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Steven_Myay :) it's working :)00:07
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cannibalHi, i just installed mythbuntu 8.04.1 when i try to run the backend setup i get "Access denied for user 'mythtv'@'localhost' (using password: YES)" using the password the setup generated can anyone help?00:35
Steven_Mcannibal: did you set a password for your MySQL server00:50
cannibalyes i did00:50
Steven_M?00:50
cannibalatleast i think i did do you mean for the root user or for the mythtv user?00:51
Steven_Mthat could be the problem, I didn't, unfortunately I'm a newbie, so I can't help much00:53
Steven_Mcan someone please help cannibal?00:55
Steven_Mcannibal: I meant the root user?00:57
cannibalyeah i set the root password doesnt seem to help i tried to have the setup use the root user and password but i still get the access denied error01:00
Steven_Mcannibal: is your frontend on the same machine as your backend?01:00
cannibalyes01:00
SHADOW__Xi am having an issue with one of my tuners01:00
SHADOW__Xit will work for days01:00
SHADOW__Xthen just stop locking01:00
SHADOW__X:(01:00
Steven_Mcannibal: then I'd reinstall without a root password for mysql server01:02
cannibalok i'll try that01:03
rhpot1991did you enter the mysql root password when it asked you for it?01:03
rhpot1991if you got that wrong then the db is not setup01:03
cannibali entered it during the setup it didn't ask for a password after that01:04
rhpot1991mysql will ask you if you want one, then mythtv will ask you what it is later01:05
rhpot1991for root that is01:05
rhpot1991unless you had it previously configured01:05
cannibalhmm maybe i missed it is there a way to manually setup the db?01:06
rhpot1991sudo dpkg-reconfigure mythtv-database01:08
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cannibalah that did it thanks alot guys01:10
rhpot1991no problem01:10
SHADOW__Xmy hvr-1600 just stopped locking on digital channels but my hvr-1800 in the same box off the same connect still works it just stopped working01:11
pteagueis there someway i can get the frontend to not continually reduce the master volume?01:55
rhpot1991pteague: setup>general>3rd page there is a volume slider, change it from 70 to 100 or whatever you like01:56
pteaguei'd rather get it to just *not* change it, considering i'm currently using it on my desktop ;)01:57
rhpot1991play with the settings there02:03
rhpot1991I think you can just turn the control off02:03
bobbob1016How can I get mythbuntu music not to autoplay when I go to the music option?02:14
pteagueweird, i'm not getting any audio when playing a dvd02:34
bobbob1016pteague, If you're asking for help, might help to be more specific.02:46
pteaguewell, this is getting really weird, because now i can't get any audio... was loading up amarok to make sure something hadn't taken over my audio02:47
bobbob1016Did you try rebooting?  But still not specific enough, try figuring out which audio codec you are using, as in alsa or esd or pulse.  Sorry I can't be much more help, getting late.02:49
pteaguealsa02:49
pteaguealthough i was messing around with some settings so i'm wondering if something to changed that shouldn't have... although i thought i'd put everything back02:49
bobbob1016pteague, Try switching them, also try rebooting.  Not much else I can help with there.  But jacking someone else's question like that is a bit rude, just saying, no problem though02:50
bobbob1016Try switching to esd or something, that might help.  I don't know too much about those issues02:50
Nostahlhi all02:51
Nostahlhow goes mythbuntu02:51
pteaguebobbob1016: huh? oh, you missed my volume question prior to your entering :)02:52
pteague& i'm not sure how rebooting would solve an audio issue if it's only an issue in mythbuntu frontend... amarok works, kaffiene works, pidgin makes noises when people log on/log off02:54
bobbob1016Being specific helps a lot, I thought "because I can't get any audio...  was loading amarok to make sure something hadn't taken over my audio" reads like "I am currently unable to get any audio what-so-ever, even in amarok which I tried to see if I could get audio", better to say "...amarok to make sure something hadn't taken over my audio, and amarok plays fine"02:57
pteague<pteague> is there someway i can get the frontend to not continually reduce the master volume?02:58
pteague<rhpot1991> pteague: setup>general>3rd page there is a volume slider, change it from 70 to 100 or whatever you like02:58
pteague& from there i started messing with some other things & turned on the dvd player...  not sure at which point the audio stopped working in the mythtv frontend02:58
