[mythtv-users] Gee, I THOUGHT I was a linux fan.

[Phil Bridges]

Comments in-line.

On 8/15/05, Richard Bronosky <mythtv at bronosky.com> wrote:

> 2.  I now have my network working.  (I know because I used a text based
> browser to hit Yahoo.com.)  But, I cannot get the DataDirect "Retrieve
> Listings" button to do anything.  (I get a new box to popup with no text
> and a half complete progress bar.  A second later it is gone.)  Yes, I
> did setup an account on labs.Zap2It.com, and add "Comcast-Dallas (for
> 30134)" (BTW, that's Georgia) to my "Current lineups".  What am I doing
> wrong here?  Is there a log file somewhere I can check?
> 

I *believe* that this is the part of the Myth-setup that takes a while
to run.  See: http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-9.html

"Once you have chosen your provider, press RETURN to continue. XMLTV
will now begin collecting the initial data for your location. The
screen may blank for a few seconds to several minutes, depending on
the load of the listings provider and the speed of your connection to
the Internet. Be patient!"

> 3.  I did setup my PVR-500 as 2 cards, /dev/video0 tuner0 & /dev/video1
> tuner0, and associate my "Comcast Cable" source to each.  But when I go
> to Watch Live TV, I get a black screen.  I know I'm not locked up
> because I can Crtl+Alt+F1-F6 to get to other tty's.  But to get that
> session (tty7) back I must reboot.  What am I doing wrong here?  Is
> there a log I can check?


The general mythbackend log file is /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.

I'd bet, though, that the issue is that you don't have channels
loaded, so Myth doesn't know what to tune.  See #2 above.

> 
> 4. I tried watching a DVD from my NEC 16xDL-DVD-RW but the Xine screen
> flashes for a second and then I'm back to the MythTV GUI.  I tried
> ripping a DVD but it keeps telling me there are no jobs.  What am I
> doing wrong here?  Is there a log I can check?
> 

It is possible that Xine is in the background.  Have you tried showing
the DVD from a CLI instance of xine?

Is mtd running?  (http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-19.html)


> Feel free to to kick, troll, and insult me, but please offer assistance too.
> 

Keep these to links handy: 

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/ (Searchable
archive of mailing list)
http://www.wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php (Jarod's thorough
walk-through of installing MythTV on a Fedora system)