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superm1DaveMorris, ping12:31
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defendguinhey irw is just returning to the new line when i run it instead of waiting for input02:26
defendguinlircd starts and i ca see it in the output of ps ax but after i run irw it disappears from the output of ps ax02:31
defendguin 4901 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/lircd --device=/dev/lirc0   this device doesn't exist02:37
defendguinnevermind i got it figured out02:48
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superm1hi DaveMorris03:20
superm1and Daviey03:20
defendguindamn03:22
defendguinsomething is wrong with my lirc device03:23
superm1defendguin, whats happening?03:25
defendguinit was working then all of a sudden it stopped working03:25
defendguini have a pvr 15003:25
defendguini switched the audio out put from the onboard card to the SB live card03:26
defendguinand now the ir receiver doesn't seem to pick up anything03:27
superm1sounds like you likely jostled the cable03:28
superm1or something to that extent03:28
defendguinyeah ive plugged and replugged03:29
defendguini guess its very touchy03:29
superm1:(03:29
superm1make sure the card is seated correctly03:29
superm1wouldnt hurt to reseat it03:29
defendguin4452 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/lircd --device=/dev/lirc0 --device=/dev/lirc0   is that supposed to be listed twice?03:30
defendguinseems funny03:30
superm1it wont matter for this, but no one time is enough03:30
superm1this is one of those things you have to remind yourself - you didnt change anything *software wise.  don't try to fix the software configuration that you had working.03:31
defendguinyeah03:32
defendguini figured something software wise might be up though because the SB live card wasn't working and it started working03:33
defendguin:-D  you were right though03:36
defendguinit was about .05 mm out of the socket03:36
defendguini'll have to remember that next time03:36
defendguinsuperm1: are you at all involved in the ubuntu media center project?03:37
superm1defendguin, Nope03:38
superm1just mythbuntu and ubuntu-mythtv03:38
defendguinits too bad mythtv won't be taking advantage of any nice compiz eye candy03:47
superm1it will have its on opengl stuff though03:49
superm1come 0.2103:49
superm1that you won't need a card with composite to take advantage of03:49
defendguinlast time i asked in #mythtv they said "NO"03:50
superm1ah03:50
defendguinand mythtv needs to be gnome-ified03:52
superm1well its a qt app03:52
superm1so i dont see taht happening anytime in the near future03:52
defendguini doesn't need to use GTK but they have some many damn options  it needs to be simplified03:53
superm1oh there is a svn branch that has that for a goal03:53
defendguinand if you try going through all the setups with a remote it just sucks03:54
superm1agreed though03:57
superm1there are a few branches that starteed from SoC projects03:57
superm1but i dont know what has been committed to trunk as of yet03:57
defendguinsuperm1: one last issue im having.  in the program guide in the top right it says loading preview in the top right corner  in the top left is the preview but something is wrong with the preview.  it has 3 smaller previews of the same channel in the same frame as the large preview04:08
superm1i've seen something like that with a buggy graphics driver04:09
superm1but never elsewise04:09
defendguinmaybe i need to switch to the nvidia driver04:09
superm1nv driver?04:10
defendguinim already using the nv driver i think04:11
superm1well yes switch to nvidia04:11
superm1its night and day difference04:11
superm1especially with the improvements you can get with opengl vsync04:11
superm1and opengl menus and stuff04:11
defendguinhahaha its using the vesa driver04:11
defendguinno wonder04:12
defendguini installed the server edition instead of the desktop04:13
defendguinis that in the restricted drivers package?04:13
superm1there is a link in the guide explaining how to switch04:15
superm1( http://help.ubuntu.com/community/MythTV )04:15
defendguini noticed04:15
defendguinthere is something wrong with this page04:16
defendguinhttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/MythTV/Install/WhatNext/Feisty?action=show&redirect=MythTV%2FInstall%2FWhatNext%2FFesity#head-9562662ba6464e40b7a094b8b06c778dfa7b7234  when clicking on the links in the contents it doesn't take me anywhere04:16
superm1just scroll instead04:17
defendguinyeah but that doesn't make it less broken04:18
superm1it happened because of the large amount of nested includes we use04:18
superm1there is a bug in moin moin04:18
superm1the wiki software running h.u.c04:18
superm1but i mean if you scroll down, all of the content is on that page explaining how to get to it04:19
defendguinlol i know   :-)04:29
