[mythtv-users] Mythtv backend fails with removed tuner when frontend connects?

[Jon Bishop]

On Dec 29, 2008, at 9:55 PM, Ben Coleman wrote:
<misc snippage below>
> Have removed a dual HD tuner card from my dedicated backend and  
> whenever I connect the dedicated frontend to the network, the  
> backend fails as per below.
>
> I have disabled the tuner in mythtv-setup but this does not fix it  
> and this has only started since I removed the Dual HD tuner. I  
> cannot reinstall to test as I have to remove my only working network  
> card to do this :/
>
> The backend still reports the 'disabled' cards as faulty on init  
> which I expect.
>
> Does anyone know why the backend is falling over?

How did you disable the card? In mythtv setup, I suggest you remove  
the card altogether, and if/when you can re-add it, you just go into  
setup and add it back. Myth doesn't deal well with having tuners setup  
that don't exist.

~Jon