[mythtv] Couple Newbie Questions

[Jeremy Oddo]

>> 2.  I've been having no luck with getting 'mythtv' working.
>
> What distribution are you using, and what makes you think that mythtv
> can't get to the audio device?
>
I donno...Isaac and a few others said that's where I should look.  There's
not much info to go on, so I was taking some pointers from the pros!  As
far as the distro, I'm using RedHat 8.0 (for better or worse).

>
> Can you break it down step-by-step what works and what doesn't?
>
Sure, see below....

> When you run mythfrontend, what happens?
>
mythfrontend works without a hitch.  I can view the guide, schedule
recordings, etc.  All the menu options work minus 'setup' (which isn't
implemented yet), and 'mythtv'.  Here's what I get what I run 'mythtv'
(I'm running it from a different path, but it does the same under the
correct install path):

# gdb /var/src/try2/mythtv-0.7/programs/mythtv/mythtv
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This GDB was configured as "i386-redhat-linux"...
(gdb) run
Starting program: /var/src/try2/mythtv-0.7/programs/mythtv/mythtv
[New Thread 8192 (LWP 1300)]
Probed: /dev/video0 - Television
Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite1
Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video
Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite3
[New Thread 16385 (LWP 1308)]
[New Thread 8194 (LWP 1309)]
[New Thread 16387 (LWP 1310)]
Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
[New Thread 24580 (LWP 1314)]
[New Thread 32773 (LWP 1315)]
[New Thread 40966 (LWP 1316)]
[New Thread 49159 (LWP 1317)]
VIDIOCSYNC0: Interrupted system call
-------------------------------------------------------

but without doing the debugging trace, I usually get this in the shell:

Probed: /dev/video0 - Television
Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite1
Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video
Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite3
Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV


Then it just hangs there.  I *DID* notice that, although it appears to
just be sitting there, the file (forget the name right now) in /mnt/store
keeps growing and growing.  It seems almost like it's recording live TV
but it's not able to show me what's going on.

I'm so lost!
Jeremy