[mythtv-users] No video

[Igor Izyumin]

Shirley, Mark R wrote:

>As I stated in the last email, I think the system is configured correctly,
>I followed the HOWTO closely, and everything compiled ok.  I don't have any
>video when I run ./mythbackend, have a full database, run ./mythfrontend.
>Myth shows up, I select TV, Watch Tv, and it turns on sound (a passthru, I
>haven't
>gotten ALSA working correctly yet) and blanks the video.  The only way out
>of it 
>is to exit Myth.  Where did I go wrong, and how do I troubleshoot this, is
>there
>a log file the frontend will generate?
>
>
>My system:
>
>AMD 2500+ Barton
>120Gig WD IDE 
>Epox 8K9AI
>512Mb 
>DVD drive
>Geforce4 MX440
>WinTV 401
>Mandrake 9.1
>
>I've run setup, and configured the front end, and the backend.
>I have a Dish Network box outputing RF into the RF on the WinTv.  I have the
>WinTv set to start on CH 3.  Something I missed?
>  
>
First, does the video work when you run XawTV?  If it doesn't, your TV 
card is not set up properly.
-- Igor