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MythbuntuGuest48I have installed Mythbuntu 8.10, but there is no sound. I have Hauugpauge pvr 150, so I guess my only option for sound is the head phone jack on the actual computer?  I thought I set that to jack, but still no sound.00:56
dashcloudthe pvr150 should record sound regardless of your sound card- sound won't playback without a working soundcard, but it should record just fine01:04
MythbuntuGuest48So it seems that my sound card isnt working since I dont hear anything. What can i do to enable it?01:08
MythbuntuGuest48This version of ubuntu doesnt have settings menu like normal distro01:11
MythbuntuGuest48back that up, there is a Settings > Settings Manager01:15
MythbuntuGuest48From the drop down menu there is 2 options 1 is defualt the other is 0: HDA Intel01:15
Cool_Nicktgm4883_laptop: a bt878 card with only composite OR a logitech camera.  Both work in external programs.01:19
Cool_NickDoes anyone know how to get a capture device working without a tuner card?  I seem to keep getting stuck on setting channel01:40
yotuxHow can I test my usb uirt to see if it will control my dish box01:47
Cool_NickI can't seem to get anywhere with mythtv after messing around wihtout for over a day.  It appears to not like any capture card I throw at it.  the ones it picks up, it doesn't do anything with because of no tuner.  and I cant get remote frontends to work off the live cd (first time it asks for database info, it works. second time in the gui portion, it doesnt).  After gettign tired with it, throwing random variables doesn't02:03
Cool_Nick^I must say, the audio cd player works flawless, and a samba mount for video playback worked good to (although very slow to load while it chugged through the files during section load)02:04
map7I'm having trouble mounting a samba share on my diskless clients using Mythbuntu 8.10, is there some type of trick I have to do here?03:22
map7I've added the share to my /etc/fstab for the clients03:22
map7and rebuilt the image03:22
map7Once the client has booted I can manually mount the share using the fstab entry03:23
map7I would like this to be automatic though03:23
hadsWhat's your fstab entry?03:28
map7/192.168.200.188/share /media/lacie    smbfs   auto,username=<my user>,password=<my password>    0       003:30
map7That is //192 on the front03:30
map7Once I've booted the client I can type 'sudo mount /media/lacie' and it will mount that drive03:30
hadsOdd, that should work.03:37
hadsI don't know a lot about SMB03:37
yotuxhow can I test my ir blaster ?03:37
map7yeah I think it must be an LTSP thing03:38
map7where it doesn't mount all the entries in fstab03:38
hadsI mount NFS fine03:38
map7My NAS will only output samba, so that's what's stopping me from using NFS03:40
hadsAnything in the syslog?03:40
hadsTried with cifs?03:40
map7nothing in syslog, i'll give cifs a go.03:41
hadsCame across that just now; http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=28853403:41
rhpot1991_laptopcifs replaced samba for client mounting, thats my understanding at least03:42
hadsThanksfully I don't have to know much about Windows-type integration :)03:44
map7cifs also does not work03:45
map7cifs does work manually though03:45
map7just like smbfs works manually03:46
hadsSeems odd that it doesn't auto mount03:47
rhpot1991_laptopI haven't done anything but NFS in my fstab as of late03:50
rhpot1991_laptopmap7: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MountWindowsSharesPermanently03:51
map7I just tested my server to make sure it auto mounts using the same fstab line as before and my server does auto mount on boot.03:53
map7thanks for the link03:54
hadsDoes it mount if you mount -a03:54
yotux!ir blaster03:55
ZinnSorry I don't know about ir blaster03:55
map7yotux, use irda-utils03:56
map7yotux it has commands like irdadump to collect info, irsend to test blasters03:56
map7etc03:56
yotuxthankz can't seem to get any where googling for a while03:57
map7hads, yes it does mount with command 'sudo mount -a'04:01
hadsDoesn't make a lot of sense to me then.04:09
map7yeah I'm confused as well.  It has to be a LTSP problem.04:12
map7hads, I just added 'mount -a' to my /etc/init.d/mythbuntu-diskless-client and everything started to work.04:36
map7So this looks like a work around04:36
davez0rcan anyone recommend a good thread for fixing my nvidia card?  I just upgraded to 8.10 and chose to use the 177 proprietary.  when I reboot it sticks me into 'low graphics mode'  any ideas?04:58
rhpot1991_laptopdavez0r: what card, I think older cards are not supported in intrepid04:59
davez0ryeah, i've got an FX520005:01
davez0rso its a bit old05:01
