[mythtv-users] mythtvsetup can't see dvb cards

[John Pilkington]

On 27/08/12 12:06, John Pilkington wrote:
> Yesterday I upgraded from 0.24.3 to 0.25.2 on my main box running Fedora
> 16.  I have a laptop on which 0.25.2 has been running quite well under
> SL6 and I thought the time was ripe.
>
> At first all seemed to go quite well although MythArchive, which I use a
> lot, didn't seem to be picking up the right configuration options from
> the database.
>
> Recordings were being made and could be watched, but I thought I ought
> to rescan.  Now I have a myth-dead box.
>
> Mythtvsetup can't see any of my dvb-t tuners.  On reflection this seemed
> familiar, and I got back to this thread:
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/521667#521667
>
> When I started that thread the problem seemed to be caused by a kernel
> upgrade and reverting was easy.  It last worked with kernel 3.3.7-1. Now
> I have 3.4.7-1 and a full reversion would be difficult.  I haven't yet
> tried to use the workaround that Geoff Newbury gave at the end of the
> thread above, nor have I had any comeback from the redhat bugzilla post
> that I made then.  Maybe I can do a DB restore from just after the 0.24
>  > 0.25 upgrade, but it isn't clear that that would work.
>
> The basic message here is perhaps the one I posted recently on the
> ATrpms list and then ignored:  /If it ain't broke don't fix it./
>
> John P
>

It looks as if Mike's database-drop-and-restore script has got me back 
in business.  I'm glad about that. :-)