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If you have a computer on the network that you can SSH into the
mythtv box, that would be a quick first step.<br>
Then, you have options to explore what went south or simply reboot.<br>
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If not, you can always break out of X, log in via the text console
and reboot.<br>
Ctrl-alt-backspace to break out of X.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/24/13 9:20 PM, Leif Pihl wrote:<br>
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<div>On Sep 24, 2013, at 7:30 PM, Thomas Mashos wrote:</div>
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<div>On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Leif Pihl <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:leif@pihl.us">leif@pihl.us</a>>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Sep 24, 2013, at 7:17 PM, Karl
Newman wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 4:14 PM,
Leif Pihl <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:leif@pihl.us">leif@pihl.us</a>> wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Eric:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Turning off the Comcast feed for
the 1800 card could make sense, it's the<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">one connected to the over-the-air
antenna.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">However, the 2250 card _IS_
connected to the CATV signal.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">AND<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">I've not found a way to input this
data twice,<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"> one set for the 1800 (Antenna)
and<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"> a different set for the 2250
(CATV/Comcast).<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">I'll do the EIT right away.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">LP<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Watch the top-posting (<a
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href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mailing_List_etiquette">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mailing_List_etiquette</a>).<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">You need to log in to your Schedules
Direct account and create a new lineup<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">for the broadcast/OTA channels (in
addition to your existing Cable TV<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">lineup). Then in mythtv-setup, you
need to configure that new lineup as a<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">video source (that is MythTV's name
for a set of channels and associated<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">listing data which are tunable by
the selected input), and then in Input<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Connections, assign that OTA video
source to the 1800.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">By the way, it would be a good idea
to do a clean start: perform a "Delete<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">all capture cards" (not "Delete all
on this host") and start from scratch.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">It shouldn't take you long and it
will ensure you don't have old invalid<br>
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backend.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Karl<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">I'll save your post for some
hypothetical date in the future.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">In the mean time, I have bigger
problems.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">I just "broke" my MythTV.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">I imagine that there may be similar
posts about this.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">I am (or was?) running Ubuntu 12.4
Long Term, and upgraded from MythBuntu<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">.25 to .27 , so far so good.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Then, 50-ish minutes before
tonight's shows (plural) that I wanted to watch,<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">MythBuntu informed me that I had
14-ish old files that needed to be<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">upgraded. Foolish, foolish me. I
forgot the one main mantra of life. "If<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">it ain't broke, don't fix it." I
"upgraded" the files, and now have a box<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">of junk. The box does not respond
to any key strokes. (I have NOT reset it<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">as of yet.) The last thing I
remember the "details" saying was in progress<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">was something to the effect of:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">"reconfiguring packets", or
something like that.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">So, I changed the channel on the
HDTV, the kids get to see their DVDs, and<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Daddy gets nothing. Errrrrrrrr...
Not even the recordings.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">WHY, Oh WHY did I do that so called
"upgrade". Dumb.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">mythtv-users mailing list<br>
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href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br>
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Thank you for semi-taking responsibility. I've always tried
to warn<br>
people, if you don't know what you are doing, then do NOT do
it when<br>
you have a time limit (eg. recordings are starting soon).<br>
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Rather than complaining, why not try to explain the steps
you took to<br>
get into that situation. Only then, might we be able to help
you out<br>
of it.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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Thomas Mashos<br>
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<div>I already stated most of it, but I'll try to rephrase. </div>
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<div>Initially installed the iso cd/dvd image from MythBuntu. </div>
<div>Had problems with TV card, and was talked through how to copy
which file to which directory. </div>
<div>Had other configuration issues as well. </div>
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<div style="font-size: 10px; ">-----</div>
<div style="font-size: 10px; ">For more information about the
hardware itself, (IF you keep back messages) see my post
dated: </div>
<div style="font-size: 10px; "> September 11, 2013 3:17:17 PM
CDT </div>
<div style="font-size: 10px; "> and solved: September 12,
2013 11:13:59 AM CDT</div>
<div style="font-size: 10px; ">-or- </div>
<div style="font-size: 10px; ">See "Blue screen of death. [1st
of 2 questions]"</div>
<div style="font-size: 10px; "> September 19, 2013 8:25:16 AM
CDT</div>
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<div>Then, I got into MythTV's backend setup, and set it to update
to 0.27 (versus its previous setting of 0.25). </div>
<div>This ended up going quite well, and was running fine for a
day or so. </div>
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<div>THEN</div>
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<div>Tonight, circa 6:10-ish pm Central, I turned on the HDTV (the
main video out from the MythTV box), and got the Upgrade Manager
box superimposed over the MythTV frontend. It said I had
(roughly) 14 files that were out of date, including MythTV
Frontend and Xxxxxxx (can't remember the phrase). I figured,
hey, I've got almost 50 minutes, and keeping the MythTV Frontend
up to date sounds relevant, SURE! So I clicked continue. The
system then downloaded all the files (I had the "details"
arrow/triangle pointing down) and then it seemed to get stuck at
the point I mentioned up-message, when it said "reconfiguring
packets", or something like that. </div>
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<div>I waited, and so did the kids, and waited, then I finally
switched the HDTV's input over to the DVD. </div>
<div>When I later switched the HDTV's input back to the MythTV
box, the same two windows were on the screen ("Update Manager"
and "Applying Changes").</div>
<div>However, these same two windows had their boxes white, or
they did not have their graphical display updated. In addition,
the top "bars" that identify the windows are also bleached out.</div>
<div>This situation remains in effect as I type this; it's NOT yet
been reset. </div>
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