bobbob1016Not sure, going to sleep now, sorry, early day tomorrow03:00
pteagueah, there we go... somehow the default device got set to ALSA:spdif instead of ALSA:default03:01
SHADOW__Xanyone here know qam tuner issues03:15
orkidhi, i can't get amd hd2600 HDMI audio to work :S any suggestions? i unmuted the IEC output with "alsamixer -c 1"03:42
MythbuntuGuest19will the Hauppauge WINTVHVR1600 DUAL Tuner 1183 PCI Interface work on mythbuntu03:45
ThatOtherGuyI have a PVR-150 (_not_ MCE, standard version with irblaster/remote plug). Everything is working fine, including the remote, until I enable the IR Transmitter in the MCC - using the Hauppauge PVR-150 (Scientific Atlanta) option there, as my box is a SA. Once I enable that, the remote stops working; it looks like lirc never restarts, but even restarting it manually doesn't bring back my remote - only disabling the IR Transmitter 04:19
ThatOtherGuyOnce lirc is restarted, irw doesn't seem to receive anything at all from the remote04:20
foxbuntutgm4883_laptop, ok ok unban me05:44
planeracerhi06:41
planeraceris anyone here?06:41
tgm4883_laptop!hi06:42
ZinnHi $nick, how are you?  Something we can help you with today?06:42
planeraceri have a problem with connecting front end to back end. anyway to fix that?06:47
superm1planeracer, start out by figuring out where the issue is.  mysql/mythtv or what07:00
superm1is this multiple machines?07:00
planeracernope only 107:03
superm1okay so then start out and see if you can connect to mysql07:04
superm1connect to mysql using hte information in ~/.mythtv/mysql.txt07:05
superm1if that works, then take a look at your logs in /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log07:05
superm1to look for permissions errors07:05
planeracerexact error is when i try to run watch tv : could not connect to the backend server-- is it running ? is the ip address set for it in the setup program correct?07:05
superm1so sql is working07:07
superm1check the backend log then like i said07:07
superm1most likely a permissions problem07:07
planeraceri connect  to mysql from terminal with no problem07:07
planeraceri'm new in this. how to look for logs?07:09
planeracerfrom terminal or?07:09
planeracerapplications?07:09
superm1from the terminal07:09
superm1open it with a text editor such as mousepad, gedit, nano, geany, vim07:10
planeraceri just have to type that?  /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log07:10
planeracercd /var....07:10
superm1well no graphical editors ocme on the system by default07:11
superm1so you should install mousepad first07:11
superm1and then mousepad /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log will open it07:11
planeracerok. mousepag :)07:13
planeracerwhere is it?07:13
superm1sudo apt-get install mousepad07:15
superm1or use synaptic07:15
planeraceri opened with nano07:17
planeracersudo nano mythtvbackend.log07:17
planeracerwhat i have to look in it?07:17
superm1look for errors about starting the backend07:19
superm1or why it's not starting07:19
superm1or why its crashin07:19
planeracerwhat i saw only no setting found for thi mashine's backendserverIP please run setup and modify the first page07:20
planeracerthen connected to database07:21
planeracerrunning as a slave backend07:22
planeracerthen on end error07:22
planeraceropening front end device fails no such file or dir.07:23
planeracerand no valid capture cards defined in the database07:24
superm1okay so you haven't ran mythtv-setup all the way through07:24
superm1you need to07:24
planeraceri think i did07:24
planeracerwhere to start then07:25
superm1go through all of the first set of options07:26
superm1add your card in the second07:26
superm1add a video source in the third07:26
superm1attach them together in the 4th07:26
planeraceridid that all. whent to scan and i got chanells07:26
superm1the most important one is the first page07:27
planeracergeneral?07:27
superm1make sure that the ip addresses used there are correct07:27
superm1yup07:27
superm1and run all the way through to the end07:27
superm1don't hit esc on it07:27
planeracernope. first finish then esc07:28
planeracerhow to figure is that a correct ip?07:28
superm1that's why - don't hit esc on it07:28
superm1the default ip is bound to localhost, which is fine for single machines07:28
superm1just make sure to hit enter all the way thru07:28
planeracerops07:29
planeracerim back07:29
planeraceri have to ips local back end and master backend07:30
superm1okay07:31
superm1then you should be good now07:31
planeraceri have some channels on my channel editor07:32
planeracerdamn same error07:33
superm1well check for other errors in mythbackend.log now07:33
