[mythtv-users] front end starts but unable to watch tv

[Mike McMullin]

On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 20:22 -0600, Brian Wood wrote:
> On Sunday 19 April 2009 20:15:54 Mike McMullin wrote:
> 
> Lots of stuff, but I'm concerned about this part:
> 
> 2009-04-19 21:03:18.535 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> localhost
> ERROR: no valid capture cards are defined in the database.
> 
> If you installed capture cards with mythtv-setup, they are not being found for 
> some reason in the database. 
> 
> Check again and see what shows in the setup menus, when things get odd the 
> best thing to do is delete all cards and re install them.

  Okay I did that, I double checked to see that it registered as the
Haupage PVR 150 card after selecting the device, thing is it shows up
as /dev/video1, /dev/video24, /dev/video32.

  Here's the log file after doing video1, video24 and video32 in that
order:

Starting up as the master server.
2009-04-19 22:38:38.239 TVRec(3) Error: Problem finding starting
channel, setting to default of '3'.
2009-04-19 22:38:38.300 ChannelBase(3) Error: InitializeInputs(): 
			Could not get inputs for the capturecard.
			Perhaps you have forgotten to bind video
			sources to your card's inputs?
ERROR: no valid capture cards are defined in the database.
Perhaps you should read the installation instructions?
2009-04-19 22:38:38.485 MediaServer:: Loopback address specified -
127.0.0.1. Disabling UPnP
2009-04-19 22:38:38.541 Main::Registering HttpStatus Extension
2009-04-19 22:38:38.600 mythbackend version: 0.21.20080304-1
www.mythtv.org
2009-04-19 22:38:38.657 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
2009-04-19 22:38:38.720 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free
Space: 1.0 GB w/freq: 15 min
2009-04-19 22:39:07.560 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
2009-04-19 22:39:07.612 adding: P-733-Lin as a client (events: 0)
2009-04-19 22:39:07.663 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
2009-04-19 22:39:07.720 adding: P-733-Lin as a client (events: 1)
2009-04-19 22:40:40.501 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2009-04-19 22:40:40.603 Unable to read configuration file mysql.txt
2009-04-19 22:40:40.652 Empty LocalHostName.
2009-04-19 22:40:40.712 Using localhost value of P-733-Lin
2009-04-19 22:40:40.780 New DB connection, total: 1
2009-04-19 22:40:40.844 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2009-04-19 22:40:40.907 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
2009-04-19 22:40:40.957 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2009-04-19 22:40:41.016 New DB connection, total: 2
2009-04-19 22:40:41.059 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2009-04-19 22:40:41.117 Current Schema Version: 1214
Starting up as the master server.
2009-04-19 22:40:41.239 TVRec(4) Error: Problem finding starting
channel, setting to default of '3'.
2009-04-19 22:40:41.293 ChannelBase(4) Error: InitializeInputs(): 
			Could not get inputs for the capturecard.
			Perhaps you have forgotten to bind video
			sources to your card's inputs?
ERROR: no valid capture cards are defined in the database.
Perhaps you should read the installation instructions?
2009-04-19 22:40:41.470 MediaServer:: Loopback address specified -
127.0.0.1. Disabling UPnP
2009-04-19 22:40:41.526 Main::Registering HttpStatus Extension
2009-04-19 22:40:41.577 mythbackend version: 0.21.20080304-1
www.mythtv.org
2009-04-19 22:40:41.634 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
2009-04-19 22:40:41.686 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free
Space: 1.0 GB w/freq: 15 min
2009-04-19 22:40:59.482 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
2009-04-19 22:40:59.568 adding: P-733-Lin as a client (events: 0)
2009-04-19 22:40:59.645 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
2009-04-19 22:40:59.810 adding: P-733-Lin as a client (events: 1)
2009-04-19 22:42:01.461 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free
Space: 1.0 GB w/freq: 15 min
2009-04-19 22:45:24.076 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2009-04-19 22:45:24.160 Unable to read configuration file mysql.txt
2009-04-19 22:45:24.243 Empty LocalHostName.
2009-04-19 22:45:24.294 Using localhost value of P-733-Lin
2009-04-19 22:45:24.354 New DB connection, total: 1
2009-04-19 22:45:24.428 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2009-04-19 22:45:24.540 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
2009-04-19 22:45:25.388 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2009-04-19 22:45:25.449 New DB connection, total: 2
2009-04-19 22:45:25.506 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2009-04-19 22:45:25.558 Current Schema Version: 1214
Starting up as the master server.
2009-04-19 22:45:25.670 TVRec(5) Error: Problem finding starting
channel, setting to default of '3'.
2009-04-19 22:45:25.724 ChannelBase(5) Error: InitializeInputs(): 
			Could not get inputs for the capturecard.
			Perhaps you have forgotten to bind video
			sources to your card's inputs?
ERROR: no valid capture cards are defined in the database.
Perhaps you should read the installation instructions?
2009-04-19 22:45:25.891 MediaServer:: Loopback address specified -
127.0.0.1. Disabling UPnP
2009-04-19 22:45:25.947 Main::Registering HttpStatus Extension
2009-04-19 22:45:25.998 mythbackend version: 0.21.20080304-1
www.mythtv.org
2009-04-19 22:45:26.047 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
2009-04-19 22:45:26.107 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free
Space: 1.0 GB w/freq: 15 min
2009-04-19 22:45:45.907 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
2009-04-19 22:45:45.973 adding: P-733-Lin as a client (events: 0)
2009-04-19 22:45:46.024 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
2009-04-19 22:45:46.083 adding: P-733-Lin as a client (events: 1)