[mythtv-users] problem trying to watch TV

[IvanK.]

Does the user running myth* have persmissions for /dev/dsp and /dev/video?  
Also, sometimes if I run myth* as root the ringbuffer is owned by root.  Then 
if I run myth* as my mythtv user, it cannot write to to ring buffer and it 
hangs.

IvanK.

On Thursday 06 February 2003 10:57 am, Michael J. Sherman wrote:
> >>Hi all,
> >>
> >>Whenever I try to watch TV using MythTV it just hangs.  I have an ATI TV
> >>card which works just fine under XawTV.  I get the following output when
> >>I attempt to run mythtv:
> >>
> >>$ mythtv
> >>Probed: /dev/video0 - Television
> >>Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite1
> >>Changing from None to WathingLiveTV
> >>
> >>And then it just freezes.  What could be wrong?  I ran the setup program
> >>and everything seemed fine.  I can run the mythfrontend app and look at
> >>the program schedule, but that's about it.  When I try to listen to
> >>music it crashes, too.  Seems like I'm just in a world of hurt here. I'm
> >>using RedHat 8.0.
> >
> > Some other program is using /dev/dsp.  Possibly "esd".  Kill it.
>
> I did that.  Same result.  Then I made sure to kill both esd and artsd.
>   Nothing seems to work.  Any more ideas?