[mythtv-users] How to start MythTV Backend?

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Mon Nov 18 04:01:52 UTC 2013


On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Paul Wootton <pwootton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 17 Nov 2013, at 23:10, Bill Meek <keemllib at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The logs you posted are great. If you're not seeing the capture card, then
>> I'd suggest looking in /var/log/syslog (or wherever your distribution stores
>> them) for lines that show that the DVB card is being recognized. For example,
>> in my syslog, "cx18-0 843: verified load of v4l-cx23418-dig.fw firmware"
>> appears (and lots of lines lines for the cx18 driver before that.) You should
>> also see entries in /dev/dvb/adapter0 if the card is being recognized.
>>
>> As Paul just said, something (e.g. firmware) may not have been restored.
>>
>> --
>> Bill
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> Also try the command 'lspci' or 'lsusb' to check that your card is inserted properly.  As you refer to a card I'd guess you are using a pci device, so lspci is probably the right one to use .

dmesg is also a great way of seeing what the kernel is loading.


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