defendguinfor nvidia i append this libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1  and not replace the libXvMC.so.1  thats is already there?04:32
superm1for xvmc, you just edit the file in /etc04:34
superm1/etc/X11/XvMCConfig04:34
defendguini just commented out the original line and added that one then saved and restarted gdm04:35
superm1shouldnt be much more to it04:36
defendguingreat the preview is right where it is supposed to be04:40
superm1good04:40
defendguinis the osd supposed to look better using this method?04:41
superm1if you turn on xvmc, the osd is going to look b/w04:41
superm1you only really need xvmc for hidef stuff04:41
defendguinoh04:41
defendguinchanging the paint method from qt to opengl doesn't make a difference04:47
superm1you have to restart the frontend04:52
superm1you'll see the difference04:52
defendguinok04:56
defendguinhmmm looks the same still04:56
superm1u will see menu faiding and such04:57
superm1when it is on04:57
defendguindoesn't look like it.  is there some commandline way i can check to see if it is on?04:58
defendguinoh yeah it does fade between screens04:58
superm1its just turning it on in that menu04:58
defendguini thought it would fade a little bit between menu selections or something04:58
superm1its just a small change taht it really does04:59
superm10.21 will introduce a whole lot more04:59
defendguini doubt that will go back into fesity  though04:59
superm1well depends when it is released05:00
superm1i'll do a backport of course05:00
defendguin:-D05:00
defendguinwho needs to redo their dvr every 6 months?  heh05:01
superm1well it should only be a matter of upgrading packages05:01
defendguinwell i'll look forward to it then05:03
defendguinfunny i thought the performance on this box would be bad because i only have 512MB05:11
superm1oh i've done a hidef frontend *netboot* on 51205:11
defendguinnetboot?05:11
superm1for network cards supporting it, they can receive pxe information from the dhcp lease05:11
superm1and then that points it where to grab the kernel image05:12
superm1via tftp05:12
superm1and then mount the filesystem over nfs05:12
defendguininteresting05:12
superm1makes for a quiet frontend05:12
superm1since no hard drive05:12
superm1and if done right, you can easily add more frontends to a network05:13
superm1with little to no work05:13
superm1i would have done a page describing how i got everything prepared for it, but wouldnt remember all the steps i had to go through05:13
defendguini just use this one box no need to have several computers running when one can do the job05:14
superm1so not for you then05:14
superm1its esp nice for me since my main frontend died a few weeks ago05:14
superm1bad mobo05:14
superm1soi  was able to take my desktop to the living room05:14
defendguinouch05:14
superm1go in the bios and make it netboot05:15
superm1and everything worked immediately05:15
superm1no reconfiguration or anything05:15
defendguinwow05:15
superm1different arch's different graphics cards05:15
superm1different sound cards05:15
superm1(intel vs amd), (sb audigy vs onboard)05:15
superm1i was shocked myself :)05:15
defendguini think the UI has lots of bad defaults05:24
defendguinlike when in the program manager when you press a number the selector should switch to that number05:28
defendguinwhen you hit the ok button it should just take you to the channel not ask you if you want to record the show05:29
defendguinif someone wants to record it they can hit the record button05:29
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DavieyDaveMorris, how did the conversion go in the end?02:59
DaveMorrisfind03:00
DaveMorris*fine03:00
DaveMorristook about 2-3hrs to copy it all, then swapped the drivers and changes the fstab to reflect the different fs03:00
DaveMorrisI'm not sure what to do with my new backend, do I create it as a slave for the 400Mhz backend one?03:01
Davieyhmm03:01
Davieysuperm1 has two backends03:01
DaveMorrisor do I make it my main backend and retire the 400Mhz one which seems to work fine still.  Esp since there isn't a new version of mythbuntu out for feisty03:02
DavieyWhy not take the 400mhz out of it all together?03:02
DaveMorrisI prob will use the 400 for testing etc03:02
Davieygood idea sailor03:02
DaveMorristhe 400 one is just quieter03:03
DavieyI broke the AGP slot on my spare server :(03:03
DaveMorrisclumsy )03:03
DaveMorris;)03:03
DaveMorrisI need some more rackmount cases to tidy my place up03:05
Davieyrackmount cases?!03:07
Davieyhehe - i have two normal towers in the loft.  And one tower in the lounge :)03:07
DaveMorrisyeah, I've got a cabinet, with patch pannel, 1 rackmount switch (green network), 1 rackmount hub (orange), 8port kvm swtich sitting on a shelf, 1U dual mini-itx case (FW and xen host), 4U backup server, 4U current xen host) then 3 or 4 towers stacked below not doing anything.  My desktop, tower in lounge for mythbackend, mini-itx myth frontend in lounge, bro's winXP desktop03:11
