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: VNC launches second mythfrontend

2005-04-19 Thread Christopher David Petersen
On 4/19/05, gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Allan Risk wrote:> I tried this method first as I thought this was a nicer way to deal with > it.>> It worked, but backwards.> It appears that as the vncservice starts the first mythfrontend.> Then when the desired mythfrontend should

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: VNC launches second mythfrontend

2005-04-19 Thread gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman)
Nate Thompson wrote: There is also a way to do this via the xorg.conf file, I think there were some posts about this a little while ago. doubt it would be in xorg.conf / XF86Config ... if anything it'd be in the KDM, GDM, XDM, Xsession files ... unfortunately those are very distro-specific (often

Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV lockups

2005-04-19 Thread Nick Rosier
I'm also seeing this. MythTV 0.18 (CVS); using PVR-350 as framebuffer with ivtv 0.3.2 p, q, 0.3.3a, c Skipping forward/backwards or skipping commercials will hang the frontend from time to time with the message: 2005-04-19 21:03:27.502 Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded 2005-04-19 21:20:16.

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: VNC launches second mythfrontend

2005-04-19 Thread Nate Thompson
On 4/19/05, gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > probably the best (esp if you want to continue using the same window > manager / desktop environment) would be to add into the script a check > that would see (based on printenv output) whether you were logging in at > the console

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: VNC launches second mythfrontend

2005-04-19 Thread gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman)
Allan Risk wrote: I tried this method first as I thought this was a nicer way to deal with it. It worked, but backwards. It appears that as the vncservice starts the first mythfrontend. Then when the desired mythfrontend should get started it can't because the script sees it as already running.

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: VNC launches second mythfrontend

2005-04-19 Thread Larry K
Jarod's "power button" script looks like this: #!/bin/bash PROG=mythfrontend STATUS=`ps -e | grep $PROG | grep -v grep | wc -l | awk '{print $1}'` if [ $STATUS -eq 0 ] then ( $PROG & ) else killall $PROG fi exit 0 Interestingly, I discovered that I could cause 2 instances of my

[mythtv-users] Re: VNC launches second mythfrontend

2005-04-19 Thread Allan Risk
Here's my theory. If anyone has suggestions on how to avoid this it would be most welcome. I use Jarod's ~/.kde/Autostart/myth-load.sh, which among other things starts mythfrontend. Since vnc starts a new KDE session, I think this gets run again for the vnc session and therefore mythfrontend

Re: [mythtv-users] How to record HD and SD versions of same show

2005-04-19 Thread Brad Templeton
On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 12:55:09PM -0400, James Armstrong wrote: > > > David Shay wrote: > >I have some HDTV-capable frontends and some non-HDTV capable frontends. I > >would like to setup a "record all showings on this channel" entry for a > >series, one for the HD channel and one for the SD ch

Re: [mythtv-users] to the people using dial-up

2005-04-19 Thread Jeff Simpson
Spoke too soon - looks like only the ISA version works well in linux. Check out this page: http://www.devidal.tv/~chris/winmodems/winmodem.html#Database On 4/19/05, Jeff Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's a US Robotics 2400 baud modem: > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&cate

Re: [mythtv-users] to the people using dial-up

2005-04-19 Thread Jeff Simpson
Here's a US Robotics 2400 baud modem: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=51057&item=6761638016&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW But seriously, though, I've had good luck with the AOpen modems. I have an AOpen ISA modem still in use at my parents house, it's been working like a charm in a l

Re: [mythtv-users] Rebuild source rpms HOWTO

2005-04-19 Thread Ken Mink
On 4/19/05, Joe Votour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've done it for the 0.17 release, but I don't have > access to the information while I'm at work (I only > enabled MythWeb access to my machine, not SSH). I > haven't done it for 0.18, I'm going to reinstall > everything before doing it for 0.18

Re: [mythtv-users] to the people using dial-up

2005-04-19 Thread Chris Nelson
The One... The Only... http://search.ebay.com/usr%20courier -Chris On 4/19/05, Calvin Harrigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aaron Aguilar wrote: > > >I need a dial-up modem that will work under the 2.6 kernel. (I'm > >using FC3, big surprise right?) The modem I have now is only > >supported f

[mythtv-users] Interrupting DPMS with Lirc

2005-04-19 Thread Stuart Morgan
Is it possible through some configuration or hacking to allow a Lirc remote to interrupt DPMS (a opposed to the mouse/keyboard)? -- Stuart Morgan ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-use

Re: [mythtv-users] Rebuild source rpms HOWTO

2005-04-19 Thread Joe Votour
I've done it for the 0.17 release, but I don't have access to the information while I'm at work (I only enabled MythWeb access to my machine, not SSH). I haven't done it for 0.18, I'm going to reinstall everything before doing it for 0.18 (because I want to install FC3 x86_64). But the basic jist

Re: [mythtv-users] Compile Problems 0.18

2005-04-19 Thread David Sharp
Bret asked: Pardon my newbie-ness, but this location is where to find the xine-hd include files that came with the pcHDTV HD-3000 card? And may I ask what altivec is? Not sure, mine was for a Nova-T, I have nfi how the HD-3000 drivers work sorry. Do not worry about altivec unless you have a PPC (A

[mythtv-users] .18 worth it for DVB users in the UK?

