[mythtv-users] ivtv card not getting initialized.

Tue Aug 23 18:20:37 UTC 2005

George,

Thanks for the update.
Applying those patches appear to fix the problem. But like you stated this 
snippet should be placed in a more general purpose section of the guide and 
not the ir section.
I skipped the remote section because I didn't want IR capability.  Or at 
least I thought I didn't need it.
I'll make a note on my copy of Jared's guide.  I'll also check that site and 
see if the guide has been updated.
My copy is a few months old  (pre fc4)
If not I'll ask once again if my notes can be incorporated into the master.

In any event, while I am now getting additional error/warning messages at 
boot time at least the card appears to be getting initialized automatically. 
I'll have to capture those messages and debug.

thanks again for your assistance...

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Galt" <george.galt at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] This is dumb

Here is the line from Jarod's guide.  I've had to use it on my Fedora
Core 4 Mythtv boxes.  Oddly, it's in the lirc section of his guide
rather than the ivtv section -- though it appears that the behavior is
the result of some interaction between lirc and ivtv modules.

George

UPDATE: I think I finally have a completely viable, universal fix to
get both ivtv and lirc modules (no matter which lirc module you're
using, as long as its in modprobe.conf) loading very early in the boot
process. I simply made a few changes to rc.sysinit, which you can add
to your system via a patch I've generated. You'll still need to remove
the first line from /etc/udev/rules.d/lirc.rules, leaving only
'KERNEL="lirc0",   SYMLINK="lirc"' in there, then download and apply
this diff:
# tail -1 /etc/udev/rules.d/lirc.rules > /etc/udev/rules.d/lirc.rules.tmp
# mv /etc/udev/rules.d/lirc.rules.tmp /etc/udev/rules.d/lirc.rules
# wget https://svn.wilsonet.com/svn/mythtvology/trunk/rc.sysinit-mm.diff
# patch /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit < rc.sysinit-mm.diff

With these changes, everything finally initializes correctly at boot
time on my boxes. I never really looked into this one much earlier,
since my boxes never reboot. ;-)

On 8/23/05, Joe Votour <joevph at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Try checking the load order of things.  I was bitten
> by this last night (a fresh install), and didn't
> realize it until I had about five non-existant
> recordings.
>
> It seems to be important that the ivtv drivers are
> loaded before mythbackend is started (which makes
> sense, I suppose).  Jarod's HOWTO for FC3 has a patch
> to rc.sysinit (I think that's the file) that makes
> sure this happens.
>
> If the ivtv modules are loaded after mythbackend
> starts, then I get the same messages as you, and only
> about five seconds of LiveTV before it dies.
>
> -- Joe
>
> --- Claude Boucher <mythtv.user at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It's so good to find kindred spirits around here.
> > It's not hopeless yet!
> >
> > Before going the 'compile from svn' route (I never
> > said "sí" to C ;) ),
> > I might want to go back to FC3 instead, pull Axel's
> > rpms and maybe
> > rearrange the cards in the box first.
> >
> > As for dropping mythconverg, I don't think it will
> > make any difference,
> > IMHO.
> >
> > Claude
> >
> > todd Bailey wrote:
> >
> > >Yes I know the feeling, Clueless in Seattle...
> > Staring ME!
> > >
> > >Yes I get to watch live tv!  all 10 seconds of it.
> > >It's almost like a buffer is getting filled or
> > something.
> > >
> > >a troubleshooting section suggested to recompile
> > the exe with debugging
> > >enabled to see more error diagnosis. Something to
> > do another day or
> > >later this week. C or C++ is not a programming
> > language that I am all
> > >the strong on so it will be another challenge to
> > tackle.
> > >
> > >another clue is this error
> > >
> > >ASSERT: "i <= nodes" in
> > /usr/lib/qt-3.3/include/qvaluelist.h (373)
> > >
> > >which the code that reports the error reads...
> > >.
> > >.
> > >.
> > >template <class T>
> > >Q_INLINE_TEMPLATES Q_TYPENAME
> > QValueListPrivate<T>::NodePtr
> > >QValueListPrivate<T>::at( size_type i ) const
> > >{
> > >    Q_ASSERT( i <= nodes );
> > >    NodePtr p = node->next;
> > >    for( size_type x = 0; x < i; ++x )
> > >     p = p->next;
> > >    return p;
> > >}
> > >.
> > >.
> > >.
> > >
> > >ON a whim I am going to drop and recreate the myth
> > database and see if
> > >it's something I mangaled while configuring the
> > system.
> > >
> > >as far as getting ivtv drivers to load, My modprobe
> > file is very similar
> > >to yours.  I'll have to read up on the structure
> > and how the system used
> > >this file to gain a better understanding as to why
> > the drivers are not
> > >getting properly loaded at boot time.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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