[mythtv-users] Can't start up unless in X

Rob Willett rob.mythtv at robertwillett.com
Sat Apr 17 05:03:22 EDT 2004


Problem has gone away.

I suspect it was due to me leaving a debug=1 statement next to the nxt600 module
install and me recompiling the kernel for a wholly different purpose.

I did look at lsmod before and after but couldn;t see any difference.

Oh well, c'eat la vie.

Rob.

Quoting Rob Willett <rob.mythtv at robertwillett.com>:

> Mike,
> 
> I thought about that, I have an nvidia card and modprobe the nvideo 
> module at boot up. Actually I don't modprobe,  I insmod it. I'll 
> nodprobe it and see if that works, I;ll check the contents of lsmod 
> before and after though anyway.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rob.
> 
> Michael T. Dean wrote:
> 
> > Rob Willett wrote:
> >
> >> I was getting loads of error messages when I start mythbackend from 
> >> the command
> >> line before I start up X. There are no problems at all if I start 
> >> mythback from
> >> a terminal session in X. Huh!
> >>  
> >>
> > Perhaps X is initializing (and loading modules for) your capture 
> > card.  Try either a) loading the appropriate modules before starting 
> > mythbackend, or b) adding the appropriate lines to your modules.conf 
> > (assuming Linux 2.4) to "auto-load" your capture card modules (i.e. 
> > alias, add above, add below, pre-install, post-install--whatever is 
> > required for your card).
> >
> > HTH,
> > Mike
> >
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