[02:46] <gankthoven> noob question, where does the zsnes emulator install when you use the apt-get install zsnes command
[02:47] <gankthoven> want to setup mythgame with zsnes and it kind of helps to have the install directory lol did a google search couldnt find it
[02:47] <fiyawerx> if i use the 8.10 alpha 4 install, i won't have to reinstall as newer versions come out, right?
[02:48] <fiyawerx> hm, You don't have permission to access /mythbuntu-8.10-alpha4-desktop-i386.iso.md5sum on this server.
[02:51] <hads> Yes you will be able to dist-upgrade like normal. It could be a good idea or not depending on your situation.
[02:51] <gankthoven> hads do you know how to get desktop icons to appear like trash and my computer etc
[02:55] <hads> I don't used the mythbuntu desktop
[03:13] <Brenny> I keep getting .asx streaming files spat out with the wrong port, so I used the force port option to force it to 8888. yet the playlists outputted are still using port 80. Any work around?
[03:32] <Brenny> For now I can edit the .asx files and change 80 to 8888 and that works, seems a bit tedious though.
[03:42] <fiyawerx> hm, so much for trying the alpha 4 desktop iso, i got up to a black screen after about 15 minutes of loading stuff on "install"
[03:42] <fiyawerx> if i hit like alt f1 etc.. i can see the screen change, but its still pure black
[03:50] <hads> It is alpha for a reason :)
[04:07] <fiyawerx> gonna give the alternate install a shot for the heck of it
[04:38] <fiyawerx> heh, whoops, i thought i read that the lvm setup would use xfs for storage, but a guided install just set me up with a 900 or so gig lvm root of ext3
[04:43] <fiyawerx> where can i find out what "mythbuntu additional roles" means? under software selection
[06:10] <cbrunner> hey
[06:10] <cbrunner> anyone around?
[06:10] <cbrunner> I could really use some help with my mythbuntu box
[06:10] <superm1> !ask
[06:10] <Zinn> Please 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.
[06:10] <cbrunner> sorry
[06:11] <cbrunner> well, basically
[06:11] <cbrunner> I tried to update mythbuntu
[06:11] <cbrunner> from 7.10
[06:11] <cbrunner> to the 8 release, through the updater
[06:11] <cbrunner> and my system got completely hosed
[06:11] <cbrunner> and all my graphics settings are messed up
[06:11] <cbrunner> so it no longer shows the entire screen
[06:11] <cbrunner> on my tv
[06:11] <superm1> it shows part of it?
[06:11] <cbrunner> yep
[06:11] <cbrunner> just the top left corner
[06:12] <cbrunner> nothing works at all on it really, the lcd stopped working
[06:12] <superm1> what if you vnc in?
[06:12] <superm1> do you get the whole thing?
[06:12] <cbrunner> I cant vnc in haha, the network
[06:12] <cbrunner> doesnt work
[06:12] <cbrunner> well
[06:12] <superm1> yikes
[06:12] <cbrunner> the system hung
[06:12] <cbrunner> in the last stage of the the installer
[06:12] <cbrunner> pretty sure that is why it is so messed up
[06:12] <superm1> back in 7.10 it did?
[06:13] <cbrunner> yea
[06:13] <superm1> or during the upgrade
[06:13] <cbrunner> during the upgrade
[06:13] <cbrunner> like it downloaded all the parts
[06:13] <cbrunner> then it was running the scripts
[06:13] <cbrunner> and like 75% into that
[06:13] <cbrunner> the system just hung
[06:13] <superm1> well so usually if it looks "hung" you have to hit the little expander
[06:13] <superm1> and it wants some input
[06:13] <superm1> ......
[06:13] <cbrunner> no no no
[06:13] <cbrunner> it straight up crashed
[06:13] <superm1> it was literally "hung"?
[06:13] <cbrunner> it turned off
[06:13] <superm1> okay
[06:13] <cbrunner> and actually
[06:13] <superm1> overheated perhaps?
[06:13] <cbrunner> wouldnt turn back on
[06:13] <cbrunner> yea
[06:13] <cbrunner> thats what I was thinking
[06:13] <superm1> ah fun fun
[06:14] <cbrunner> cause it wouldnt turn back on for a few minutes
[06:14] <superm1> so at this point, you've got two things you need to accomplish
[06:14] <cbrunner> I dunno why though I have kept it on for long long periods of time
[06:14] <cbrunner> and it never crashed
[06:14] <cbrunner> ok
[06:14] <superm1> first off, get a live disk and boot off of it. run a file system check on the drives
[06:14] <cbrunner> a live disk?
