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gogihello, I'm hoping someone can help me with a problem00:08
gogiI just installed mythbuntu, hoping to dual boot with XP. But for some reason when I boot from the hdd and it gets time to load a OS, and hopefully show me the boot menu, the screen just fills up with "grub" over and over again00:08
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tareksHi I'm not sure if anyone got my previous msgs of help but: I just installed mythbuntu, hoping to dual boot with XP. But for some reason when I boot from the hdd and it gets time to load a OS, and hopefully show me the boot menu, the screen just fills up with "grub" over and over again00:12
tarekspleeasseee help :)00:13
Zinntareks: Please watch your language.00:13
rhpot1991tgm4883_laptop: regionset doesn't to appear to have helped00:14
tareksmy language? huh?00:14
tgm4883_laptoprhpot1991, i figured it probably wouldn't00:14
* foxbuntu sighs00:14
rhpot1991heh, false positive00:14
rhpot1991knew there would be some00:14
tgm4883_laptopfoxbuntu, I thought you said something yesterday about wanting a daily kick?00:15
rhpot1991what the00:15
rhpot1991it plays on reboot00:15
rhpot1991how odd00:15
foxbuntutgm4883_laptop, yeah...thats what I said00:15
tareksso uhm...can anyone help me?00:15
* foxbuntu is seriously annoyed with people00:15
rhpot1991does regionset need a reboot to apply?00:16
tgm4883_laptoptareks, thats strange, oldschool screenshot?00:16
tareksum...I don't think I can take a screenshot of it, it's before it loads any OS00:17
rhpot1991I thought grub gave numbers with its errors00:18
rhpot1991and lilo was the one that spammed itself for errors00:18
tgm4883_laptoptareks, yea, thats why I said oldschool, ie, with a camera00:18
rhpot1991http://www.linuxselfhelp.com/gnu/grub/html_chapter/grub_13.html seems to agree with me00:18
tareksoh lol00:18
tarekswell, just imagine the screen filling up with GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB over and over00:18
rhpot1991tgm4883_laptop: does your dvd drive have a regionset?00:18
tareksblank dos screen00:19
tgm4883_laptoprhpot1991, err, all dvd drives do00:19
rhpot1991tgm4883_laptop: I think they are empty by default00:19
tgm4883_laptoptareks, thats very odd00:19
rhpot1991and you set it yourself00:19
tareksRight now I'm in the mythbuntu Live CD00:19
tgm4883_laptoprhpot1991, actually by default, they should be set to your region, which for you is region 1, but you can also make them region free00:19
tgm4883_laptopstb dvd players are the same way00:20
rhpot1991mine was empty00:20
tgm4883_laptopinteresting00:20
tgm4883_laptophow old?00:20
rhpot1991set it to region one and it now plays this dvd on reboot00:20
rhpot1991brand new00:20
rhpot1991liteon sata00:20
tareksIt is very odd :(00:20
tgm4883_laptoptareks, to be clear, it's after you installed, not when trying to run the live cd?00:21
tareksI think grub or something is just setup incorrectly....I have my XP installation in one physical hdd sdb1 and the linux in another physical hdd which has 2 partitions (one ntfs) and the linux is in sda500:21
tarekstgm4883_laptop: yes, it is after I installed and removed the CD rom00:22
tgm4883_laptoptareks, yea sounds like you need to reinstall grub00:22
tgm4883_laptopwhich off the top of my head, i'm not sure how to do00:22
tareksHow would I go about doing that00:22
tareksoh lol00:22
toorimatareks: is your mbr on the first disk of the system?00:22
tgm4883_laptopbut the lovely people over in #ubuntu would know how00:23
tarekstoorima: it should be00:23
tgm4883_laptoptoorima, would have to be no?  Otherwise he wouldn't even see the grub issue00:23
toorimahttp://www.mepis.org/node/1385400:23
tarekshmm when I type su it won't accept my password00:26
tareksis there some default liveCD password?00:26
rhpot1991sudo00:26
tarekssorry?00:27
rhpot1991use sudo00:28
rhpot1991or you can do sudo su if you must use su00:28
toorimaor sudo -i00:29
tareksoh that worked00:29