hadsmap7: Odd, mount -a is called during startup05:02
map7davez0r that's what I'm using on my mythbuntu 810 box05:02
map7hads, in which init file for clients is mount -a started?05:03
map7davez0r I'm using driver version 173.14.12, I think there is an option to use this version during setup05:03
davez0rmap7, i'm also using mythbuntu.  when you installed, did you choose05:03
davez0rahh05:03
davez0ri tried 17705:03
map7I remember selecting the older version as I thought my card was old05:04
hadsmap7: Have a look in /etc/init.d/ it will be named mount something :)05:04
davez0ri just reverted to the opensource driver, i'll try 173 nexy05:04
rhpot1991_laptopdavez0r: google seems to agree to try 17305:06
rhpot1991_laptopyou will prob have to hack your xorg.conf some then too05:06
davez0ryeah, i'm running some updates now.  can you link me to what you found there rhpot?05:07
rhpot1991_laptopdavez0r: http://threeeighthsspacer.com/blog/2008/11/20/geforce-fx-5200-in-ubuntu-intrepid-ibex-810/05:09
davez0rahh, beautiful05:10
davez0rthanks05:10
rhpot1991_laptopnp05:13
Cool_Nickcould someone help me get an capture device going05:13
Cool_Nickthe device works in other programs...just not mythtv05:15
rhpot1991_laptopCool_Nick: you'd prob have better luck in the forums, its hard to get hardware support in here unless its common hardware05:15
rhpot1991_laptop!forums | Cool_Nick05:16
ZinnCool_Nick: The Mythbuntu forums are located at http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=301.  If you aren't getting a timely response here, there are lots of very active individuals there that may be able to help.05:16
Cool_Nickits a bt87805:16
yotuxcan some one offer some help getting a ir blaster setup05:36
superm1kirkland, ping05:37
superm1kirkland, there's still a problem with the way that you had changed the .config as we just realized in #ubuntu-mythtv-dev05:38
superm1kirkland, if you happen to be say installing the "mythtv" package, you get mysql-server-5.0 installed too right?  well it's not started at the time you run the .config.  and the init script isn't available yet either....05:38
superm1it's a bit of an annoying problem to solve05:38
superm1to reproduce it, start with a jaunty chroot with no mysql server and no mythtv-database, "apt-get install mythtv" and make sure you set a root password.  you'll get asked again by the mythtv packages, but it will fail through the 5 times because there isn't a chance that the mysql server is actually running yet05:39
superm1kirkland, and you might say 'set mysql-server as pre-depends', but it already is for the mythtv and mythtv-backend-master packages.  it seems that .config is getting called out at the same time for everything05:47
superm1so i anticipate whatever solution there is to this will be a bit hacky05:47
superm1kirkland, here's the bzr branch to hack on it from: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mythtv/mythtv/mythtv-fixes/changes05:47
culinarian1so I've been trying to get my windows shares mounted and have followed how-to's for smb, cifs, and ssh. I was successful once with smb but haven't been able to repeat the process since. no luck with cifs and ssh even though that's what I see being suggested. could those 3 be causing conflicts with each other?05:53
culinarian1or is it just a touchy process...05:55
rhpot1991windoes doesn't do ssh...05:57
culinarian1ok, that would explain the connection denied message with ssh. why would I not be able to repeat my first successful mount with smb... would an update have changed something back that I had previously set?06:00
rhpot1991culinarian1: perhaps try with another windows box to make sure the share is setup correctly?06:01
culinarian1I've already got an existing network with windows machines playing well together06:02
rhpot1991most samba/cifs issues are security related, so its always a good point to check that first06:03
culinarian1so for someone like me who's totally new and experimenting with linux, what would be some things to check. any troubleshooting guides on the web?06:05
Very_CoolHaving frontend errors.  Mythsocket(******):readStringList: Error, timeout (quick)13:13
MythbuntuGuest26Hi,  visualisations dont seem to be working on Mythmusic, when i press 3 wshile playing music, all i get is a black screen. What can i do to get  visualisations to work?14:13
MythbuntuGuest264 sorry, (Visulise)14:15
giverhello everyone14:24
giverhave couple questions14:24
giverone is,I have mythbuntu using nvidia 7050,over hdmi14:25
giverI see there is no audio14:25
giverand wonder : does the card convert all analog audio into digital?14:25
giveror will only deliver digital audio14:25
