[mythtv-users] Mythtv hard freezes my box!

[Dewey Smolka]

Sorry to be rude, but if it's a known issue you'll find it by searching.

I have no idea what your problem is because you haven't provided any
useful information. I'm guessing that your:

>2. Do you want to erase (some files)?

is the standrad prompt when starting mythtvsetup (do you want to clear
your card settings / channel settings). Nothing is being erased, and
if it doesn't work at this point there's no reason not to clear your
settings. I'm guessing that this is the first time you've tried this.

Don't Panic. You haven't got anything to clear, so just keep going. 

As far as your hard freeze. What do you expect anyone here to tell
you? What kernel are you running? What version of Myth? Was it from
apt-get? Compiled from source? CVS? What's your distro? Is this a
vanilla install, or have you already modified your kernel? What are
the specs (not model numbers) of your devices (CPU, RAM, etc)? What is
the debugging output from the terminal? How do you imagine that ACPI
has anything to do your problem?

What is your capture device (and how did you manage to get it into a
Dell laptop)?

Are you really planning to run a Myth backend off of a Dell laptop? 

Have you read the archives or the documentation at all? What do you
imagine your nvidia video out card has to do with mythbackend (which
is concerned with, and only with, video in?

My gut tells me that you have some reading to do. When you are able to
formulate a question that deals with a specific problem I'll be happy
to help you. Unitl then:

http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO.html#toc3

http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/

Good luck