planeracerdo i have to stop backend before start frontend?07:34
superm1no07:35
superm1it stops and starts from mythtv-setup07:36
planeracerthanks. i need to work on it little more07:44
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canatellahi09:41
canatellaTo test 8.10 alpha4 without reinstalling, replacing hardy by intrepid in  sources.list should do ?09:42
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tearorin the mythtv documentation it says that newer kernels got the acpi wake up stuff under /sys/class/rtc/... and older got it at /proc/acpi/alarm11:06
tearoron my machine (running 2.6.24) it is in /proc...11:06
tearorand the other path only goes up to /rtc11:07
tearoris that a normal mythbuntu thing (got the 8.04.1 version)11:07
tearor?11:07
MythbuntuGuest18Hi All ... could I ask for a helping hand ?11:18
hads!ask11:23
ZinnPlease don't ask if anyone is around or if it is alright to ask a question.  Many people check back periodically and may answer your question when they see it.  IRC is not normally an instant fix so check back often for an answer.11:23
MythbuntuGuest18I understand, so this may be a standard format question but I have done my googling and faq hunting.11:25
MythbuntuGuest18I have a WinFast PxDVR3200 H card but linux does not see it anywhere. I have tried Mythbuntu but no luck. Any pointers ? Were to look, who to ask ?11:26
hadsNot a card I've heard of but a quick search doesn't show up much relating to Linux support.11:30
MythbuntuGuest18I have found this http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Leadtek_Winfast_PxDVR_3200_H11:32
hadsYeah, so no support out of the box yet.11:33
MythbuntuGuest18Does that mean I have to hit the metal or I have to wait ?11:34
hadsYeah, pretty much either wait or try to help out.11:36
MythbuntuGuest18Thanks for your help. I will see what I can do, but at least I know what to expect now.11:38
MythbuntuGuest18'ava good day11:38
hadsNo problem, g'luck.11:38
mdkaneda55having trouble installing mythbuntu 8.04.1 on a 2.8ghz celeron / intel board (hp)... not sure exactly the issue... but it won't boot live cd installer, so i had to go w/ alternate.. that installer completes successfully, upon first bootup goes into kernel panic... hard poweroff, poweron... recovery mode, now network doesn't work.. says hal isn't loaded when i finally got X up somehow...  it's a mess12:03
lagamaybe hal segfaults? we've had issues with that in the past12:04
mdkaneda55now i'm downloading ubuntu server disc, gonna try to atleast get a clean server install and then install mythbuntu-desktop? that a bad idea?12:04
lagano, that might work12:05
mdkaneda55k, well hope all goes well.... so if hal is sefaulting, can't really fix it easy can i?12:05
mdkaneda55i tried the new thing in recovery mode - dpkg reconfigure , but since network isnt working, it can't download packages, tried changing /etc/apt/sources.list so it would just use the cdrom, but it kept insisting on downloading packages... heh12:06
mdkaneda55guess that wouldn't help hal tho anyways12:07
mdkaneda55well, burning the the server install disc.. got my fingers crossed already, hope it helps12:09
mdkaneda55hehe12:09
mdkaneda55new problem... after supposedly successful server install... seems to load up nice n fast, then immediately reboots, tried "recovery" mode and same thing happens...12:26
mdkaneda55doesn't even get me to a prompt, just loads up and reboots12:27
mdkaneda55Loading Hardware ... and boom. rebooting12:31
mdkaneda55recovery mode from cd gets me to a prompt, i did an apt-get upgrade and upgraded packages, but that didn't help... =\ any suggestions?12:44
anaxagorashello everybody13:16
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dmandellI've started having a strange problem with LiveTV, I can't say exactly when it started happening because I hadn't noticed until the last few days.17:59
dmandellFormerly when watching live tv, each program would appear under its own entry after it was watched.18:00
dmandellSo if I'm watching livetv and leave it on channel 2 for 2 hours, I'll see entries for "Jeopardy," then "Wheel of Fortune," then "Numb3rs" and so on and so forth.18:01
rhpot1991_laptopif you hit menu while viewing recordings you can change the display/sort options18:01
rhpot1991_laptopperhaps something got changed there for you18:01
dmandellNow LiveTV records the first show and is unaware of when that show ends.18:02
dmandellSo if I leave it on LiveTV, it acts as if there is a 9 hour Jeopardy program.18:03
dmandellThe problem with this is that if I leave it on LiveTV for 48 hours, it will fill the entire partition, because it can't expire old livetv shows.18:03