giverdoes anyone knows about nvidia 7050 audio over hdmi?14:27
MythbuntuGuest26I dont, sorry. I came here aksing becuse my visualisations are not working :)14:27
givervisualisations  on a player?14:29
MythbuntuGuest26but based on my knowlege of compute rhardware, i would assume that your card converts the analogue signals to digital since a computer cant process analogue, as for output that really depends it may be converted in to analogue again you'll have to google specs of yoru card.14:29
MythbuntuGuest26and yea, Mythmusic.14:30
MythbuntuGuest26press 4 to Visulize and all i get is a black screen.14:30
giverwell,a pc can process analog audio for decades14:30
giveris not that what I mean14:30
giverI think I chose thw wrong words14:31
giverI mean to port all audio into the hdmi out14:31
giveranalog wasn;t the right word14:31
giverhave a beautifull hd out over hdmi,but no audio14:31
giverusing a mobo that has nvidia 7050 on board14:32
MythbuntuGuest26(After its converted to Digital using analogue to digital mapping)14:32
giverviaualizations might need the files to viasualize14:32
givernot sure how it works14:33
MythbuntuGuest26:P14:33
giverdoes the player play video ok?14:33
MythbuntuGuest26yea that parts workign fine14:34
giverhaven;t played qith mythmusic,justinstalled it14:34
giverand trying to overcome this sound problems14:34
MythbuntuGuest26try changeing the default Audio device. its just a hunch and a guess but if you also have a normal sound card on yoru box it may be outputting soudn tot hat instead of the HDMI port.14:36
MythbuntuGuest26sorry for the typos14:38
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NTBlade!logs15:17
ZinnMythTV logs are stored in /var/log/mythtv/   You can use mythbuntu-log-grabber from the Applications menu or via command line to automatically post the most relevant logs to our pastebin.15:17
NTBladeHello, Looking for help with 8.10 disless clients, DHCP server - Thank you15:18
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Very_CoolNTBlade: tftpd may help you15:33
Very_Coolif you have a windwos machine.  otherwise you will have to learn how dhcpd3 works with pxe15:34
NTBladeHi, thanks for your reply15:34
Very_Coolsry, its actually tftpd3215:35
NTBladeMy problem is: Fresh 8.10 install and DHCP wont install.  Will the results be the same if I install from the command line rather than Mythbuntu Control Panel?15:35
Very_CoolI'm having same issue, but I have another issue that takes priority (no video).  But I would imagine that doing an apt-get dhcpd3 would work15:36
Very_Cool^if thats teh package name15:36
NTBladeOK, I'll givie it a try15:37
MythbuntuGuest91hello all,15:54
MythbuntuGuest91is possible from a client, watch a live sat program captured from backend?15:55
tgm4883_laptopMythbuntuGuest91, yes thats kinda how this works, the clients watch content from the servers16:14
MythbuntuGuest91also live streams?16:31
tgm4883_laptopMythbuntuGuest91, yes, also live streams16:31
MythbuntuGuest91thanks all for replies16:36
MythbuntuGuest91anyone tested scenarios with many clients connected to one backend16:36
MythbuntuGuest91i mean 10-15 to 116:36
tgm4883_laptopyou will need a beefy machine for that16:38
tgm4883_laptopnetwork speed, hard drive speed, processing power16:38
lagaand many tuners if you want to do live tbv16:39
lagatv*16:39
MythbuntuGuest44I have having trouble chainging channels, for some reason anyway i do it, remote/keyboard I cannot select a differnt channel to watch tv16:42
tgm4883_laptopMythbuntuGuest91, yea a network that large you will probably want to distribute the load over a few backends16:42
tgm4883_laptopyou aren't doing HD are you?16:42
MythbuntuGuest91no16:43
MythbuntuGuest91but if i have 3 servers, i can keep it in sync?16:43
tgm4883_laptopMythbuntuGuest91, what exactly are you trying to build?16:45
MythbuntuGuest44I know its a dumb question, but I havent been able to find info. I'm even using the mythtvorg wiki16:48
tgm4883_laptopMythbuntuGuest44, we'll need to see some logs16:49
tgm4883_laptop!logs | MythbuntuGuest4416:50
ZinnMythbuntuGuest44: MythTV logs are stored in /var/log/mythtv/   You can use mythbuntu-log-grabber from the Applications menu or via command line to automatically post the most relevant logs to our pastebin.16:50
MythbuntuGuest44ok one moment16:50
Very_Coolcan you lock other frontends out from viewing a channel? or are frontends only allowed to view unused sources?16:51
tgm4883_laptopVery_Cool, I don't think you can lock frontends out, but if one frontend is using a tuner, another frontend can't take that tuner from it, it would use an unused tuner16:52
