[mythtv-users] FC2 and IvyTV Problems and Questions

[jon e wishbone]

--- Jarod Wilson <jcw at wilsonet.com> wrote:

> On 9/10/04 7:03 AM, "Jon McLennan" <ca_buki at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> [snip]
> > When Jarod updated the guide to FC2, I grabbed the latest ISOs and
> gave
> > that a whirl. This was even worse. I couldn't even get ivtv to
> load.
> > I'm using 2.6.8-1.521. I used apt-get to install the latest ivtv
> > packages (after enabling at-bleeding in /etc/apt/sources.list). I
> got
> > the ubiquitious ivtv: Unknown symbol errors. After searching for a
> bit,
> > I found a post in the archives that references a post in the
> ivtv-devel
> > mailing list archive about needing to modify ivtv-firmware.c.
>
> I believe the very latest ivtv builds replaced all the sys_* calls
> with some
> load_firmware() stuff (or something like that), and work fine with
> 2.6.8-1.521. Admittedly, I'm still running on a 2.6.7 kernel myself.
> :-p
>
> > Another
> > post in the same thread says that I can modify kernel-2.6.spec and
> > rpmbuild -ba kernel-2.6.spec. Figuring (incorrectly) that was
> probably
> > a bit easier of the 2, I tried doing that. That, of course, brought
> up
> > more errors. The error I'm stuck on is:
> >
> > # rpmbuild -ba --target i686-linux kernel-2.6.spec
> > Building target platforms: i686-linux
> > Building for target i686-linux
> > error: File /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/linux-2.6.7-hugetlb.patch: No
> such
> > file or directory
>
> Looks like you nuked some files. Save your modded spec file, rpm -ivh
> kernel-sourcecode-2.6.8-1.521.noarch.rpm (or whatever it is) and try
> again.
>
> > I've scoured the net looking for that patch, but have only been
> able to
> > find a couple references and not the actual patch. So now my
> questions
> > (finally):
> >
> > 1) Does anyone have this patch or know where I can find it?
>
> See above.
>
> > 2) Should I keep going along this route? Or should I downgrade my
> > kernel?
>
> I'm running Axel's 2.6.7 kernel still, just haven't had time to
> switch up to
> the 2.6.8 kernel and see what does and doesn't work. Everything I've
> read
> says the latest ck ivtv builds are supposed to work on FC2's 2.6.8
> though,
> without any modifications...
>
> > 3) Should I switch distros? And if so, which one?
>
> Six of one, half dozen of the other. You can make just about anything
> work
> on any distro. You're not too far off right now. If I were to
> recommend a
> different distro for a Myth box, it would be either Debian or Gentoo.
> You
> ought to be able to have Debian up and running to the same point
> you're at
> with FC just as fast as a clean FC install, Gentoo takes a bit more
> time and
> effort, but is a ton of fun (for those who like pain and suffering).
> My
> mantra is "use whatever you're most comfortable with."
>
> > Thanks to any and all help you can provide me.
>
> Try the latest ivtv builds on Axel's site, I swear they should work,
> no
> complaints about sys_*. But I could certainly be wrong. In which
> case, I've
> really got something to fix in my doc...
>
> --
> Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE
> jcw at wilsonet.com
>
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I decided to stick with FC2 as I was able to get ivtv working. But I'm
still at the point where Live TV doesn't work. I get a black screen
that hangs and this is in the mythfrontend error log ( I started it
using this command :
mythfrontend -v all -l /var/log/mythtv/mythfrontend.log )

---------- Begin Log Output -------------
2004-09-15 08:59:17 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 5)
2004-09-15 08:59:17 21      MYTH_PROTO_VERSION 13
2004-09-15 08:59:17 Using protocol version 13
2004-09-15 08:59:17 32      ANN Playback replay.cabuki.com 0
2004-09-15 08:59:17 29      GET_NEXT_FREE_RECORDER[]:[]-1
2004-09-15 08:59:17 21      MYTH_PROTO_VERSION 13
2004-09-15 08:59:17 21      MYTH_PROTO_VERSION 13
2004-09-15 08:59:17 Using protocol version 13
2004-09-15 08:59:17 32      ANN Playback replay.cabuki.com 1
2004-09-15 08:59:17 Using protocol version 13
2004-09-15 08:59:17 32      ANN Playback replay.cabuki.com 0
2004-09-15 08:59:17 44      QUERY_RECORDER 1[]:[]SETUP_RING_BUFFER[]:[]0
2004-09-15 08:59:17 32      ANN Playback replay.cabuki.com 0
2004-09-15 08:59:17 34      ANN RingBuffer replay.cabuki.com 1
2004-09-15 08:59:17 33      QUERY_RECORDER 1[]:[]SPAWN_LIVETV
2004-09-15 08:59:25 ReadStringList timeout (quick).
Remote encoder not responding.
2004-09-15 08:59:25 33      QUERY_RECORDER 1[]:[]IS_RECORDING
QSocketDevice::writeBlock: Invalid socket
2004-09-15 08:59:25 Error writing stringlist
Remote encoder not responding.
------------- End Log Output -----------

The last four lines repeat until I kill mythfrontend from the command
line. I can cat /dev/video0 > /tmp/test.mpg and then play the result
in mplayer. So, other than upgrading to FC2 and myth 0.16, I'm right
where I was the previous 5 times I tried. This is getting maddening.
I've checked the database and the settings seem to be in order. What's
missing? If I need to provide more info, let me know and I'll get it
for you ASAP.

Thanks in advance for the help and patience.

Jon

PS: Sorry about this appearing out of a thread, I just switched my
subscription over to my gmail account.