[06:14] <cbrunner> like the mythbuntu disk?
[06:14] <superm1> yeah like a live cd
[06:14] <superm1> a mythbuntu disk, ubuntu disk, whatever you've got handy
[06:15] <superm1> they should all have the tools you'll need
[06:15] <cbrunner> I got a mythbuntu disk
[06:15] <cbrunner> so
[06:15] <cbrunner> when I start that up
[06:15] <cbrunner> it only has
[06:15] <superm1> open up a terminal
[06:15] <superm1> after it boots up
[06:15] <cbrunner> I have a terminal up
[06:15] <cbrunner> but the cd doesnt show up in the /media/cdrom folder
[06:15] <superm1> that's fine
[06:15] <cbrunner> ok
[06:15] <cbrunner> I was just gonna try to reinstall mythtv
[06:15] <superm1> as long as the hard drives aren't mounted, thats the most important part
[06:15] <cbrunner> through the mythbuntu disk
[06:16] <cbrunner> oh well im in
[06:16] <cbrunner> the os
[06:16] <superm1> well i wouldnt go through and start reinstalling things until you are sure the drive wont cause further corruption
[06:16] <cbrunner> I have a terminal open
[06:16] <superm1> yeah you *need* to do this off a live cd
[06:16] <cbrunner> I dont think there is any corruption
[06:16] <cbrunner> ok
[06:16] <cbrunner> so what should I do
[06:16] <cbrunner> get to the boot:
[06:16] <cbrunner> prompt?
[06:16] <cbrunner> I can get there
[06:16] <superm1> so i'm saying boot off the live cd and run fsck.ext3 on the partitions that are ext3
[06:16] <superm1> and then fsck.xfs on partitions that are xfs
[06:16] <superm1> etc
[06:17] <superm1> hit enter at the live cd prompt
[06:17] <superm1> and it should boot the live cd
[06:17] <cbrunner> yep it does
[06:17] <cbrunner> and a menu comes up
[06:17] <cbrunner> like
[06:17] <cbrunner> Mythbuntu Live Environment
[06:17] <cbrunner> Install Mytbuntu
[06:18] <cbrunner> etc
[06:18] <superm1> right so pick live env
[06:18] <cbrunner> ok
[06:18] <cbrunner> so that brings me to my next problem
[06:18] <cbrunner> picking any of those options
[06:18] <cbrunner> does not do anything
[06:18] <cbrunner> but I dont know if its because I cant see the whole screen
[06:18] <superm1> so you'll need safe graphics mode
[06:18] <cbrunner> and its printing something at the bottom
[06:18] <superm1> i think it's F6
[06:18] <cbrunner> let me try that
[06:19] <cbrunner> pressing
[06:19] <cbrunner> f6
[06:19] <cbrunner> brings up
[06:19] <cbrunner> what I can barely see as a box
[06:19] <cbrunner> at the bottom
[06:19] <cbrunner> the only option I can see
[06:19] <cbrunner> is aspi=off
[06:19] <superm1> yeah there is a menu option in there for safe graphics somewhere
[06:19] <superm1> maybe it's F4 then
[06:19] <superm1> if you dont see it
[06:19] <cbrunner> let me try that
[06:20] <cbrunner> ok
[06:20] <cbrunner> f4 did bring one up
[06:20] <cbrunner> with a safe graphics mode
[06:20] <cbrunner> I hit enter on it
[06:20] <cbrunner> and nothing happened
[06:21] <superm1> yeah it's a checkbox
[06:21] <superm1> so pick the live option again after its checked
[06:21] <cbrunner> ok
[06:22] <cbrunner> still not working
[06:22] <cbrunner> safe graphics mode makes me slightly able to see a little more of the screen
[06:22] <cbrunner> but not much
[06:23] <cbrunner> and I still cant go into live environment
[06:24] <superm1> do you have a different screen you can use?
[06:24] <superm1> maybe a monitor?