DavieyYou've got a professional setup03:14
DavieyMy 'switch' is 15 :)03:14
DavieyAt serves upto about 8 hosts IIRC03:15
DaveMorrisi picked up alot of it on ebay03:17
DaveMorrisover the last 3 year03:17
DaveMorris*s03:17
DaveMorrisI got the 2 4U cases from Loudmouthman03:17
DaveMorrisand I needed to do it to claim back some space in my bedroom03:18
DavieyI really want to make my garage into a server room...  easier than climbing into the loft03:20
DaveMorrisyeah the only expensive part is the cabinet03:20
DavieyI have an old cabinet with a glass door that i was thinking of using03:22
DaveMorrisyeah you can buy the raqckmount stripping from maplins03:26
DaveMorrisand make your own03:27
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superm1Daviey,04:58
Davieydoh05:14
DaveMorristoo slow :P05:15
DavieyHow long did i miss him by?05:17
DaveMorris82 seconds05:18
Davieyno way!05:22
Davieythat's gutting05:22
DaveMorris(16:13:13) superm1 left the room (quit: "Leaving").05:22
DaveMorris(16:14:35) Daviey: doh05:22
Davieyah well... probably be here when he gets back :)05:22
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superm1DaveMorris, u there?06:07
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DaveMorrisyep06:23
DaveMorrissuperm1: yeah06:24
superm1Hey DaveMorris06:25
superm1just wanted to see how the look was going?06:26
superm1(and) add one more thing to check out06:26
DaveMorrisbeen busy, so all I've managed to do is download mythoppix06:27
superm1ah okay06:27
DaveMorrisI'm on holiday next week so I can def do it then06:27
superm1you mean knoppmyth06:27
superm1okay, well i've been making a significant progress in ubiquity lately06:27
superm1one more thing to add to the list06:29
DaveMorriswhich is?06:30
superm1check out how they are handling device name changes06:30
superm1i think its by some init script that forces a module unload06:30
superm1and reload06:30
superm1of all supported devices06:30
superm1which if that's all it is, just a matter of adding such a script to our build script06:31
superm1(and eventually to a debian package)06:31
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superm1Daviey,  are you there?06:36
Davieyyes06:45
Davieysorry, stapped away for a min06:45
superm1Okay Daviey got something else for you06:47
Davieygood stuff06:47
superm1in the build script, an awfully large amount of files are created06:47
superm1by cat > file < EOF magic06:47
Davieyyes06:47
superm1these need to be moved into a debian package06:47
superm1that we will submit to revu06:47
Davieyokay... i'll literally put them as shell files in a deb?06:48
superm1preferably something like mythbuntu-live06:48
superm1well i'm thinking the ones that are created say in /etc06:48
superm1that way when ubiquity finishes, it can purge the package06:48
Davieyokay... i'll look into that tonight :)06:48
superm1and take the necessary ones with it06:48
superm1i forsee several technical difficulties with it, but it's gotta be done somehow06:49
superm1i'm thinking then too, mythbuntu-live will install all the applications that are done by apt-get install06:49
superm1or something to that effect06:49
DavieyI'll start by stripping all the cat > files out... then see where it leads me06:49
superm1k06:49
superm1well all but the one going into /tmp :)06:50
superm1because that queues up all the magic06:50
Davieyokay06:50
superm1i'm making some good progress on ubiquity so, in the near future this will become big trouble otherwise06:51
DavieyI'm really concerned with a new upstream version of ubiquity06:52
Davieyas far as i can see, i'm has to be a complete fork06:52
Davieymerging changes is going to be hellish06:52
superm1well it all depends on how much changes upstream06:52
DavieyI had another idea earlier06:53
superm1ya?06:53
DavieySet up some simple gtk apps for configuring after installation06:53
superm1some like pygtk such apps06:53
superm1that can be used in the admin session06:53
Davieyyeah06:53
superm1yea i like that06:53
DavieyThought about seriously looking into lirc recorder06:54
superm1well the big problem with that is the drastic changes u-m-c is going to be doing with lirc06:54
Davieyi know the MC team are also doing that - but they have a huge work load, so thought i'd thrash something out quickly, that we can ship06:54
superm1you thinking to record during ubiquity?06:55
superm1or post install06:55
Davieypost install06:55
DavieyI think the least we have in ubiquity the bettter06:55
superm1okay that's doable06:55
Davieyespecially when it's stuff that could change after install06:55
Davieydon't want to maintain too many codebases06:55
superm1well that is a double edged sword really06:55
superm1because you want as much done in the same place06:55
superm1but you dont want too much to manage06:56
