[mythtv-users] Myth on AppleTV

[Tim Litwiller]

On 8/13/07, Neil Raymond <neil_raymond at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> a few answers below, but not very helpful ones i'm afraid. i'll try and
> have
> a play on my appletv later to see if there's anything i can think of that
> i
> might have missed.
>
>
> >here is what I get when I mythfrontend
> >without sudo:
> >/Applications/MythFrontend.app/Contents/MacOS/mythfrontend
> >kCGErrorRangeCheck : Window Server communications from outside of session
> >allowed for root and console user only
> >INIT_Processeses(), could not establish the default connection to the
> >WindowServer.Abort trap
>
> i'm sure i never had to use sudo to get it to work, i'm not sure why that
> would be different.
>
> >with sudo:
> >-bash-2.05b$ sudo
> >/Applications/MythFrontend.app/Contents/MacOS/mythfrontend
> >
> >Password:
> >2007-08-08 17:01:06.990 Using runtime prefix =
> >/Applications/MythFrontend.app/Contents/Resources
> >2007-08-08 17:01:07.250 New DB connection, total: 1
> >2007-08-08 17:01:07.311 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> >192.168.3.60
> >2007-08-08 17:01:07.345 Total desktop dim: 720x480, with 1 screen[s].
> >2007-08-08 17:01:07.454 Using screen 0, 720x480 at 0,0
> >Bus error
>
> i definitely never saw this bus error either. one thing that is definitely
> different is the screen resolution. are you using the hdmi or the
> component
> out? i'm not sure if this would make a difference however.



I'm using hdmi - but my monitor has component also so I could try that


> >
>
> >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > After I disable watchdog it started to reboot every few minutes
> > >
> > >
>
> >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> strange. have you checked that the ripstop.plist file has been moved and
> rc.local has the correct entries? it's also probably worth checking the
> page
> that I've linked to (http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/Watchdog) to make sure
> to see if any one else has had trouble.



I'll check that

> > why do I have to add sudo infornt of everyline I copied and you don't
> >have
> > > that in your howto. Did I miss someting?
>
> either i used su and forgot to mention that, or i just forgot to put the
> sudos in. i mentioned at the start of the howto that i hadn't rerun the
> procedure command by command, so i probably just missed it out.
>
> > > I had to run repair and then restart again
>
> sometimes i got an unusual screen come up after a reboot (the one that has
> a
> menu with repair and run diagnostics or something like that). i always
> found
> that i could select run diagnostics, wait for it to complete successfully,
> and then reboot. i neve had to do a repair.



ah yes, it is called diagnostics.  If I just restart it comes right back to
it.


> > edit ~/.mythtv/mysql.txt with the correct ip address of my mythtv box
> >for
> > > the hostname
> > > run mythfrontend - it seems to start but end with a bus error
> > >
> > > it is still rebooting every couple of minutes and every other time I
> >have
> > > to restart with the  - & menu buttons on the remote and then run
> repair
> >and
> > > restart again.
> > >
> > > I haven't got past this.
>
> having written all of the above, one other thing has just occurred to me.
> have you changed the finder app to Mythfrontend? if you have then this
> could
> be why it's rebooting (because myth isn't starting properly). try this to
> see if it still restarts:
>
> defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow Finder
> /System/Library/ColorSync/Calibrators/Display\ Calibrator.app



I'll try that as well


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thanks for the reply. I'll give it another go tonite.
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