2005-04-19 Thread Jonathan Hart
Hi, I have a Nova-T, running fine with .17 on Ubuntu Hoary. Frontend on an iBook. Is it worth going for .18 or are there any new issues that would mean I should perhaps wait for the more significant .19? Cheers, Jon -- Jonathan Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___

RE: [mythtv-users] Compile Problems 0.18

2005-04-19 Thread bret . jordan
Pardon my newbie-ness, but this location is where to find the xine-hd include files that came with the pcHDTV HD-3000 card? And may I ask what altivec is? Is there a detailed listing of the ./configure options and what each one means? Thanks in advance for all your help. Bret Quoting [EMAIL

Re: [mythtv-users] Backend crash after MythWeb access

2005-04-19 Thread Chris Petersen
I've been consistently getting mythbackend crashes after access to MythWeb. It's not always immediately, and seems to take 2 or 3 accesses before the crash occurs. Has anyone else seen this, or have any ideas of a fix? Can you give me a little more detail? Which page in mythweb? All pages? re

Re: [mythtv-users] cpu cooling recommendations?

2005-04-19 Thread Calvin Harrigan
Dan Littlejohn wrote: There is this: Zalman 6500CU fanless but I went with a CNPS6500B-Cu http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1210 It has a large 92mm fan and you could replace it with a 120mm if you have room. Really, you should just go over to www.silentpcreview.com and see all

Re: [mythtv-users] Configure script says "XvMC support no" (err, YES!)

2005-04-19 Thread Matt
On 4/19/05, john roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I had this issue. You will find the configure script looks only in one > location for the lib's for various things (such as xvmc, xv, others). > > Adding --enable-xvmc has no effect here since it checks to see if the lib's > exist. And i

Re: [mythtv-users] to the people using dial-up

2005-04-19 Thread Calvin Harrigan
Aaron Aguilar wrote: I need a dial-up modem that will work under the 2.6 kernel. (I'm using FC3, big surprise right?) The modem I have now is only supported for the 2.4 kernel. I would like to find a reasonably priced modem if it's possible, and I figured you guys would be the ones to ask. I do

Re: [mythtv-users] VNC launches second mythfrontend

2005-04-19 Thread Larry K
Yes, this is exactly what I am seeing as well, using Jarod's "power button" script.  This was causing me all kinds of pain until I finally realized that 2 instances of mythfrontend were running. Thanks for the info.On 4/19/05, gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Here's my theory. 

[mythtv-users] Backend crash after MythWeb access

2005-04-19 Thread jim . herold
I'm run MythTV 0.18, and had this same problem when I was running 0.17.   I've been consistently getting mythbackend crashes after access to MythWeb.  It's not always immediately, and seems to take 2 or 3 accesses before the crash occurs.  Has anyone else seen this, or have any ideas of a fix?   I

Re: [mythtv-users] Nova-T problems with 0.18

2005-04-19 Thread John Harvey
In mythtv-setup selecting "use hardware encoding" seems to fix this. There is an ongoing thread about this on the dev list and selecting extract TS instead of or as well as use hardware may well help but for me this is all i have done and for now its working. John --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > H

Re: [mythtv-users] cpu cooling recommendations?

2005-04-19 Thread John Kuhn
Aaron Aguilar wrote: The fan on my AMD XP2100 is really loud and I want to upgrade to something that I can't hear from about 4 feet away, it also has to keep my proc cool obviously. Should I invest in a fanless heatpipe? I would appreciate any ideas, suggestions, comments :D Aaron __

[mythtv-users] mythbackend fails (dead but subsys locked)

2005-04-19 Thread jack dean
Hi, I have not ever gotten myth to work, or rather lirc to work. Every thing I've tried has gone down in flames. I must admit, this is the most cantankerous piece of sw I've yet used. Currently I get: /sbin/service mythbackend status mythbackend dead but subsys locked [EMAIL PROTECTED] mysql]# my

[mythtv-users] to the people using dial-up

2005-04-19 Thread Aaron Aguilar
I need a dial-up modem that will work under the 2.6 kernel. (I'm using FC3, big surprise right?) The modem I have now is only supported for the 2.4 kernel. I would like to find a reasonably priced modem if it's possible, and I figured you guys would be the ones to ask. I don't feel like feeding

RE: [mythtv-users] VNC launches second mythfrontend

2005-04-19 Thread Scott Harris
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Allan Risk > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 9:12 AM > To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org > Subject: [mythtv-users] VNC launches second mythfrontend > > I've found that if I run vncserver that a second mythf

Re: [mythtv-users] cpu cooling recommendations?