tgm4883_laptopThe only way multiple frontends can watch the same thing is if it is pre-recorded, or if they each have their own tuner on the same channel16:53
MythbuntuGuest44ok logs are posted at:16:53
MythbuntuGuest44.16:54
* tgm4883_laptop drumrolls16:54
MythbuntuGuest44f59d950c16:55
MythbuntuGuest44is that drumroll for me?16:55
tgm4883_laptopyea16:56
tgm4883_laptop!pastebin16:56
Zinnwhen 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.16:56
MythbuntuGuest44lol16:56
tgm4883_laptopyou mean f59d9590c16:56
tgm4883_laptopwhat tuner do you have16:56
MythbuntuGuest44i have pvr 15016:57
tgm4883_laptopand what input are you using?16:58
MythbuntuGuest44composite 116:58
tgm4883_laptopand do you have a channel changing script setup?16:58
tgm4883_laptopno16:59
tgm4883_laptop#16:59
tgm4883_laptopChannel(/dev/video0) Warning: You have not set an external channel changing script for a composite or s-video input. Channel changing will do nothing.16:59
tgm4883_laptopwhat is your source, cable box?16:59
MythbuntuGuest44It was working at one point, however i just had it set to bcast, i now set it to cable. The source is acutally an iptv box17:00
tgm4883_laptopdo you have an IR transmitter setup?17:01
MythbuntuGuest44Just a usb remote17:01
MythbuntuGuest44windows mce one by keyspan17:01
tgm4883_laptopok, you need some way to be able to change the channel on the IPTV box17:02
tgm4883_laptopwhich most likely is going to be an IR transmitter17:02
tgm4883_laptopdepending on the USB receiver you have, you might have a transmitter built into it, you just have to hook it up17:03
tgm4883_laptopI'm going to refer you to the installation manual17:03
tgm4883_laptop!%install%17:03
ZinnSorry I don't know about %install%17:03
tgm4883_laptop!%manual%17:03
Zinnhttp://mythbuntu.org/installation_manual17:03
MythbuntuGuest44I do have a remote for iptvbox17:04
tgm4883_laptopMythbuntuGuest44, you need a way for your mythbox to change the channel on your iptv box17:04
MythbuntuGuest44I see, I have the make and model of remote if that will help17:05
tgm4883_laptopum, no.  Right now you have composite (yellow, red, white) cables going from the IPTV box to your mythbox right?  And no other cable between the two?17:07
MythbuntuGuest44That is correct, however on the iptv side the cable is like svideo (or somethign like that) and then on the mythbox side it is composite17:08
tgm4883_laptopok17:08
tgm4883_laptopso my question is this17:09
tgm4883_laptopHow do you expect the mythbox is to change the channel on the iptv box?17:09
MythbuntuGuest44I'm not sure it was workign at one point17:10
tgm4883_laptopi'd bet money, that you had the cable hooked up to it and only got certain channels17:11
tgm4883_laptopie, you didn't have the iptv box in there17:11
MythbuntuGuest44I belive that i was using bcast at one point instead of cable17:13
MythbuntuGuest44but I belive the iptvbox was always there17:13
MythbuntuGuest44but either way i'd like to get it set up correclty17:13
Very_CoolMythbuntuGuest44, tgm4883_laptop is correct.   You need something for the mythbox to tell the iptv channel to change.  this is usually done with an ir transmitter.17:14
tgm4883_laptopwell here is the thing, right now, there is no way that you are going to be able to change channels17:14
tgm4883_laptopwhat does your IR receiver look like?17:14
MythbuntuGuest44I see17:15
MythbuntuGuest44According to Installation manual it should worlk with mce remote version 217:16
Very_CoolVersion 2: IR Transmitter is supported with driver module lirc_mceusb2 version >= 0.24 (lirc-0.8.2).17:17
tgm4883_laptopit will work with any remote, as long as you get a IR transmitter hooked up17:17
MythbuntuGuest44i think i need to set that up in control center17:17
tgm4883_laptopsome versions don't have the irtransmitter built in17:17
tgm4883_laptopMythbuntuGuest44, you will need to have a wire that goes from your IR receiver back to your IPTV box17:18
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MythbuntuGuest44tgm, i see, suggestions on which one17:19
MythbuntuGuest44does it need to be a specific wire?17:19
tgm4883_laptoplet me see if I can find a picture17:21
MythbuntuGuest44ok, it may be eaiser to use my iptv remote?...17:22
tgm4883_laptopok, I found one that is half what i'm talking about17:23
tgm4883_laptophttp://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/IR_Blaster17:24
tgm4883_laptopin the first picture on that page, you need a wire where one end looks like the non-serial port end in that picture17:24
tgm4883_laptopdoes that make sense?17:24
MythbuntuGuest44I see17:26
MythbuntuGuest44yes17:26
tgm4883_laptopdo you have a wire like that?17:26
MythbuntuGuest44i dont17:27
tgm4883_laptopok, you are going to need to get one, or build one17:27
