[mythtv-users] hangs by returning from Watch TV (stay in a black screen)

Sun Dec 3 09:44:16 UTC 2006

Am Sonntag 26 November 2006 17:08 schrieb Matthias Meyer:
> Hello,
>
> I running MythTV 0.20 on Debian with ivtv-0.8.0.
> I can watch TV and also can change channels.
> But after pressing ESC to return to the MythTV Menues I get only a black
> screen.
> The logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log:
> 2006-11-26 16:53:57.609 TVRec(1): Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> 2006-11-26 16:53:57.611 TVRec(1): HW Tuner: 1->1
> 2006-11-26 16:54:07.475 TVRec(1): Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
> 2006-11-26 16:54:07.649 Finished recording BUNDESLIGA Live: channel 1006
> 2006-11-26 16:56:06.403 Expiring BUNDESLIGA Live from So Nov 26 15:25:00
> 2006, 5 MBytes, forced expire (LiveTV recording)
>
> Anybody have a hint for me?
> Thank you

I've installed mythfrontend on another machine too. That will work fine:
meyer at WS:~$ mythfrontend
Fontconfig warning: "~/.fonts.conf", line 19: invalid constant used :
2006-12-03 10:17:09.999 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2006-12-03 10:17:10.050 DPMS is active.
2006-12-03 10:17:10.210 New DB connection, total: 1
2006-12-03 10:17:10.221 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 192.168.0.40
2006-12-03 10:17:10.229 Total desktop dim: 1440x900, with 1 screen[s].
2006-12-03 10:17:10.242 Using screen 0, 1440x900 at 0,0
2006-12-03 10:17:10.288 Current Schema Version: 1160
2006-12-03 10:17:10.290 mythfrontend version: 0.20.20060828-3 www.mythtv.org
2006-12-03 10:17:10.291 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
2006-12-03 10:17:11.556 Total desktop dim: 1440x900, with 1 screen[s].
2006-12-03 10:17:11.561 Using screen 0, 1440x900 at 0,0
2006-12-03 10:17:11.565 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T.)
2006-12-03 10:17:11.632 Using the Qt painter
mythtv: could not connect to socket
mythtv: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
2006-12-03 10:17:13.319 Joystick disabled.
2006-12-03 10:17:16.488 Loading from: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T./base.xml
2006-12-03 10:17:16.601 Loading from: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/base.xml
2006-12-03 10:17:16.862 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2006-12-03 10:17:36.263 New DB connection, total: 2
2006-12-03 10:17:36.267 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 192.168.0.40
2006-12-03 10:17:36.402 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.0.40:6543 (try 1 of 5)
2006-12-03 10:17:36.408 Using protocol version 31
2006-12-03 10:17:36.436 TV: Attempting to change from None to WatchingLiveTV
2006-12-03 10:17:36.495 Using protocol version 31
2006-12-03 10:17:38.510 DPMS Deactivated
[mpeg @ 0xb73507f0]Parser not found for Codec Id: 94210 !
2006-12-03 10:17:38.672 AFD: Opened codec 0x82f60d0, id(MPEG2VIDEO) type(Video)
2006-12-03 10:17:38.735 AFD: Opened codec 0x82f90a0, id(MP2) type(Audio)
2006-12-03 10:17:38.780 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2006-12-03 10:17:38.782 The audio device cannot report buffer state accurately! audio/video sync will be bad, continuing...
2006-12-03 10:17:38.805 AO: Using resampler. From: 48000 to 44100
2006-12-03 10:17:38.812 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2006-12-03 10:17:38.814 The audio device cannot report buffer state accurately! audio/video sync will be bad, continuing...
2006-12-03 10:17:38.816 AO: Using resampler. From: 48000 to 44100
2006-12-03 10:17:38.854 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2006-12-03 10:17:38.856 The audio device cannot report buffer state accurately! audio/video sync will be bad, continuing...
2006-12-03 10:17:38.858 AO: Using resampler. From: 48000 to 44100
2006-12-03 10:17:38.940 VideoOutputXv: XvMCTex: Init failed
2006-12-03 10:17:38.943 VideoOutputXv: XVideo Adaptor Name: 'Matrox G-Series Backend Scaler'
2006-12-03 10:17:40.703 TV: Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2006-12-03 10:17:40.709 New DB connection, total: 3
2006-12-03 10:17:40.713 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 192.168.0.40
2006-12-03 10:17:40.720 Realtime priority would require SUID as root.
2006-12-03 10:17:40.767 Video timing method: USleep with busy wait
2006-12-03 10:17:41.759 RingBuf(/Media/Video/records/1009_20061203101736.mpg): Taking too long to be allowed to read..
2006-12-03 10:17:42.408 NVP: Prebuffer wait timed out 10 times.
2006-12-03 10:17:43.189 NVP: prebuffering pause
2006-12-03 10:17:44.779 NVP: prebuffering pause
2006-12-03 10:17:46.538 NVP: prebuffering pause
2006-12-03 10:17:48.191 NVP: prebuffering pause
2006-12-03 10:17:49.969 NVP: prebuffering pause
2006-12-03 10:17:51.728 NVP: prebuffering pause
2006-12-03 10:17:53.659 NVP: prebuffering pause
2006-12-03 10:17:55.241 NVP: prebuffering pause
2006-12-03 10:17:55.606 TV: Attempting to change from WatchingLiveTV to None
2006-12-03 10:17:55.935 TV: Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
2006-12-03 10:17:55.944 DPMS Reactivated.