2005-04-19 Thread Colin Smillie
On 4/19/05, Aaron Aguilar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The fan on my AMD XP2100 is really loud and I want to upgrade to > something that I can't hear from about 4 feet away, it also has to > keep my proc cool obviously. Should I invest in a fanless heatpipe? > I would appreciate any ideas, suggest

Re: [mythtv-users] VNC launches second mythfrontend

2005-04-19 Thread Andrew Close
On 4/19/05, Allan Risk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've found that if I run vncserver that a second mythfrontend is running as > shown by 'ps -A'. > This second mythfrontend can be independently closed from the vnc client and > the one on the console remains. > The vnc session that appears on the

Re: [mythtv-users] How to record HD and SD versions of same show

2005-04-19 Thread James Armstrong
David Shay wrote: I have some HDTV-capable frontends and some non-HDTV capable frontends. I would like to setup a "record all showings on this channel" entry for a series, one for the HD channel and one for the SD channel, thereby getting two non-duplicated versions of every episode, one in HD an

RE: [mythtv-users] Compile Problems 0.18

2005-04-19 Thread mythtv-users
Brett wrote > What path do I use for the --dvb-path? Depends where you saved it, in my case I used: ./configure --disable-altivec --enable-dvb --dvb-path=/usr/local/src/linuxtv-dvb-1.1.1/linux/include/ --disable-distcc HTH David ___ mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] VNC launches second mythfrontend

2005-04-19 Thread gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman)
Here's my theory. If anyone has suggestions on how to avoid this it would be most welcome. I use Jarod's ~/.kde/Autostart/myth-load.sh, which among other things starts mythfrontend. Since vnc starts a new KDE session, I think this gets run again for the vnc session and therefore mythfrontend start

Re: [mythtv-users] VNC launches second mythfrontend

2005-04-19 Thread Garry Cook
On 4/19/05, Allan Risk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've found that if I run vncserver that a second mythfrontend is running as > shown by 'ps -A'. > This second mythfrontend can be independently closed from the vnc client and > the one on the console remains. > The vnc session that appears on the

Re: [mythtv-users] VNC launches second mythfrontend

2005-04-19 Thread Scott Francis
On 4/19/05, Allan Risk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've found that if I run vncserver that a second mythfrontend is running as > shown by 'ps -A'. > This second mythfrontend can be independently closed from the vnc client and > the one on the console remains. > The vnc session that appears on the

[mythtv-users] How to record HD and SD versions of same show

2005-04-19 Thread David Shay
I have some HDTV-capable frontends and some non-HDTV capable frontends. I would like to setup a "record all showings on this channel" entry for a series, one for the HD channel and one for the SD channel, thereby getting two non-duplicated versions of every episode, one in HD and one in SD. When

[mythtv-users] VNC launches second mythfrontend

2005-04-19 Thread Allan Risk
I've found that if I run vncserver that a second mythfrontend is running as shown by 'ps -A'. This second mythfrontend can be independently closed from the vnc client and the one on the console remains. The vnc session that appears on the remote client is otherwise different than the console ses

Re: [mythtv-users] cpu cooling recommendations?

2005-04-19 Thread Bill Smith
Dan Littlejohn wrote: There is this: Zalman 6500CU fanless but I went with a CNPS6500B-Cu http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1210 It has a large 92mm fan and you could replace it with a 120mm if you have room. Really, you should just go over to www.silentpcreview.com and see all

Re: [mythtv-users] cpu cooling recommendations?

2005-04-19 Thread mark
I have a zallman cooling fans and they are essentially silent. Very highly recommend them. Mark Quoting Aaron Aguilar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The fan on my AMD XP2100 is really loud and I want to upgrade to > something that I can't hear from about 4 feet away, it also has to > keep my proc cool

[mythtv-users] Nova-T problems with 0.18

2005-04-19 Thread mythtv-users
Hi, I've got some problems with DVB using a Nova-T with 0.18, I've been tending not to use the card because it had a habit of locking up the PVR-350 output. I thought I'd give it another try since there have been a number of changes to the ivtv that look like they might have cured the issues...

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