[mythtv-users] card#0 - Permission Denied!
mythtv at red2.braveturtle.com
mythtv at red2.braveturtle.com
Thu Mar 16 15:41:26 UTC 2006
Thanks. I will try that.
I am doing my best to research first and ask questions later, but there
is a lot of confusion in the documentation I have found.
For example, all the guides I have found say specifically to run
mythtv-setup as user "mythtv"!
-Sean
On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 10:28:47 -0500, "Warren" <warren-lists at icruise.com>
said:
> mythtv at red2.braveturtle.com wrote:
> > Thank you to everyone who helped me with my "mythtv" user account
> > problem. By removing the user and re-adding the "mythtv" user I am now
> > able to log in as user "mythtv".
> >
> > However, now I am faced with another problem. When I run mythtv-setup
> > as user mythtv, when I try to add my air2pc HD-5000 card I get the
> > following:
> >
> > Frontend ID: could not open card#0! Subtype: permission denied!
> >
> > When I run mythtv-setup as root and try to add the card, it properly
> > recognizes the card. But I know I am not supposed to runt it as root.
> >
> > So can anyone help me with this problem? I would assume my "mythtv"
> > user account is still not set up properly, but I am not sure what to do.
> >
> > Thanks again for everyone's great help.
> >
> > -Sean
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> You have 2 choices - run mythtv-setup as root or change the ownership on
> /dev/dvb* (chown -R user.group /dev/dvb*). I ran into the same problem,
> but since I am running mythbackend as root, which you would always want
> to do to get your recordings done with realtime scheduling, I ran
> mythtv-setup as root as well.
>
> W
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