tareksI'm trying to follow the instructions in the link that toorima pasted, but it says mutilities command not found00:29
craigyboytazanyone here use HDMI?00:35
tareksjeez i don't undersatnd this stuff...i just want to reinstall grub :(00:35
foxbuntucraigyboytaz, what about it?00:37
tareksok I think I did something...I will pray and hope...brb00:37
craigyboytazfoxbuntu, i can see my hdmi mobo post on a samsung 23" but not on a 42" Panasonic00:38
foxbuntucraigyboytaz, I believe it has to do with the TV not passing good edid data to the HDMI port on the PC letting it know that the monitor is active on the port00:39
craigyboytazfoxbuntu, i thought that as i cant get nvidia settings to see the tv...is there a fix?00:40
foxbuntucraigyboytaz, I personally have a 50" DLP plugged in via HDMI00:40
craigyboytazany issues with it00:41
foxbuntunope00:41
craigyboytazlol! damm, might need to phone panasonic00:41
craigyboytazit was a £1300 tv ffs00:41
foxbuntucraigyboytaz, you can try to find the correct mode line to manually write in the edid data into your xorg to help it along, but its hackish and has to match your tv model exactly, and they arent always published00:42
craigyboytazfoxbuntu, how do i find out the busid that the hdmi is on, i have vga dvi and hdmi on mobo00:44
foxbuntucraigyboytaz, I would say something like lspci | grep vid00:49
craigyboytazfoxbuntu, did that before...only on compatiable vga controller00:52
foxbuntuhmm00:53
sumei'm trying to get an hp expresscard digital/analog tuner (hauppauge hvr 1500) to work with mythtv00:53
foxbuntuyou could work backwards too,00:53
sumei'm not sure if it was correctly installed or not00:53
sumehere's the ouput from lspci and dmesg00:54
sumedmesg00:54
sume[   39.822833] cx23885 driver version 0.0.1 loaded00:54
sume[   39.822948] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  169.12  Thu Feb 14 17:51:09 PST 200800:54
sume[   39.824445] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 1700:54
sume[   39.824465] CORE cx23885[0]: subsystem: 0070:7717, board: Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1500 [card=6,autodetected]00:54
craigyboytazfox, work backwards?00:54
craigyboytazfoxbuntu, what do you mean backwards?00:54
foxbuntucraigyboytaz, if you know the dev node (/dev/videoX) then you could use hal to search for it00:54
craigyboytazfox, not sure if i know how to do that00:55
foxbuntusume | !pastebin00:57
foxbuntusume, most of the hybrid tuners right now are at best experimental support00:57
sumesorry i just saw pastebin00:58
sumei'm posting there, first time here00:58
foxbuntucraigyboytaz, do you know wht your video output device is?00:59
foxbuntu/dev/videoX00:59
foxbuntu(i.e. /dev/video0)00:59
sumei have the folder /dev/dvb00:59
craigyboytazfoxbuntu, /dev/videoX does not exist01:00
foxbuntucraigyboytaz, yeah Im sorry thinking of video input01:00
craigyboytazfoxbuntu, kk01:02
craigyboytazfoxbuntu, lspic -v shows 3 regions01:03
foxbuntucraigyboytaz, hmm, I al working on a grep statment to get you what you need01:03
craigyboytazfoxbuntu, legend mate01:04
foxbuntucraigyboytaz, what do you get with lspci | grep VGA01:04
craigyboytazfoxbuntu, was looking to see if i could change busid in xorg.conf to point to hdmi or dvi and force it to the tv01:05
craigyboytazrather than through vga01:05
foxbuntucraigyboytaz, oh, well thats not going to work for you anyhow01:05
foxbuntuI thought you were hooked to the TV via HDMI?01:06
craigyboytazfoxbuntu, currently have a monitor connected with vga, and dvi>HDMI and pure HDMI to the tv01:06
foxbuntuwhy both?01:07
foxbuntuyou will confuse the xorg01:07
craigyboytazfoxbuntu, to see if any end up working01:08
craigyboytazso take one out and leave vga + hdmi?01:08
foxbuntuno01:08
craigyboytazwhat would u have me try?01:08
foxbuntuif this is going to be a standalone mythbuntu box, I suggest just using HDMI or VGA01:09
foxbuntuor DVI01:09
foxbuntuone of them01:09
foxbuntutake the second monitor out of the loop it will help too01:09