[06:24] <cbrunner> haha currently no
[06:24] <cbrunner> I gotta get one but I cant do that tonight
[06:25] <cbrunner> this really sucks
[06:25] <cbrunner> cause I had all the settings perfect
[06:25] <cbrunner> in my xorg.conf
[06:25] <cbrunner> for my screen
[06:25] <cbrunner> but for some reason it doesnt work
[06:25] <cbrunner> I think it must be failing to load the nvidia drivers
[06:25] <superm1> i'm wondering if more hardware got toasted in this overheat than you are thinking
[06:25] <superm1> it could have easily been a fan on the vid card burned out
[06:25] <superm1> or seized
[06:25] <cbrunner> yea
[06:25] <cbrunner> its an onboard video
[06:26] <superm1> which would explain a lot of this
[06:26] <superm1> well that's less likely then, but i wouldn't rule out hardware failure here
[06:26] <superm1> especially if you are having issues on the *live disk*
[06:26] <cbrunner> hardware failure on the video card
[06:26] <superm1> got an extra vid card you can add to the system?
[06:26] <cbrunner> I guess the only way to know that would be to try a normal monitor
[06:26] <cbrunner> nah I dont have any video cards here
[06:27] <superm1> less useful then
[06:27] <superm1> well if worst comes to worst, you can try to grab a server cd or alternate cd to boot up and try to recover as many settings and data as you can
[06:27] <cbrunner> its really weird the network isnt working
[06:27] <cbrunner> I already backed up
[06:27] <cbrunner> all the data
[06:27] <cbrunner> and settings
[06:27] <cbrunner> onto a different drive
[06:28] <cbrunner> I just wanna try to reinstall the damn thing
[06:28] <cbrunner> but the mythbuntu cd wont work
[06:28] <cbrunner> also when i book into ubuntu
[06:28] <cbrunner> it says
[06:28] <cbrunner> HAL failed to load!
[06:28] <cbrunner> what is HAL?
[06:28] <superm1> ...
[06:28] <cbrunner> book = boot
[06:30] <cbrunner> its strange because the bios screen
[06:30] <cbrunner> looks like the correct resolution
[06:30] <cbrunner> or at least a viewable resolution
[06:30] <superm1> well low resolution likely
[06:30] <superm1> eg 640x480
[06:30] <superm1> or similar
[06:31] <cbrunner> yea
[06:32] <cbrunner> why cant I get that low res
[06:32] <cbrunner> in the live cd
[06:32] <superm1> well could be other memory failure
[06:32] <superm1> if this is onboard vid, it's probably using shared mem
[06:33] <cbrunner> should I do a memory test in the bios?
[06:33] <superm1> on the live cd
[06:33] <superm1> it will take a while though
[06:34] <superm1> its a boot option on that cd
[06:34] <superm1> like run it for 6-12 hours
[06:36] <cbrunner> yea
[06:36] <cbrunner> I noticed that
[06:36] <cbrunner> but I cant use any option
[06:36] <cbrunner> on the live cd
[06:36] <cbrunner> except boot from hard drive
[06:36] <cbrunner> hitting enter on any of them
[06:36] <cbrunner> result in nothing
[06:37] <cbrunner> except boot from drive
[06:37] <cbrunner> which boots from the drive
[06:37] <superm1> hit esc on the the grub screen there then
[06:37] <superm1> the memtest option is there too
[06:38] <cbrunner> ok
[06:40] <cbrunner> im running memtest
[06:40] <cbrunner> from there
[06:40] <cbrunner> did you say it takes 6-12 hours?
[06:41] <cbrunner> looks like it does
[06:41] <cbrunner> only at 6%
[06:42] <cbrunner> alright im gonna goto bed and leave this running I guess
[06:42] <cbrunner> and try to get access to another monitor
[06:42] <cbrunner> thanks for the help
[06:42] <cbrunner> this test though does correctly show
[06:42] <cbrunner> the full screen
[06:42] <cbrunner> is there any type of mythbuntu installer
[06:42] <cbrunner> that is text only?
[09:41] <TazgodX> hmm, i can't get my mythweb to upload cover art for movies, i hit edit and select the cover art, and nothing happens
[09:57] <TazgodX> can anyone tell me where mythbuntu stores the cover art for videos?
[12:55] <TazgodX> well, found most of my problems
[12:56] <TazgodX> new question, is there a known way to be able to upload thumbnails from mythweb? when i upload them i see them in mythweb fine, but they won't show on my mythbox. until i change CHMOD to 777 of the image
[14:14] <city_wok> hi guys, i'll be installing mythbuntu for the first time shortly, should i go for the 8.04.1 or the 8.10 alpha 4 release?
