[mythtv-users] Problems with clean install

[Harry Devine]

Ben Edwards wrote:
> My myth install which I have had for around 5 years went horribly
> wrong so I decided to start from scratch.  I have installed mythubuntu
> 9.10.  I followed all the instructions and set up the 2 Nova-T DVB
> cards as 'DVB DTV capture card (3.x)' and managed to successfuly scan
> and find the channels.
>
> The devices for the cards are:
> /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
> /dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0
>
> When exit mythtv-setup I get a warning saying:
>
> Card 1 (type DVBInput) is set to start on channel Please add, which
> does not exist.
> Card 2 (type DVBInput) is set to start on channel Please add, which
> does not exist.
> Card 3 (type DVBInput) is set to start on channel Please add, which
> does not exist.
>
> Not sure what this means, cant find where to set start channel and !
> only have 2 cards.I answer 'no, I know what I am doing'.
>
> There however seems to be some type of problems with the cards, I cant
> Watch TV and I get the following in the backend log:
>
> 2010-01-26 22:42:48.564 mythbackend version:
> branches/release-0-22-fixes [22594] www.mythtv.org
> 2010-01-26 22:42:48.621 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2010-01-26 22:42:48.662 Using configuration directory = /home/mythtv/.mythtv
> 2010-01-26 22:42:48.704 Empty LocalHostName.
> 2010-01-26 22:42:48.745 Using localhost value of pilger
> 2010-01-26 22:42:48.798 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2010-01-26 22:42:48.843 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
> 2010-01-26 22:42:48.880 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
> 2010-01-26 22:42:48.914 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
> 2010-01-26 22:42:48.951 Current MythTV Schema Version (DBSchemaVer): 1244
> 2010-01-26 22:42:48.990 MythBackend: Starting up as the master server.
> 2010-01-26 22:42:49.035 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2010-01-26 22:42:49.072 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
> 2010-01-26 22:42:49.136 New DB connection, total: 3
> 2010-01-26 22:42:49.180 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
> 2010-01-26 22:42:49.232 DVBChan(1:/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0) Error:
> SetChannelByString(Please add): CheckChannel failed.
> 			Please verify the channel in the 'mythtv-setup' Channel Editor.
> 2010-01-26 22:42:49.289 ChannelBase(1) Warning: Setting start channel
> 'Please add' failed,
> 			selected to 'Please add' on input 'DVBInput' instead.
> 2010-01-26 22:42:49.360 DVBChan(2:/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0) Error:
> SetChannelByString(Please add): CheckChannel failed.
> 			Please verify the channel in the 'mythtv-setup' Channel Editor.
> 2010-01-26 22:42:49.431 ChannelBase(2) Warning: Setting start channel
> 'Please add' failed,
> 			selected to 'Please add' on input 'DVBInput' instead.
> 2010-01-26 22:42:49.505 DVBChan(3:/dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0) Error:
> SetChannelByString(Please add): CheckChannel failed.
> 			Please verify the channel in the 'mythtv-setup' Channel Editor.
> 2010-01-26 22:42:49.550 ChannelBase(3) Warning: Setting start channel
> 'Please add' failed,
> 			selected to 'Please add' on input 'DVBInput' instead.
> 2010-01-26 22:42:49.615 New DB scheduler connection
> 2010-01-26 22:42:49.654 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
> 2010-01-26 22:42:49.725 MediaServer:: Loopback address specified -
> 127.0.0.1. Disabling UPnP
> 2010-01-26 22:42:49.777 Main::Registering HttpStatus Extension
> 2010-01-26 22:42:49.827 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
> 2010-01-26 22:42:49.872 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free
> Space: 1.0 GB w/freq: 15 min
> 2010-01-26 22:42:52.715 Reschedule requested for id -1.
> 2010-01-26 22:42:52.826 Scheduled 0 items in 0.1 = 0.04 match + 0.07 place
> 2010-01-26 22:42:52.884 Seem to be woken up by USER
>
> Any ideas?
> Ben
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>   
I'm not home and in front of my setup, so I'm doing this from memory, 
but on the screen where you scan for channels for each card, there 
should be a "Starting channel" box where you can specify what channel to 
start on.

Harry