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From: Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 01:10:09
Message-Id: 1135904790.9334.1.camel@camille.espersunited.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend) by Michael Sullivan
1 On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 11:53 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote:
2 > It's been over an hour since I sent this in to the list and my log files
3 > say that it was sent, but I haven't gotten it back from the list yet.
4 > I'm sending it again...
5 >
6 > -------- Forwarded Message --------
7 > From: Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com>
8 > To: gentoo-user <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
9 > Subject: OT - Need MythTV setup help
10 > Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 10:30:48 -0600
11 >
12 > I went ahead and allotted 40GB (from my Windows partion zapped away by
13 > QParted) for my tv partition. I followed the wiki all the way through
14 > except for one part: My Input Connections screen is blank. The wiki
15 > said that this was a permissions issue, but as I'm trying to do this as
16 > root at the moment I don't think permissions should be a problem. Just
17 > in case, here's what the relevant permissions look like:
18 >
19 > camille mythtv # ls -al /dev/video*
20 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Dec 28 16:39 /dev/video -> video0
21 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root video 81, 0 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video0
22 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 1 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video1
23 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 10 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video10
24 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 11 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video11
25 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 12 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video12
26 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 13 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video13
27 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 14 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video14
28 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 15 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video15
29 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 16 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video16
30 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 17 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video17
31 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 18 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video18
32 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 19 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video19
33 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 2 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video2
34 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 20 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video20
35 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 21 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video21
36 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 22 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video22
37 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 23 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video23
38 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 24 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video24
39 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 25 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video25
40 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 26 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video26
41 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 27 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video27
42 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 28 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video28
43 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 29 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video29
44 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 3 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video3
45 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 30 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video30
46 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 31 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video31
47 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 32 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video32
48 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 33 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video33
49 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 34 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video34
50 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 35 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video35
51 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 36 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video36
52 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 37 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video37
53 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 38 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video38
54 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 39 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video39
55 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 4 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video4
56 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 40 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video40
57 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 41 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video41
58 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 42 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video42
59 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 43 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video43
60 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 44 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video44
61 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 45 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video45
62 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 46 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video46
63 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 47 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video47
64 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 48 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video48
65 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 49 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video49
66 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 5 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video5
67 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 50 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video50
68 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 51 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video51
69 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 52 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video52
70 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 53 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video53
71 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 54 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video54
72 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 55 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video55
73 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 56 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video56
74 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 57 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video57
75 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 58 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video58
76 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 59 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video59
77 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 6 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video6
78 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 60 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video60
79 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 61 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video61
80 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 62 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video62
81 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 63 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video63
82 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 7 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video7
83 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 8 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video8
84 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 9 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video9
85 > camille mythtv # chmod 666 /dev/video*
86 > camille mythtv # mythsetup
87 > 2005-12-29 10:28:26.867 New DB connection, total: 1
88 > Total desktop width=1024, height=768, numscreens=1
89 > 2005-12-29 10:28:27.048 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
90 > 2005-12-29 10:28:27.424 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T.)
91 > mythtv: could not connect to socket
92 > mythtv: No such file or directory
93 > lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
94 > Couldn't open /dev/video0 to probe its inputs.
95 > If this is the master backend server:
96 > Now, please run 'mythfilldatabase' to populate the database
97 > with channel information.
98 >
99 > camille mythtv # chmod 660 /dev/video*
100 > camille mythtv # ls -al /dev/video*
101 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Dec 28 16:39 /dev/video -> video0
102 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 0 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video0
103 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 1 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video1
104 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 10 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video10
105 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 11 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video11
106 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 12 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video12
107 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 13 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video13
108 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 14 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video14
109 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 15 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video15
110 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 16 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video16
111 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 17 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video17
112 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 18 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video18
113 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 19 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video19
114 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 2 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video2
115 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 20 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video20
116 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 21 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video21
117 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 22 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video22
118 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 23 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video23
119 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 24 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video24
120 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 25 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video25
121 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 26 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video26
122 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 27 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video27
123 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 28 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video28
124 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 29 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video29
125 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 3 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video3
126 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 30 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video30
127 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 31 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video31
128 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 32 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video32
129 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 33 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video33
130 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 34 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video34
131 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 35 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video35
132 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 36 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video36
133 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 37 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video37
134 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 38 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video38
135 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 39 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video39
136 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 4 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video4
137 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 40 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video40
138 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 41 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video41
139 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 42 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video42
140 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 43 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video43
141 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 44 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video44
142 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 45 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video45
143 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 46 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video46
144 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 47 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video47
145 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 48 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video48
146 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 49 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video49
147 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 5 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video5
148 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 50 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video50
149 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 51 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video51
150 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 52 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video52
151 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 53 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video53
152 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 54 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video54
153 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 55 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video55
154 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 56 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video56
155 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 57 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video57
156 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 58 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video58
157 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 59 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video59
158 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 6 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video6
159 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 60 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video60
160 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 61 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video61
161 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 62 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video62
162 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 63 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video63
163 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 7 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video7
164 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 8 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video8
165 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 9 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video9
166 >
167 >
168 > What am I doing wrong here?
169
170 I tried running mythbackground from the terminal prompt. I got this
171 printout:
172
173 camille ~ # mythbackend
174 2005-12-29 19:04:14.721 New DB connection, total: 1
175 Starting up as the master server.
176 2005-12-29 19:04:14.758 New DB connection, total: 2
177 2005-12-29 19:04:14.778 Channel(/dev/video0)::Open(): Can't open video
178 device, error "No such device"
179 2005-12-29 19:04:14.784 Channel(/dev/video0)::Open(): Can't open video
180 device, error "No such device"
181 2005-12-29 19:04:14.812 ChannelBase: Could not find input: Television on
182 card when setting channel 3
183
184 2005-12-29 19:04:14.834 New DB scheduler connection
185 is defined, but isn't attached to a cardinput.
186 Zap2It is defined, but isn't attached to a cardinput.
187 2005-12-29 19:04:14.874 mythbackend version: 0.18.1.20050510-1
188 www.mythtv.org
189 2005-12-29 19:04:14.874 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
190 2005-12-29 19:04:16.867 Reschedule requested for id -1.
191 2005-12-29 19:04:16.902 Scheduled 0 items in 0.0 = 0.03 match + 0.01
192 place
193 2005-12-29 19:04:16.908 Seem to be woken up by USER
194
195 camille ~ # ls -l /dev/video0
196 crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 0 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video0
197
198 As you can see, /dev/video0 DOES exist. Why is mythbackend saying it
199 doesn't?
200
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[gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend) Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com>