dmandellAny ideas on what might be causing the problem?18:04
gregLdmandell, why not just schedule the programs then you won't have these problems?18:08
dmandellBecause my fiancee doesn't necessarily know which programs she wants to watch.18:08
dmandellShe wants to be able to watch LiveTV, which is reasonable.18:09
dmandellI know that the problem would be avoided if I never used LiveTV, but I'd rather fix the problem.18:09
tgm4883_laptopof course there is always the possibility that when in live tv, the shows were never intended to show up under the show names in watch programs, and that was the problem and it is now fixed?18:11
dmandellIt doesn't really have anything to do with how they show up in "Watch Programs", it has to do with the fact that whatever show I start watching continues to record until the hard drive is full.18:12
dmandellIf I start watching LiveTV with "Jeopardy" it just continues recording for 48 hours, until I run out of space.18:13
tgm4883_laptopdmandell, ah now I get it18:13
tgm4883_laptopsounds like you need to set a live tv timeout18:13
dmandellI suppose, but because this worked until recently (some time in the last week), I'm wondering what caused the problem in the first place.18:13
dmandellWhere is a live tv timeout set?18:14
tgm4883_laptopdmandell, well unfortunatly it doesn't have a frontend to set it, it's something we will have to change in the db18:15
tgm4883_laptopdo you have phpmyadmin installed?18:15
dmandellI don't think I do, what needs to be set?18:15
tgm4883_laptopsec, let me grab the info18:15
dmandellAh, never mind, I found it.18:15
tgm4883_laptopok18:16
dmandellhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+bug/20238618:16
tgm4883_laptopyep18:16
tgm4883_laptopif you set the hostname to null, i think it works for all frontends18:16
tgm4883_laptoplet me check mine18:16
dmandellThat's also just a workaround though, LiveTV is essentially still broken.18:16
tgm4883_laptopI wouldn't necessarly call it a workaround, why would you want your live tv to record endlessly?18:17
tgm4883_laptopsounds like a hard drive killer18:17
dmandellThe thing is, MythTV is set up to auto expire LiveTV recordings after 1 day, so if it's working properly, it just drops the old recording off the end.18:18
dmandellWith it set up the way it is now, it's essentially working the way the old ring buffer worked (in versions before 0.19).18:18
dmandellI want it to work the way Tivo et al work, because that was the deal I made with my fiancee when we moved to MythTV.18:19
dmandellIt has worked that way up until this week, I just want to fix it.18:19
gregLask your question in #mythtv-users    they may be able to help..18:20
dmandellOk, thanks,18:20
gregLnp18:20
gregLor try the mailing list18:21
tgm4883_laptopheh, people fear change18:22
gregLI would just use a schedule,but hey thats me...18:23
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Lemontdoes anyone have any experience connecting their ubuntu box to a CRT HDTV via dvi from a GeForce FX 520019:07
foxbuntu_vmLemont, I use DVI->HDMI to my DLP19:12
foxbuntu_vmLemont, what is the issue?19:13
Lemontis dlp a fixed resolution like lcd/plasma, or variable like crt ?19:13
tgm4883_laptopwhat do you mean variable?19:14
* tgm4883_laptop hasn't used a crt in years19:15
Lemontfox: do you use a geforce fx 5200?19:16
foxbuntu_vmLemont, no, an 7800GT19:22
foxbuntu_vmLemont, tab complete the names otherwise I dont see your response right away19:23
Lemontfoxbuntu_vm: I don't understand19:29
Lemonttab complete?19:29
Lemontis the 7800GT a geforce?19:30
foxbuntu_vmif you start typing my name then hit tab it will complete it19:30
Davieyie, Le<tab> = Lemont19:30
tgm4883_laptopLemont, type the first few letters of a name in the channel then hit tab19:30
foxbuntu_vmawesome...3 responses to tab complete19:30
LemontHmmm, it looks like bersirc may not have that functionality19:30
foxbuntu_vmtgm4883_laptop, finally a question even you can answer19:30
Daviey!tab19:31
ZinnSorry I don't know about tab19:31
tgm4883_laptop!stab foxbuntu_vm19:31
* Zinn stabs foxbuntu_vm with a rusty spork.19:31
foxbuntu_vmlol19:31
LemontI don't understand what is happening right now19:31
Lemonthaha19:31
Davieyubotu is clearly a PoS19:31
Lemontfoxbuntu_vm: is a 7800GT a geforce?19:31
foxbuntu_vmLemont, yes19:32
Lemontfoxbuntu_vm: do you have any scan issues - overscan / image not perfectly lining up on screen ?19:33
foxbuntu_vmLemont, yeah..but that can depend on many more things that the video card19:33
Lemontfoxbuntu_vm: did you get that corrected, or is it something that you must live with?19:34
foxbuntu_vmLemont, it can be corrected but its such a minimal issue, that while watching TV and such its not noticiable to me19:34