craigyboytazok, at that point ill be blind, i cant even see it post vis dvi or hdmi on the tv01:10
foxbuntuwell if the TV has VGA, hook it to that01:10
foxbuntuVGA has the best chance of passing good data01:11
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craigyboytazvga might work...but tv in on the wall with cable behind, cant use vga01:12
craigyboytazhdmi still leaves me blank01:13
foxbuntucraigyboytaz, HDMI support is not great yet, it is improving quickly for nvidia chipsets and ati is slowly coming along01:13
craigyboytazfoxbuntu, i dont even think it is the linux support01:15
craigyboytazi can see it post on a sammy01:15
foxbuntucraigyboytaz, oh I know, its edid data01:16
foxbuntuall my tv's are sammy's01:16
foxbuntu:)01:16
craigyboytazfoxbuntu, where does xorg log on a diskless frontend....i have read about edid, but dont know how to get round it01:16
foxbuntucraigyboytaz, what do you mean?01:17
craigyboytazlike /var/log/xorg.n.log01:17
foxbuntulaga, ping01:17
foxbuntucraigyboytaz, hmm...I dont recall right off the top of my head01:18
craigyboytazthink he went away for the night...guess my hdmi dreams are in tatters!01:18
foxbuntuI dont work with the diskless _stuff_ yet01:18
craigyboytazmaybe ill call panasonic01:18
foxbuntucraigyboytaz, good luck01:18
foxbuntuits not a supported itme01:18
foxbuntuitem*01:18
craigyboytazi know, but they may have had others calling about it01:19
foxbuntudoubtful01:19
hadsvery01:19
foxbuntubest chance is to try to find the mode line for it01:19
craigyboytazeven if i find the modeline...do i just need to add it to xorg.conf ...is there anythign else i need01:20
foxbuntucraigyboytaz, you will have to find the wiki on it, it is not pretty to ad a monitor that way01:21
craigyboytazfoxbuntu, if i connect it to my sammy, then add the panasonic modeline would that help..at least it would be set for 1080p signal over hdmi01:22
foxbuntunot really, the modeline contains all the data that tells the video card what signal to output01:23
craigyboytazyes, but if i have proven hdmi through the sammy, then add the panasonic modeline...it should be good to go?01:24
foxbuntuif your lucky01:25
craigyboytazaw man....it all seemed so simple01:25
craigyboytazhttp://www.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2007-August/191623.html01:27
craigyboytazwhat about the nvidia built in modes?01:27
foxbuntucraigyboytaz, you can try playing around with it01:31
craigyboytazthanks fox01:33
CorksterHas anyone successfully got a HVR-950 to work ?05:39
CorksterI have had two attempts and two dismal failures05:40
sumemy scan did not return any channels09:43
sumewhat's a good way to check if my card is working properly?09:44
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craigyboytazhello, has anyone had a problem getting hdmi/dvi to display on there tv? on 1 tv hdmi works, on another i dont get a thing..no bios post no X notihng...yet it acepts ps3 into it14:13
Vinconzohi16:40
VinconzoI have a crappy pc, with only 265MB, 2.40MHz P4, and 64MB GeForce 4 videocard, is it still, someway possible to use Mythbuntu on this pc?16:42
foxbuntuVinconzo, upgrade the RAM and vid card and perhaps17:03
foxbuntuDaviey, ping17:14
sumewhat's a good way to check if my tv tuner is working properly?17:20
foxbuntusume, what kind of tuner?17:21
sumehp expresscard (hauppauge hvr 1500)17:21
foxbuntusume, paste bin this: dmesg | grep ivtv17:22
sumethat returns nothing, i've pasted my dmesg and lspci on pastebin though17:23
sumehttp://pastebin.ubuntu.com/23393/17:23
sumethat being grep | ivtv17:25
foxbuntuwell I can say that its not installed properly17:26
sumeok17:27
sumemay i ask how you can tell?17:27
foxbuntuuvcvideo: Unknown symbol video_device_release17:27
sumeand what should i do about it, i saw my card supported on the v4l wiki17:27
sumeoh, i thought that was for my webcam17:27
foxbuntuthe firmware doesnt look like its happy17:27
sumei have installed the driver from v4l17:28