[14:54] <superm1> city_wok, for the first time, 8.04.1
[14:54] <superm1> city_wok, alpha releases are just that, alpha quality :)
[14:55] <city_wok> kk just making sure. many thanks
[17:09] <stevieman> Does anyone have any experience with irrecord? I keep getting this error message when I run irrecord -d /dev/lirc0 IIRC "irrecord: gap not found, can't continue"
[17:09] <stevieman> My IR receiver works as I can use the hauppauge remote to control mythtv
[17:10] <stevieman> I'm trying to read the codes for a STB remote and create a blaster script.
[17:14] <jphillip> stevieman perhaps the receiver can't read the IR your remote is sending it?
[17:15] <tgm4883_laptop> which IR receiver is it?
[17:34] <jphillip> hauppauge only receives the phillips controls IIRC
[17:48] <oasisone> hi, i installed mythubuntu, everything sems to be working except the watch tv function wich doesnt staret, how could i see if the drivers are installed correctly
[17:49] <tgm4883_laptop> oasisone, doesn't start?
[17:49] <oasisone> yes, when i click on it it doesnt start
[17:49] <tgm4883_laptop> can you pastebin your backend log?
[17:49] <oasisone> everything else seems to be working fine
[17:50] <oasisone> where can i find this log,in /var/log?
[17:50] <tgm4883_laptop> !logs
[17:50] <Zinn> MythTV logs are stored in /var/log/mythtv/
[17:51] <tgm4883_laptop> !pastebin
[17:51] <Zinn> when pasting more than 5 lines of data please use http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com so you don't flood the channel.  Then please post the link in the channel.
[17:51] <oasisone> ok
[17:51] <oasisone> one sec
[17:54] <oasisone> ok
[17:54] <oasisone> ERROR: no valid capturre cards are defined in the database
[17:56] <tgm4883_laptop> hmm, well thats not exactly pastebinning your log file, but it works I guess
[17:56] <tgm4883_laptop> looks like you need to go re-run mythtv-setup
[17:56] <oasisone> sorry but im on my lappie and mythtv is on my tv
[17:56] <oasisone> aha, what futher
[17:57] <oasisone> (my tv card has been installed correctly by ubuntu 7.04
[17:57] <oasisone> so i supposed it should work also here
[17:58] <tgm4883_laptop> is this a fresh install?
[17:58] <oasisone> yes
[17:59] <oasisone> on a new pc
[17:59] <tgm4883_laptop> ok, well you need to configure mythtv to use your cards
[17:59] <oasisone> im in the capture ard setup(
[17:59] <tgm4883_laptop> and get guide data and such
[17:59] <tgm4883_laptop> !manual
[17:59] <Zinn> http://mythbuntu.org/installation_manual
[17:59] <oasisone> my card is an avertv somethin
[18:00] <oasisone> in probed info it has found the correct card
[18:00] <oasisone> i see
[18:00] <tgm4883_laptop> oasisone, well that doens't help me a whole lot.  Grab the manual, it should guide you through the steps
[18:00] <oasisone> and video device is /dev/video0
[18:01] <oasisone> i went throu the manual:/
[18:02] <tgm4883_laptop> well it may have probed your device, but you need to know whether it is a v4l device, hardware encoder, etc
[18:02] <oasisone> ok
[18:03] <oasisone> (the card has a bt878a chip on it)
[18:04] <tgm4883_laptop> IIRC, probably the v4l one then
[18:07] <oasisone> so, in card type there is analogue v4l card selected
[18:07] <oasisone> in video device is /dev/video0
[18:08] <oasisone> robed info bt878 video
[18:08] <oasisone> vbi device /dev/dsp
[18:08] <tgm4883_laptop> ok, looks like that part is setup then
[18:08] <tgm4883_laptop> now do steps 3 and 4
[18:08] <oasisone> one sec
[18:08] <oasisone> ill check the manual
[18:11] <oasisone> hmm, in the chanel scaner it doesnt let me scan for channels
[18:11] <oasisone> plus
[18:11] <oasisone> i annot delete the cards added to the system
[18:11] <tgm4883_laptop> you delete the cards by highlighting them and hitting the d key
[18:11] <tgm4883_laptop> did you setup guide data?
[18:12] <oasisone> no
[18:12] <tgm4883_laptop> you need to do that
[18:12] <oasisone> whats the guide data?
