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matttah
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 Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:53 am Post subject: mythtvbackend crashes...and pvr 350 tv out? |
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For some reason when i do /etc/init.d/mythbackend start it immediately crashes as soon as i can status it...any ideas? Works fine if i run it via command prompt.
Also when i tell mythtv to use my pvr 350 hauppauge it just fials complete. How do i fix this? Thanks
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I found this combination VERY dependent on the version of the ivtv driver. If the newest version failed, test an older version. I still run kernel 2.6.15 and ivtv-0.4.2 IIRC.
If you find a working combination copy the ebuild to a local portage overlay, so you can always go back to this version. It happens that the only working version gets deleted from official portage 
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matttah
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hrm got everything working except that /etc/init.d/mythbackend crashes immediately..yet if i run it in a terminal it works fine...any ideas?
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Hobbes-X
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| Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:58 pm Post subject: Re: mythtvbackend crashes...and pvr 350 tv out? |
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| matttah wrote: | | For some reason when i do /etc/init.d/mythbackend start it immediately crashes as soon as i can status it...any ideas? Works fine if i run it via command prompt. |
You're checking status through the init script, or in the tuner status section of the Information menu? A known bug is a crash from checking the status of a tuner that is setup through mythtv-setup, but does not exist.
If the rc-status is what you meant, there's a good chance it's dying before then. Check using something like:
| Code: | $ ps ax | grep mythbackend
30931 ? Ssl 9:08 /usr/bin/mythbackend --verbose general,important,upnp --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log
28022 pts/0 R+ 0:00 grep --colour=auto mythbackend
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You can check the backend's log for issues: /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log
Also, the ebuilds in portage setup a user named mythtv to run the backend. You could be having permissions problems since it works from the command line. The backend logs should point you in the right direction.
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Also when i tell mythtv to use my pvr 350 hauppauge it just fials complete. How do i fix this? Thanks
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When you tell it to use it for capture, or when you tell it to use it for display? The PVR350 support is lacking in myth, because there's no developer to handle support for it ATM, so it might be problematic. |
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