superm1but your right, post configuration applications are just as important06:56
DavieyI thought, on ubiquity finishing it's magic - bring up a menu that forks out to other apps06:56
superm1like a mythbuntu control center or something to that effect06:56
Daviey"mythbuntu control centRE"  - i like that :)06:57
superm1haha you uk folk,06:57
Davieyheh06:57
superm1well i think the most ideal way is to have the two code bases though, ask the questions first during install.  when they start the admin session, then they have this control panel that can be used to change anything that was done during install and some more06:58
superm1because forking during ubiquity is a little messy06:58
superm1it's bad enough that atm we will need to do it with mythtv-setup....06:59
Davieyjust shelling out to "mythbuntu control centre" ;)06:59
superm1well mock together what you can here, i really like this idea07:00
DavieyOr.   After reboot loads "mythbuntu control centre" until user ticks - settings done; start mythfrontend from now on07:00
superm1there you go.07:01
Davieyhometime - catch you later07:01
superm1k07:01
superm1later07:01
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superm1keescook, you had mentioned that you might have some hardware that andrew and I will be able to use at ulive.  Do you know what hardware?11:03
keescookoh!  right, let me check on that, one second...11:04
superm1:), we're supposed to be getting our HD HomeRuns' that silicon dust sponsored us this week11:04
keescookoooh, very nice!11:04
keescookhm, my buddy will be out of town during the conference; perhaps I can put something together.  what did you want to have handy?11:09
superm1well i have to discus with andrew yet, but the most ideal situation would be a system that we can just bring a hard drive over to and pop in i think11:10
superm1for presentation purposes11:10
superm1so as to not have to bring a whole system over11:10
keescookthat's pretty tied to the tuner, etc, though, isn't it?11:10
keescooki mean if you just want to demo software, you could put it on a laptop.  :)11:11
rogue780|mythsvrhowdy11:11
keescookrogue780|mythsvr: hiya11:12
keescooksuperm1: dang.  how'd you score the hdhomeruns?  I've been meaning to get one of those.11:12
superm1keescook, i sent a mail over to the guys at silicon dust11:13
superm1and explained what we were going to be doing11:13
superm1and they were more than happy to send us each one11:13
superm1especially with the good PR we'll be giving them11:13
superm1Well then again, considering that we will be having an external tuner to do demos with, a laptop might just work11:14
keescookokay, well, let me know; I might be able to swing something.11:15
keescookand ask the silicon dust guys if they've got a spare for me.  ;)11:15
superm1hehe11:15
superm1well i'm not sure we'll be keeping them11:15
superm1i'll have to see whta the note in the box says when it arrives11:15
keescooknot that my current poor hardware could even manage HD playback.  :P11:15
superm1keescook, you'd be surprised what you can do with nvidia cards and xvmc11:17
superm1but for the purposes of this, I think we need to make sure the computer we have is much more powerful then necessary11:18
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superm1keescook, how is HD reception in that area though?11:18
superm1didn't really think about that factor yet -11:19
keescookit's pretty good, actually.  I'm little worried about what it'll be like inside the conference center, though... lots of steel11:19
superm1well if it comes down to it, we can do some recordings saturday night from the hotel11:19
superm1and just show some prerecorded content11:19
superm1keescook, writing the mail right now, would you have a spare nvidia card or ram or drive or anything to that effect sitting around that might be beneficial toward this?11:22
keescookyeah, I should be able to have at least an nvidia sitting around.  I should be able to find drives if needed too11:22
superm1Ok. i'll see what andrew has for using a laptop - that would be totally ideal for this though really thinking about it.11:23
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superm1okay keescook i'll let you know what comes of this.  The general format of these presentations (in the past) is just a OOo.org presentation i'd imagine with some talk, and possibly a live demo right?11:32
keescookyup, that's how it's been for OSCON stuff11:32
superm1okay, shouldnt be too bad then.  keescook one more thing to poke about, and then i need to get back to work :)  Could you poke another person in -motu when you get a moment about mythbuntu-artwork-usplash?  I tried a couple of ppl the last few days but haven't been able to get anyone free11:37
keescooksuperm1: sure, I'll give it a shot.11:38
superm1okay thx keescook !  have a good day, catch ya later11:38
keescookcya!11:38
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