Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console (Success)

2005-06-30 Thread Michael Jones
That would be a REALLY useful function, but alas.. FC3 doesn't use it.. With Debian-based distros, the *proper* way to load a hardware module at boot time is to add the module's name to the list in /etc/modules and allow the /etc/init.d/module-init-tools script load it at the appropriate

Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console (Success)

2005-06-29 Thread chris
On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 12:40:12AM +0100, Nick wrote: Is there a correct way to load the module WAY earlier? I'm thinking there's a more correct way to get it to load first.. before any of the /etc/init.d stuff runs. I run the modprobes (2 cards) and start mythbackend from rc.local (you

Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console (Success)

2005-06-29 Thread Nick
On 6/29/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 12:40:12AM +0100, Nick wrote: Is there a correct way to load the module WAY earlier? I'm thinking there's a more correct way to get it to load first.. before any of the /etc/init.d stuff runs. I run the

Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console (Success)

2005-06-28 Thread Michael Jones
. From: Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 11:04:58 +1200 To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console you do _not_ need to add the minus

Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console

2005-06-28 Thread Kevin Saenz
Wot are you smoking? The minus gives you root env variables. obviously su is not doing the right thing, so bump up the priviliages a little more by using su - you do _not_ need to add the minus to do what is suggested here. you forgot the minus after su so it should be su - su

Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console (Success)

2005-06-28 Thread Nick
On 6/28/05, Michael Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HAHAHHAHAHA Found it.. The problem was that the command modprobe ivtv was being executed after mythbackend was started. (hmm.. what a surprise) Someone instructed me on how to adjust the /etc/init.d/mythbackend file to

Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console

2005-06-28 Thread Nick
On 6/27/05, Michael Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ su - Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ps ax | grep mythba 24775 ?Ssl0:00 /usr/bin/mythbackend --daemon --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log --pidfile /var/run/mythbackend.pid Anything helpful? btw:

Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console (Success)

2005-06-28 Thread Michael T. Dean
Nick wrote: On 6/28/05, Michael Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem was that the command modprobe ivtv was being executed after mythbackend was started. (hmm.. what a surprise) I run the modprobes (2 cards) and start mythbackend from rc.local (you could prob do it from

Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console (Success)

2005-06-28 Thread Nick
On 6/29/05, Michael T. Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nick wrote: On 6/28/05, Michael Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem was that the command modprobe ivtv was being executed after mythbackend was started. (hmm.. what a surprise) I run the modprobes (2 cards) and start

Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console (Success)

2005-06-28 Thread Michael T. Dean
Nick wrote: On 6/29/05, Michael T. Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nick wrote: On 6/28/05, Michael Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem was that the command modprobe ivtv was being executed after mythbackend was started. (hmm.. what a surprise) I run the modprobes (2 cards) and

Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console

2005-06-27 Thread Michael Jones
rebooting.. everything works. From: Kevin Saenz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Kevin Saenz [EMAIL PROTECTED], Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 08:38:14 +1000 To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you

Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console

2005-06-26 Thread Kevin Saenz
you forgot the minus after su so it should be su - su /etc/init.d/mythbackend stop /etc/init.d/mythbackend start then run ps ax|grep mythbac ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org

Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console

2005-06-26 Thread Nick Rout
you do _not_ need to add the minus to do what is suggested here. On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 08:38:14 +1000 Kevin Saenz wrote: you forgot the minus after su so it should be su - su /etc/init.d/mythbackend stop /etc/init.d/mythbackend start then run ps ax|grep mythbac

Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console

2005-06-25 Thread Michael Jones
Thanks.. but Nope.. - Michael From: Robert Kulagowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 12:24:35 -0500 To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run

Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console

2005-06-24 Thread Kevin Saenz
open a terminal type su - su terminals suck ;-p then try it again. Ok.. We may be getting somewhere? Rebooted so everything was fresh.. At a su terminal window (gave me permission errors if I did it as a non su user): /etc/init.d/mythbackend stop /etc/init.d/mythbackend start

Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console

2005-06-24 Thread Kevin Saenz
open a terminal type su - su terminals suck ;-p then try it again. Ok.. We may be getting somewhere? Rebooted so everything was fresh.. At a su terminal window (gave me permission errors if I did it as a non su user): /etc/init.d/mythbackend stop /etc/init.d/mythbackend start

Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console

2005-06-24 Thread Michael Jones
Open Terminal su /etc/init.d/mythbackend stop /etc/init.d/mythbackend start which mythbackend returns: /usr/bin/mythbackend (same as in the script) I've hunted through the logs and no errors are being generated. open a terminal type su - su terminals suck ;-p then try it again.

Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console

2005-06-24 Thread Robert Kulagowski
As root: $ su # rm /var/lock/subsys/mythbackend Does that help? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console

2005-06-23 Thread Michael Jones
PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 19:27:59 -0700 To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console I've

Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console

2005-06-23 Thread Michael Jones
Jun 2005 20:42:05 -0500 (CDT) To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console quote who=Michael Jones If I open a console window as root and run it manually: #mythbackend everything

Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console

2005-06-23 Thread Kevin Saenz
Stupid question why are you running mythtv in root? why are you symlinking a directory to / ? that is like creating a directory in windows and shortcutting it to c:\ You are not running windows here. :) set your system to autologon as a gumby user, and autolaunch mythfrontend. do you have

Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console

2005-06-23 Thread Michael Jones
I'm almost thinking that I should nuke my installation and start over again.. Stupid question why are you running mythtv in root? why are you symlinking a directory to / ? that is like creating a directory in windows and shortcutting it to c:\ You are not running windows here. :) set your

Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console

2005-06-23 Thread Kevin Saenz
mythbackend 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off Ok what happens when you run /etc/init.d/mythbackend stop then /etc/init.d/mythbackend start ? if you type where mythbackend is that the same location as what is entered into /etc/init.d/mythbackend ?

Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console

2005-06-23 Thread Michael Jones
:46 +1000 To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console mythbackend 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off Ok what happens when you run /etc/init.d/mythbackend stop

[mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console

2005-06-22 Thread Michael Jones
I'm pretty new to this whole thing so be gentle with me ;) Just finished putting together a MythTV/Fedora3 box with Jarod Wilson's instructions. Everything works well except if I run mythbackend as a service watching live tv doesn't work. If I open a console window as root and run it

Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console

2005-06-22 Thread Mickey Chandler
quote who=Michael Jones If I open a console window as root and run it manually: #mythbackend everything works. If I run it as a service and start live tv, the live tv screen shows up runs for about 1-2 sec and then freezes, the system then waits about 60sec and then returns to the main

Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually from a console

2005-06-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've had something similar happen. When you run it as a service, is your mythbackend service still running? When I run 'service mythbackend status', I usually get a 'pid file exists, but mythbackend is dead' message. When that happens, I find out it's because mythbackend is looking for its