But on the machine where the mythtv-backend is installed I can not return from mythtv-frontend.
It will stay in a black screen after pressing ESC in watching TV:
mythtv at vdr:/$ mythfrontend
2006-12-03 09:59:25.634 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2006-12-03 09:59:25.647 DPMS is active.
2006-12-03 09:59:25.725 New DB connection, total: 1
2006-12-03 09:59:25.744 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:localhost
2006-12-03 09:59:25.749 Total desktop dim: 800x600, with 1 screen[s].
2006-12-03 09:59:25.758 Using screen 0, 800x600 at 0,0
2006-12-03 09:59:25.786 Current Schema Version: 1160
2006-12-03 09:59:25.787 mythfrontend version: 0.20.20060828-3 www.mythtv.org
2006-12-03 09:59:25.788 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
2006-12-03 09:59:27.117 Total desktop dim: 800x600, with 1 screen[s].
2006-12-03 09:59:27.121 Using screen 0, 800x600 at 0,0
2006-12-03 09:59:27.123 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T.)
2006-12-03 09:59:27.376 Using the Qt painter
mythtv: could not connect to socket
mythtv: Verbindungsaufbau abgelehnt
lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
2006-12-03 09:59:28.012 Joystick disabled.
2006-12-03 09:59:28.967 Loading from: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T./base.xml
2006-12-03 09:59:29.044 Loading from: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/base.xml
2006-12-03 09:59:29.485 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2006-12-03 09:59:29.673 Registering MythGallery Media Handler 1/2 as a media handler ext()
2006-12-03 09:59:29.677 Registering MythGallery Media Handler 2/2 as a media handler ext(gif,jpg,png)
Failed to run 'cdrecord --scanbus'
Failed to run 'cdrecord --scanbus'
Failed to run 'cdrecord --scanbus'
2006-12-03 09:59:30.791 Registering MythMusic Media Handler 1/2 as a media handler ext()
2006-12-03 09:59:30.793 Registering MythMusic Media Handler 2/2 as a media handler ext(ogg,mp3,aac,flac)
2006-12-03 09:59:41.428 New DB connection, total: 2
2006-12-03 09:59:41.430 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2006-12-03 09:59:41.519 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.0.40:6543 (try 1 of 5)
2006-12-03 09:59:41.525 Using protocol version 31
2006-12-03 09:59:41.565 TV: Attempting to change from None to WatchingLiveTV
2006-12-03 09:59:41.568 Using protocol version 31
2006-12-03 09:59:43.401 DPMS Deactivated
2006-12-03 09:59:43.887 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2006-12-03 09:59:44.193 NVP: Enabling Audio
2006-12-03 09:59:44.440 Using the PVR-350 decoder/TV-out
2006-12-03 09:59:46.331 TV: Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2006-12-03 09:59:46.344 The realtime priority setting is not enabled.
Xlib: unexpected async reply (sequence 0x1ebc1)!
2006-12-03 10:00:04.431 TV: Attempting to change from WatchingLiveTV to None
2006-12-03 10:00:04.985 TV: Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
2006-12-03 10:00:04.990 DPMS Reactivated.

Thanks for any hint
Matthias
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