[mythtv-users] UDEV rules

[Daryl McDonald]

On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hoi Daryl,
>
> If you just look in /dev for the exact filename and path, you can type that
> name in the field in Myth-setup

When I try to change whatever presents itself in the field I get
"failed to open"
>
> Tot mails,
>   Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>
> "Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
> Zonder leven is er geen hoop
> Het eeuwige dilemma
> Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"
>
> De lerende Mens
> --
>
> Saturday, January 25, 2014, 4:14:38 PM, you wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 8:46 PM, Roger Siddons <dizygotheca at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>> On Sat, 25 Jan 2014 00:21:33 -0000, Bill Meek <keemllib at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 01/23/2014 11:18 PM, George Nassas wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jan 23, 2014, at 6:01 PM, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> OK I just went into setup>capture cards, and when I try to change
>>>>>> /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 to anything with "dig1250" in it, I get
>>>>>> "failed to open" the only thing that opens is what presents when I
>>>>>> navigate through new cards. Obviously I'm missing how to or what to
>>>>>> change. Similarly with the other cards the symlink name returns
>>>>>> "failed to open" Help?   Daryl
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You're making the right change in the right place. Probably the myth
>>>>> backend is still running, it takes an exclusive lock on capture cards and
>>>>> that would cause such a failure. Normally when the setup program sees an
>>>>> active backend it offers to shut it down although that shutdown is not
>>>>> necessarily reliable in my experience.
>>>>>
>>>>> On the plus side it looks like the symlink is good. It's clearly pointing
>>>>> to a tuner.
>>>>>
>>>>> - George
>>>
>>>
>>> Another possibility: if you're *editing* the existing capture cards, won't
>>> mythtv-setup already have opened the tuner ? So it won't be able to open it
>>> again via your new symlink = 'failed to open'
>>>
>>> Whenever I do this sort of thing I always 'delete all' capture cards first,
>>> then define new ones...
>
>> Like I told Mark, after deleting all cards and selecting new card the
>> only options that present with the left/right arrows are /dev/whatever
>> or/video/whatever no symlinks show up.
>>>
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