[mythtv-users] watch tv goes black for a few seconds and then goes back to main menu...

[Jonatan]

On 2010-09-30 21:27, Gerco-Kees Bloemsma wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I installed and configured mythtv a few weeks ago but still run into a
> problem...
> When i choose: "watch tv" the screen goes black for a few seconds
> (only showing "please w...") and then goes back to the main menu.
> Here are my backend and frontend logs:
>
> Thanx in advance...
>
> --
> Groetjes,
> Gerco-Kees
> <*)))><
> Praise Yah! \o/
>
> backend:
> 2010-09-30 21:13:20.416 MainServer::ANN Monitor
> 2010-09-30 21:13:20.416 adding: deslie as a client (events: 0)
> 2010-09-30 21:13:20.442 MainServer::ANN Monitor
> 2010-09-30 21:13:20.466 adding: deslie as a client (events: 1)
> 2010-09-30 21:13:20.475 Reschedule requested for id -1.
> 2010-09-30 21:13:20.537 Scheduled 0 items in 0.1 = 0.01 match + 0.05 place
> 2010-09-30 21:17:18.145 mythbackend version:
> branches/release-0-23-fixes [24158] www.mythtv.org
> 2010-09-30 21:17:18.166 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2010-09-30 21:17:18.174 Using configuration directory = /home/mythtv/.mythtv
> 2010-09-30 21:17:18.182 Empty LocalHostName.
> 2010-09-30 21:17:18.190 Using localhost value of deslie
> 2010-09-30 21:17:18.203 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2010-09-30 21:17:18.211 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
> 2010-09-30 21:17:18.215 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
> 2010-09-30 21:17:18.224 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
> 2010-09-30 21:17:18.234 Current MythTV Schema Version (DBSchemaVer): 1254
> 2010-09-30 21:17:18.246 MythBackend: Starting up as the master server.
> 2010-09-30 21:17:18.267 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2010-09-30 21:17:18.276 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
> 2010-09-30 21:17:18.307 New DB connection, total: 3
> 2010-09-30 21:17:18.331 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
> sh: 1: not found
> 2010-09-30 21:17:18.464 ret_pid(4775) child(4775) status(0x7f00)
> 2010-09-30 21:17:18.472 ChannelBase: external tuning program exited
> with error 127

You should check that your external channel changing command is 
correctly specified and also verify that it works outside of MythTV. 
It's in the Input connections menu in mythtv-setup.

--
Jonatan