foxbunturight after the card starts up youshould see it register a video device /dev/videoX17:28
tgm4883_laptopfoxbuntu, he might have had to upgrade his CPU too17:29
tgm4883_laptop 2.40MHz P417:29
tgm4883_laptopI didn't even know they made a P4 that slow17:29
foxbuntutgm4883_laptop, lol..I read right over that, I didnt even notice it17:30
foxbuntusume, from reading the forums the v4l driver at this point will only produce working ATSC from that card17:30
foxbuntusume, you can check if this node is started /dev/dvb/adapterX/dvr017:32
sumeyes17:32
foxbuntuif thats there then you can try cat /dev/dvb/adapterX/dvr0 > test.mpg17:33
sumei have demux0, dvr0, frontend0, and net017:33
foxbuntuthen ctrl +c to end it, try to play it with mplayer17:33
sumei get 0 file size17:35
protonchrisI just upgrade my mythbuntu box from gutsy to hardy.  Now apt-get is telling me that ubuntu-desktop is being held back.  Is this package still required?17:35
sumedo i have to connect it with the cable to test it17:35
sumefoxbuntu, what do you suggest?18:01
craigyboytazfoxbuntu, just to let you know i fixed the hdmi...nvidia drivers was the problem, used Envy...all fixed!  thanks for your help last night...afk now18:37
Davieyfoxbuntu: ?18:54
pruper1anybody out there any good w/Firwire & motorola STBs?19:24
pruper1I'll take that as a no ;-)19:27
lagayou need to ask a real question ;)19:29
pruper1ok, fair enough19:29
pruper1had a 'working' via chipset firwire PCI card connected to a motorola STB19:30
pruper1powerd down, replaced it w/the apparently recomended chipset pci card19:30
pruper1FW323 (rev 61)19:30
pruper1and now, nothing I do will show a STB on the new card19:30
pruper1any thoughts?19:30
pruper1same port on the STB.... tried all 3 ports on the new card19:31
pruper1even manualy loading raw1394 (or whatever) module fails to show anything in plugreport or mythprime19:32
pruper1(mythbuntu Hardy)19:32
slundellsebrock, Any news on the hard drive ticking issue?19:35
sebrockslundell, yes. Turns out my mobo gives ticks for some IDE hardware aswell.19:42
sebrockWhile I had my old DVD-drive no ticks, this new gives ticks. If its directly from the IDE bus or via some linux specifics I dont know.19:43
sebrockVery strange anyway19:43
sebrockNo problems though, I was about to return it anyway. It sound like shit when reading discs19:43
Zinnsebrock: Please watch your language.19:43
slundellsebrock, which mobo do you use?19:47
sebrockslundell, it's GIGABYTE GA-G33M-S2H, so fairly new20:08
sebrocktried a few BIOS but all the same20:08
sebrockwould be interesting to know where the problem resides, in DVD, in mobo or in OS20:08
sebrockas of now I think its the DVD that sends some kind of heartbeat as this blinking is pretty continous20:09
bronsonHi, I'm having AC3 troubles.20:12
bronson 2008-06-28 11:57:29.489 NVP::AddAudioData():p1: Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!20:13
bronsonI get about 150 MB of this error per minute in my mythfrontend.log20:13
bronsonAny ideas on what I can do about it?20:14
j3gormanHello. I'm looking for support with mythtv 0.21.0+fixes17416-0ubuntu1. It addressess a bug I have with my Hauppauge pvr-350 and the Mythbuntu program guide. I need directions on how to apply install or otherwise use this patch/bug fix or whatever it is, and was hoping that th e directions are posted somewhere. Thanks!20:21
Fenix-Darkhi23:32
Fenix-Darki'm trying to install the nvidia drivers for my 9600GT with mythbuntu 8.04. i can't seem to get it working, i'm open to suggestions23:32
rhpot1991Fenix-Dark: use the restricted drivers manager?23:40
Fenix-Dark rhpot1991 it didnt show my graphics card23:41
sumei've had it with my tuner23:43
Fenix-Darkrhpot1991, so what do i do if i the restricted drivers manager does not show my graphics card?23:43
sumecan anyone recommend a pcmcia tuner23:43
sumeone that has been tested to work?23:43
zabbadappany problems to know of when updating mythbuntu 7.10 to 8.04 ?23:54

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