[mythtv] problems on first run...

[Joel Larsson]

I used to get those errors before I run mythfilldatabase to get the 
channel data in the database.

//Joel

Stephan Wentz wrote:

>okok, my fault...
>schould've read through the mailinglist-archives before posting this...
>
>but nevertheless, what *has* to be done to get mythfilldatabase working with 
>tv_grab_de? i'd like to help fix this...
>
>another problem is, when i call mythtv i get the following output:
>
><snip>
>temp@mars temp $ mythtv
>Probed: /dev/video0 -
>Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
>VIDOCGMBUF:: Invalid argument
>VIDIOCSAUDIO: Invalid argument
></snip>
>
>shouldn't he find the tuner, composite and svideo?
>like stated in my prior mail i'm using a ati all-in-wonder pro with these 3 
>inputs, and the ati.2 driver...
>and what do the "invalid argument"-errors mean?
>
>would be great if someone could help me get this working...
>
>bye, stephan
>
>On Friday 03 January 2003 19:06, Stephan Wentz wrote:
>  
>
>>hi all...
>>
>>i'd really like to get mythtv working, but i'm experiencing some annoying
>>problems that i can't get rid of...
>>
>>first my configuration:
>>
>>i'm using a ati all-in-wonder pro with the gatos ati.2 drivers, everything
>>works fine with xawtv and gatos' avview, alsa is used for the sound, so it
>>shouldn't be a hardware or configuration issue. the system runs on gentoo
>>with kernel 2.4.19, i installed mythtv with the ebuild that's available in
>>the faq, it installed without problems. i'm living in germany so i'm using
>>xmltv with tv_grab_de.
>>
>>the versions are:
>>mythtv-0.7
>>xmltv-0.5.2
>>
>>so much for the basics. i configured and filled the database that is
>>needed, changed the login-data in mysql.txt, edited settings.txt so that it
>>uses tv_grab_de, changed the settings to PAL and europe_west and ran setup.
>>
>>at first i got this error when he was trying to configure the channel
>>source:
>>
>><snip>
>>Configuring channel source #1
>>mythsetup will now run tv_grab_de --configure
>>
>>--------------- Start of XMLTV output ---------------
>>sh: tv_grab_de--configure: command not found
>>---------------- End of XMLTV output ----------------
>></snip>
>>
>>seems to be an error in the setup-program (missing space before
>>--configure), when i call tv_grab_de --configure by hand i get:
>>
>><snip>
>>mars mythtv # tv_grab_de --configure
>>no configuration necessary
>></snip>
>>
>>so the error shouldn't be a problem i guess...
>>
>>setup finished fine and it told me to run mythfilldatabase --manual.
>>
>>calling it ends in this output:
>>
>><snip>
>>mars mythtv # mythfilldatabase --manual
>>###
>>### Running in manual channel configuration mode.
>>### This will ask you questions about every channel.
>>###
>>----------------- Start of XMLTV output -----------------
>>downloading listings: ##################################################
>>------------------ End of XMLTV output ------------------
>>Segmentation fault
>>mars mythtv #
>></snip>
>>
>>is there something like a debug mode that can tell me why it segfaults?
>>what can i do to trace the error?
>>
>>because of this some of the other programs don't work either, when i call
>>mythepg i get this:
>>
>><snip>
>>mars mythtv # mythepg
>>You don't have any channels defined in the database
>>This isn't going to work.
>>Segmentation fault
>></snip>
>>
>>the interesting thing is that it segfaults, too...
>>
>>mythfrontend seems to work, mythtv too, but i'm not getting any tv output,
>>which could be because of the missing channel definitions...
>>
>>has anyone else here had problems like these? maybe someone running gentoo?
>>or someone from germany here who had the same problems maybe due to bad
>>output from tv_grab_de?
>>i'd really like to get this working...
>>
>>bye, stephan
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>mythtv-dev mailing list
>>mythtv-dev@snowman.net
>>http://www.snowman.net/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-dev
>>    
>>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>mythtv-dev mailing list
>mythtv-dev@snowman.net
>http://www.snowman.net/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-dev
>  
>