[mythtv-users] Devices keep moving causing backend to not startup

Nick Morrott knowledgejunkie at gmail.com
Wed Feb 21 16:03:58 UTC 2007


On 21/02/07, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 02/20/2007 11:04 PM, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> > Jeffrey Born wrote:
> >
> >> My backend fails to startup after almost every reboot.
> >>
> >> To fix I have to run mythtvsetup and delete all the capture cards and
> >> reset them.
> >>
> >> I have a PVR500 and HD3000.  I think that /dev/video0, /dev/video1,
> >> and /dev/video2 are randomly set to the PVR and the HD3000 card.
> >>
> >> I am running FC6 and mythtv .20
> >>
> >> Any ideas on how to fix?
> >>
> >> I believe I've seen a thread about this, but all my searches have
> >> yielded nothing.  If so please point me there.
> >>
> > I just helped a friend do this.  For the PVR, you can set in your
> > modprobe.conf an options like:
> >
> > options ivtv ivtv_first_minor 1
> >
> > Which would force the ivtv to start with 1 and 2.   I think the
> > first_minor is enough because if the HD3000 loads first, it takes 0 and
> > ivtv starts at 1.  If ivtv loads first, it starts at 1 and 2 and then
> > the HD3000 will load and grab 0
>
> Or, udev rules.  See http://reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html and
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/236293#236293 (whole
> thread) and
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/211701#211701 (and
> the rest of that thread)

And from the ivtvdriver.org site -
http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Howto#Howto_use_udev_rules.21

Nick
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