[mythtv-users] Indoor HD antenna question

Stephen Worthington stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz
Tue Apr 17 17:18:50 UTC 2018


On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 16:08:25 +0000, you wrote:


> scan /usr/share/dvb/atsc/us-ATSC-center-frequencies-8VSB >
>~/Downloads/channels.conf
>scanning /usr/share/dvb/atsc/us-ATSC-center-frequencies-8VSB
>using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
>main:2263: FATAL: failed to open '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0': 16 Device
>or resource busy
>
>
>Basically I tried doing a scan and it keeps saying device is busy.

So that seems to confirm that the driver is not loading properly for
this tuner.  Unless mythbackend was running - if it was, it might have
been set up to keep hold of its tuners and have them locked.  So check
what is running to make sure:

ps -e | grep -i myth


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