Lemontfoxbuntu_vm: what size tv do you have and what res. do you use on it?19:36
foxbuntu_vmLemont, 50" 1080p19:36
Lemontfoxbuntu_vm: 1080 x ?19:37
tgm4883_laptopLemont, that is vertical19:37
foxbuntu_vmLemont, 1920x1080 = 1080p19:37
Lemontah, ok, cool19:37
Lemontalso, if I have issues with the image lining up properly, how would I go about fixing that?19:37
foxbuntu_vmdepends on the type of issue with the image, nvidia-settings, xorg.conf, mythtv frontend settings, TV settings19:38
Lemontand one more, my tv only can handle 1080i, will that be an issue? I didn't see a "progressive" or "interlaced" option in displayconfig-gtk in ubuntu.19:38
foxbuntu_vmLemont, then just push 720p, it will look better on the TV19:39
foxbuntu_vm1360x768 is usually the native resoultion it picks for 720p19:39
Lemont720p will look better than 1080i ?19:40
Lemontinteresting, ok19:40
Lemontits a 51", if that matters19:40
foxbuntu_vmLemont, its interlaced vs progressive scan, the lines of resoultion will be cleaned and viusally better in progressive scan, HDTV broadcasts dont exceede 1080i anyhow and almost all are in 720p so it will look better at 720p19:44
Lemontinteresting. I am familiar with interlaced vs progressive scan, but I didn't realize that the "hd discovery channel" I thought was so clear was actually in 720p19:45
Lemontok, I'm sold19:45
Lemontfoxbuntu_vm: have you had any experience with the "netflix" functionality in mythtv?19:50
LemontI went to the option but it didn't have any user login fields, so I'm still in the dark a bit19:51
foxbuntu_vmLemont, its just for Queue management very basic functionality and not very easy to use...19:51
Lemontdoh, I was hoping to be able to use the "watch now" option from mythtv.  well thats disappointing.19:52
foxbuntu_vmLemont, not yet...but for the next development Cycle I am planning on researching that19:54
Lemontis the big issue that it "requires" IE ?19:54
Lemontmaybe a solution would be some behind-the-scenes IE in wine action19:54
foxbuntu_vmLemont, I doubt that, it has a several factor point and will require allot of time to figure out if its even possible to implement19:57
Lemontah19:57
Lemontfoxbuntu_vm: back to the 720 x 1080i discussion - due to the fact that my tv supports 1080i, but not 1080p, can I definitely not run my tv at 1080i from my geforce's dvi port.  I guess another way of asking it is "can a geforce output interlaced video" ?19:58
foxbuntu_vmLemont, its not like a DVD player...interlaced vs progressive scan is all handled by the TV not the vid card19:59
foxbuntu_vmthe vid card just outputs a particualr resoultion20:00
Lemontreally? I had no idea20:00
foxbuntu_vmand the TV processes it a certian way20:00
LemontI see20:00
foxbuntu_vmbut in DVD players (for example) it outputs the resoultion lines in a particular way taking the processing load off the TV20:00
foxbuntu_vmthe reason I said to use a lower resoultion is so the TV will process it as 720o20:01
foxbuntu_vm720p*20:01
Lemontoh I see, so the tv displays an incoming signal at the closest resolution. That makes sense.20:02
kwilliamThis may be a kind of silly question, but why does the internal MythTV player not play as smoothly as VLC?  Linux doesn't like my onboard graphics, so I'm currently using the "vesa" driver.  I'm buying a graphics card anyway, but was curious why the Myth player stutters and freezes while VLC doesn't.21:27
superm1try changing interlacing settings21:28
superm1but i wouldn't trust anything using vesa at all anyway21:29
superm1you want hardware overlays or at least opengl overlays instead (ala textured video)21:29
LemontAn additional video question: are any geforce cards preferred over others as far as ubuntu is concerned, or are all geforce cards golden?21:30
LemontI'm looking at this one, but I want to be sure ubuntu will be able to use the dvi/tv-out to my hdtv....21:30
Lemonthttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1681413600721:30
kwilliamsuperm1: I just wondered if they used different algorithms or something.  Is the internal player xine or mplayer by default in Mythbuntu?  (I'll play with interlacing, btw.)21:36
superm1kwilliam, the internal player uses ffmpeg just like those other projects.  they've all synced at different times21:38
kwilliamHey, I've got a question about MythWeb.  Is it possible to configure MythWeb so that it lets you schedule recordings, but not edit the database or MythTV Settings?  I'd like to let my roommates schedule recordings online, but not give them full admin ability.22:32
tgm4883_laptopkwilliam, no23:32
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