[mythtv-users] Trying Nvshield android package, unsuccessfully. Pointers needed.
Peter Bennett
pb.mythtv at gmail.com
Thu Jan 10 22:18:43 UTC 2019
On 1/10/19 4:49 PM, Kris J wrote:
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> On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 12:51 PM Kris J <kris.jensen.knj at gmail.com
> <mailto:kris.jensen.knj at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 10:52 AM Kris J <kris.jensen.knj at gmail.com
> <mailto:kris.jensen.knj at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 10:48 AM Peter Bennett
> <pb.mythtv at gmail.com <mailto:pb.mythtv at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> On 1/10/19 10:41 AM, Kris J wrote:
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>> On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 10:32 AM Peter Bennett
>> <pb.mythtv at gmail.com <mailto:pb.mythtv at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> On 1/10/19 10:21 AM, Kris J wrote:
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>>> On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 6:43 PM Peter Bennett
>>> <pb.mythtv at gmail.com <mailto:pb.mythtv at gmail.com>>
>>> wrote:
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>>> On 1/9/19 1:47 PM, Kris J wrote:
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>>>> I can install either available 64bit packages
>>>> from
>>>> https://dl.bintray.com/bennettpeter/generic/.
>>>> The android fronted starts up with trying to
>>>> connect to backend, it seems slow to find the
>>>> backend (29.1+fixes) and sometimes fails.
>>>> However after several try's it eventually
>>>> connects. (using ETH)
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>>>> I can move about the frontend. However most end
>>>> points in the menu lead to a loading screen
>>>> that seems to hang the Nvshield, and requires a
>>>> hard power off.
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>>>> I've been reading the user list and wiki for
>>>> pointer. However it seems I'm the only one with
>>>> this type of trouble. I see no other reports of
>>>> this type so I must have missed something
>>>> somewhere.
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>>>> Any pointers appreciated.
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>>>> Many thanks.
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>>> I have not seen or heard of this behavior. I
>>> assume you got as far as the main menu so it
>>> must be successfully connecting to the database
>>> and the backend.
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>>> Have you gone into setup and set the audio and
>>> video profile (or maybe it hangs even before you
>>> can get there). If you have not set these up and
>>> you are attempting playback it will not work well.
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>>> If you still have a problem you can get a log.
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>>> If you have adb installed and debug mode
>>> activated, you can do this to get a log:
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>>> On your linux machine, with the ip address of
>>> the shield:
>>> adb connect [ip address]
>>> adb logcat mfe:D *:S |& tee android.log
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>>> Then try starting mythfrontend and navigating.
>>> If it is having errors you will see them on the
>>> screen and in the android.log file. This may
>>> give you an idea of what is wrong.
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>>> Peter
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>>> Hi, Peter
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>>> I don't see anything in the log
>>> (https://pastebin.com/AuTgdVXk) that's a obvious,
>>> other then minor font errors.
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>>> The log stops when I navigate to "setup/general"
>>> Then the load screen pops up and the shield needed
>>> are power off.
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>>> Many Thank for your time.
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>> The log looks normal. Which backend version are you
>> using? Perhaps there is a problem with that. The
>> android frontend will work with backend version 29 or
>> later. Older versions will likely cause problems.
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>> Backend package = mythtv-backend-master
>> 29.1+fixes.20181228.af5d819~ubuntu16.04.1
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>> And
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>> "m-user at MythServer:~/build$ mythbackend -v
>> 2019-01-10 10:35:20.003539 C mythbackend version:
>> [v29.1] www.mythtv.org <http://www.mythtv.org>
>> 2019-01-10 10:35:20.003567 C Qt version: compile: 5.5.1,
>> runtime: 5.5.1"
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> I have no idea what the problem is. You could try
> uninstalling and reinstalling, also try looking at a full
> log. That gives messages from all applications and android
> itself, there you can see things like missing libraries:
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> adb logcat |& tee tmp/android.log
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> Peter
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> Ok thank for the logging tips.
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> I'll see if I can find anything meaningful to work off of.
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> Many Thanks again.
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> So I noticed the backend log has some errors when the android frontend
> has the loading screen. :
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> Jan 10 16:10:07 MythServer mythbackend: mythbackend[1690]: I
> MythSocketThread(84) mainserver.cpp:7674 (connectionClosed) Playback
> sock(1b0a970) 'android-3a0785970c9ae7ba' disconnected
> Jan 10 16:10:07 MythServer mythbackend: mythbackend[1690]: I
> MythSocketThread(86) mainserver.cpp:7674 (connectionClosed) Monitor
> sock(1a69530) 'android-3a0785970c9ae7ba' disconnected
> Jan 10 16:10:07 MythServer mythbackend: mythbackend[1690]: E
> CoreContext mythdbcon.cpp:873 (prepare) Error preparing query: SELECT
> data FROM settings WHERE value = :KEY AND hostname = :HOSTNAME
> Jan 10 16:10:07 MythServer mythbackend: mythbackend[1690]: E
> CoreContext mythdbcon.cpp:875 (prepare) Driver error was
> [2/2013]:#012QMYSQL3: Unable to prepare statement#012Database error
> was:#012Lost connection to MySQL server during query
> Jan 10 16:10:07 MythServer mythbackend: mythbackend[1690]: I
> CoreContext mythdbcon.cpp:263 (Reconnect) MySQL reconnected successfully
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> I don't have problems connecting with my other frontends and kodi's
> frontend connect fine on the same shield.
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> Still trying however.
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That looks like the root cause of the problem. I seem to remember
something like this being the result of having conflicting versions of
database software on client and server. Do you have very old mysql
server software?
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