[18:13] <tgm4883_laptop> channel data, like what shows are on when and such.  You have to set that up even if you set it up and none
[18:14] <oasisone> aha
[18:14] <oasisone> one sec
[18:15] <oasisone> i set it up, no grabber, western europe but i had to type in manually the video source name
[18:16] <tgm4883_laptop> yes
[18:16] <oasisone> now, channel scanner is still grayed out
[18:18] <tgm4883_laptop> did you connect the tuner and channel data in step 4
[18:19] <oasisone> UH!
[18:19] <oasisone> wait wait
[18:19] <oasisone> something seems to be working
[18:20] <oasisone> sure, antenna isnt connected, but still its scanning(at least were further one step
[18:21] <oasisone> i think it was because the video source wasnt written anywhere it was on none the whole time
[18:22] <oasisone> ok, its connecting time, ill be back after a econd scan
[18:30] <oasisone> thank you guys, it works!!!
[18:31] <oasisone> wow, i can even scroll back(like ive seen on tv,sorry, im from romania, technology gets here later)
[18:32] <oasisone> ok, ill go and enjoy the luxury of scroll back tv
[18:32] <oasisone> thank you again guys
[18:47] <stevieman> tgm4883_laptop: Sorry I ran out for lunch. The receiver is the one that came with the PVR-150 card.
[18:47] <stevieman> jphillip: Is there a command other than IIRC that I should use for a generic STB?
[18:48] <tgm4883_laptop> stevieman, yea you can only use the hauppauge remote with that one
[18:48] <tgm4883_laptop> you need to get a new receiver
[18:48] <stevieman> tgm4883_laptop: You're kidding right? So like a serial port receiver?
[18:50] <stevieman> tgm4883_laptop:I can't believe I need to get another IR receiver just to read the hex codes from my remote.
[18:54] <tgm4883_laptop> hey don't blame us, blame hauppauge
[18:54] <tgm4883_laptop> you could get a serial ir receiver, or probably something like the mceusb2 receiver
[18:55] <tgm4883_laptop> just a standard usb one
[18:55] <tgm4883_laptop> thats the same crap error I was getting though when I tried to do the same thing that you are
[18:55] <stevieman> tgm4883_laptop: Oh I'm not blaming you, just a statement of disbelief :) so dumb
[18:56] <tgm4883_laptop> i agree
[18:56] <tgm4883_laptop> since their remote is so cheesy anyway
[18:57] <stevieman> in my basement in a box far far away lays a serial receiver
[18:57] <stevieman> well it's time to conduct an interview
[19:04] <sabhain> got a friend trying to use an ATI Radeon 9600 .. wasting his time? or not?  He can get video playback from Totem, but not the internal player from mythbuntu ..
[20:22] <stevieman> Does anyone have a sample script of a blaster script?
[20:34] <zabbadapp> how do i see what version of mythtv i'm running
[20:44] <stevieman> mythtv --version?
[20:44] <stevieman> mythbackend --version maybe? I can't remember
[20:45] <zabbadapp> i found it (looked in synaptic what was installed) ...
[20:47] <stevieman> you could do that too
[20:47] <stevieman> :)
[20:49] <zabbadapp> anyone tried xbmc as a mythtv-frontend to a mythbuntu backend? ... the xbmc-mythtv-scripts at sourceforge are for myth 0.20 (i'm 0.21), but it should apparently have integrated support by now ...
[20:51] <zabbadapp> i just can't find any settings
[20:57] <jphillip> zabbadapp http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Xbox_Frontend#Running_XBMC_with_native_MythTV_Support
[20:57] <jphillip> I'd venture your xbmc build isn't new enough
[21:00] <zabbadapp> thank you! i could not find any setting even close to mythtv-stuff ... but your link stated the (too easy) myth:// protocol ... i'm gonna try and see if it accepts it :)
[21:22] <zabbadapp> it coredumps when trying to list recordings :-(
[21:28] <stevieman> I never got xboxmyth running. I did get xbmc myth script running but it was very very very basic and limited
[21:43] <jphillip> the script is meh
[21:43] <jphillip> xbox myth was full featured, but slowwwww
[21:43] <jphillip> xbox only has 50 some megs of ram, and is a celeron 400mhz
[21:50] <stevieman> So does anyone have or know where I can find a blaster script (or howto) so that I can make my own?
[22:15] <bobbob1016> I'm looking at http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.4 to enable the realtime kernel for myth, so video gets priority.  It says I need PAM .79+, where would I find that?
[22:44] <toma> hi, one of my repositories is http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/, but that does not exist anymore, to what should i change that?