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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 22:11:57
Message-Id: 1135980482.11114.12.camel@camille.espersunited.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend) by Michael Sullivan
1 On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 19:06 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote:
2 > On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 11:53 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote:
3 > > It's been over an hour since I sent this in to the list and my log files
4 > > say that it was sent, but I haven't gotten it back from the list yet.
5 > > I'm sending it again...
6 > >
7 > > -------- Forwarded Message --------
8 > > From: Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com>
9 > > To: gentoo-user <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
10 > > Subject: OT - Need MythTV setup help
11 > > Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 10:30:48 -0600
12 > >
13 > > I went ahead and allotted 40GB (from my Windows partion zapped away by
14 > > QParted) for my tv partition. I followed the wiki all the way through
15 > > except for one part: My Input Connections screen is blank. The wiki
16 > > said that this was a permissions issue, but as I'm trying to do this as
17 > > root at the moment I don't think permissions should be a problem. Just
18 > > in case, here's what the relevant permissions look like:
19 > >
20 > > camille mythtv # ls -al /dev/video*
21 > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Dec 28 16:39 /dev/video -> video0
22 > > crw-rw-rw- 1 root video 81, 0 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video0
23 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 1 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video1
24 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 10 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video10
25 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 11 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video11
26 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 12 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video12
27 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 13 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video13
28 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 14 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video14
29 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 15 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video15
30 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 16 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video16
31 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 17 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video17
32 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 18 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video18
33 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 19 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video19
34 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 2 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video2
35 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 20 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video20
36 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 21 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video21
37 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 22 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video22
38 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 23 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video23
39 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 24 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video24
40 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 25 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video25
41 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 26 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video26
42 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 27 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video27
43 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 28 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video28
44 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 29 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video29
45 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 3 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video3
46 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 30 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video30
47 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 31 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video31
48 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 32 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video32
49 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 33 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video33
50 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 34 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video34
51 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 35 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video35
52 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 36 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video36
53 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 37 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video37
54 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 38 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video38
55 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 39 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video39
56 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 4 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video4
57 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 40 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video40
58 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 41 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video41
59 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 42 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video42
60 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 43 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video43
61 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 44 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video44
62 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 45 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video45
63 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 46 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video46
64 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 47 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video47
65 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 48 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video48
66 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 49 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video49
67 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 5 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video5
68 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 50 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video50
69 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 51 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video51
70 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 52 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video52
71 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 53 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video53
72 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 54 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video54
73 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 55 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video55
74 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 56 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video56
75 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 57 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video57
76 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 58 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video58
77 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 59 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video59
78 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 6 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video6
79 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 60 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video60
80 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 61 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video61
81 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 62 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video62
82 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 63 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video63
83 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 7 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video7
84 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 8 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video8
85 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 9 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video9
86 > > camille mythtv # chmod 666 /dev/video*
87 > > camille mythtv # mythsetup
88 > > 2005-12-29 10:28:26.867 New DB connection, total: 1
89 > > Total desktop width=1024, height=768, numscreens=1
90 > > 2005-12-29 10:28:27.048 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
91 > > 2005-12-29 10:28:27.424 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T.)
92 > > mythtv: could not connect to socket
93 > > mythtv: No such file or directory
94 > > lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
95 > > Couldn't open /dev/video0 to probe its inputs.
96 > > If this is the master backend server:
97 > > Now, please run 'mythfilldatabase' to populate the database
98 > > with channel information.
99 > >
100 > > camille mythtv # chmod 660 /dev/video*
101 > > camille mythtv # ls -al /dev/video*
102 > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Dec 28 16:39 /dev/video -> video0
103 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 0 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video0
104 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 1 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video1
105 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 10 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video10
106 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 11 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video11
107 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 12 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video12
108 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 13 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video13
109 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 14 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video14
110 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 15 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video15
111 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 16 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video16
112 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 17 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video17
113 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 18 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video18
114 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 19 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video19
115 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 2 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video2
116 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 20 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video20
117 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 21 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video21
118 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 22 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video22
119 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 23 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video23
120 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 24 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video24
121 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 25 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video25
122 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 26 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video26
123 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 27 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video27
124 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 28 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video28
125 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 29 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video29
126 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 3 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video3
127 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 30 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video30
128 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 31 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video31
129 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 32 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video32
130 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 33 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video33
131 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 34 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video34
132 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 35 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video35
133 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 36 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video36
134 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 37 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video37
135 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 38 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video38
136 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 39 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video39
137 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 4 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video4
138 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 40 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video40
139 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 41 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video41
140 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 42 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video42
141 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 43 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video43
142 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 44 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video44
143 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 45 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video45
144 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 46 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video46
145 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 47 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video47
146 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 48 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video48
147 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 49 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video49
148 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 5 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video5
149 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 50 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video50
150 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 51 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video51
151 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 52 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video52
152 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 53 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video53
153 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 54 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video54
154 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 55 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video55
155 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 56 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video56
156 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 57 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video57
157 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 58 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video58
158 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 59 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video59
159 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 6 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video6
160 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 60 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video60
161 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 61 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video61
162 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 62 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video62
163 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 63 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video63
164 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 7 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video7
165 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 8 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video8
166 > > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 9 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video9
167 > >
168 > >
169 > > What am I doing wrong here?
170 >
171 > I tried running mythbackground from the terminal prompt. I got this
172 > printout:
173 >
174 > camille ~ # mythbackend
175 > 2005-12-29 19:04:14.721 New DB connection, total: 1
176 > Starting up as the master server.
177 > 2005-12-29 19:04:14.758 New DB connection, total: 2
178 > 2005-12-29 19:04:14.778 Channel(/dev/video0)::Open(): Can't open video
179 > device, error "No such device"
180 > 2005-12-29 19:04:14.784 Channel(/dev/video0)::Open(): Can't open video
181 > device, error "No such device"
182 > 2005-12-29 19:04:14.812 ChannelBase: Could not find input: Television on
183 > card when setting channel 3
184 >
185 > 2005-12-29 19:04:14.834 New DB scheduler connection
186 > is defined, but isn't attached to a cardinput.
187 > Zap2It is defined, but isn't attached to a cardinput.
188 > 2005-12-29 19:04:14.874 mythbackend version: 0.18.1.20050510-1
189 > www.mythtv.org
190 > 2005-12-29 19:04:14.874 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
191 > 2005-12-29 19:04:16.867 Reschedule requested for id -1.
192 > 2005-12-29 19:04:16.902 Scheduled 0 items in 0.0 = 0.03 match + 0.01
193 > place
194 > 2005-12-29 19:04:16.908 Seem to be woken up by USER
195 >
196 > camille ~ # ls -l /dev/video0
197 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 0 Oct 19 11:13 /dev/video0
198 >
199 > As you can see, /dev/video0 DOES exist. Why is mythbackend saying it
200 > doesn't?
201
202 Is there a way to find out what each device node is connected to
203 hardwarewise? I'm wonderine if /dev/video0 is NOT the correct device
204 for my tv card, and if one of the other sixty-three /dev/video* nodes,
205 but I don't want to have to go through each individual one. Is there an
206 easier way?
207
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend) Bob Sanders <rmsand@××××××××××.net>