[mythtv] Can't watch live TV with current CVS - need debugging hints

Matt Zimmerman mythtv-dev@snowman.net
Thu Jan 9 04:52:23 EST 2003


On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 11:15:19PM -0500, Dan Schwarz wrote:

> My Debian-unstable system successfully runs Myth-0.7 but later builds 
> from CVS (even before the frontend/backend split) do not work properly. 
> If I attempt to watch TV mythbackend prints "Switching from None to 
> WatchingLiveTV" but nothing else happens - no TV output window is 
> created and I see and hear nothing.

Did you run setup?  It sounds like it's failing to open the live TV buffer.

(this is a guess; follow Isaac's instructions for further diagnosis)

-- 
 - mdz



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