MythbuntuGuest44ok would i just be able to use the iptv remote?17:27
tgm4883_laptopMythbuntuGuest44, you could, but you will have to change the channel manually every time17:28
MythbuntuGuest44I see17:29
Very_Coolside thought: if you have a remote thats doing nothing, you could probably take it from that.  but you would have to hook it up to the cable and serial port etc... (Im sure there is documentation somewhere for that)17:29
tgm4883_laptopMythbuntuGuest44, is there a firewire port on the back of your IPTV box?17:29
MythbuntuGuest44I dont think so,, I have 2 coax, the svdieo (i think ) that i'm using, and then the ethernet input17:31
tgm4883_laptopok, you don't17:32
tgm4883_laptopso if you want the mythbox to be able to change channels automatically, you will need the IR transmitter17:32
MythbuntuGuest44I see, would radio shack have one?17:33
MythbuntuGuest44or does it have to be DIY from radio shack?17:33
tgm4883_laptopI doubt radioshack would have one, although they would have the parts17:34
tgm4883_laptopyou could get one online, I believe that website I linked to has some places to get it from17:34
culinarian1so, I did some mucking with my smb.conf by the guidance of http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202605 . I backed up the original file to smb.conf.template but now I realize that the original had all the samba settings for mythtv in it. the original command was [ mv /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf.template] can I revert to the original by simply doing: [ mv /etc/samba/smb.conf.template etc.samba.smb.conf]?17:34
tgm4883_laptopculinarian1, yes17:34
culinarian1thanks17:35
MythbuntuGuest44tgm, well i think thats all17:35
MythbuntuGuest44thanks for all your help17:35
tgm4883_laptopnp17:35
culinarian1tgm... on that same topic, should I continue to edit my smb.conf to see my windows shares or is there another way to do it?17:40
tgm4883_laptopyou could install swat17:41
tgm4883_laptopnot entirely sure that would help much, but it's the only way i've ever configured samba17:41
tgm4883_laptopwhich was a long time ago17:41
culinarian1googling now... but what is swat (in the short version)?17:42
tgm4883_laptopsamba web administration tool17:43
culinarian1sounds neat, I'll check it out. so far all the how to's I've tried to get my win shares mounted have not worked. I can't seem to access from both directions. it's either on or the other, never viewable on both machines..17:45
culinarian1I could just be overlooking something really simple though17:46
tgm4883_laptopculinarian1, sorry can't help more, I do NFS only now17:46
culinarian1np, thanks for the help17:46
Very_Cooltgm4883_laptop, could you help me with a card issue?17:50
Very_Cooltrying to get a card working without a tuner (composite only) and cant get to far17:50
tgm4883_laptopVery_Cool, perhaps if it's quick, I have to run an errand soon17:51
tgm4883_laptopwhat seems to be the problem?17:51
Very_Coolhttp://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/f1e2e556e17:51
Very_Coolfront-end17:52
Very_CoolMythSocket(8b42500:29): readStringList: Error, timeout (quick).17:52
tgm4883_laptoplook at line 1417:53
tgm4883_laptopdid you fix that error?17:53
Very_CoolI think so17:55
Very_CoolI jump between errors17:56
Very_CoolI either get that or error about program information17:56
tgm4883_laptopThis is a single system setup?17:56
Very_Coolcorrect17:56
tgm4883_laptoptry scheduling a recording and see if it starts17:58
tgm4883_laptopok, I have an errand to run now, do that and let me know what happens, I should be back in 30 minutes17:59
sabhainis there a clean way to relocate recordings and still maintain db associativity?  I have some recordings in /Videos/Home (probably a dozen or so) that I want to move to a new drive (/dvr/Home) that I recently installed.  I'm clear on how to reset the recording location for new recordings .. but is there a way within the frontend that I can migrate the storage location of recordings?18:36
Very_Cooltgm4883_laptop,  you are correct.  the recording went fine....19:10
sabhainlaga .. got a problem with some diskless image things.  Can't run the update from MCC .. get all sorts of errors related to medibuntu.org / hardy (no public key available) .. and then it doesn't unmount dev or proc.  Result is that the backend has to be rebooted before anything can be done or tried on the image .. any idea?  forums seem bare on this.19:33
lagaon intrepid?20:00
sabhain8.1020:16
sabhainAmd / 64 bit backend & client20:16
sabhaintrying a full scrub & redo of the image now.  When originally created, the "other sources box" wasn't checked, and so we had problems getting nvidia done correctly.  Went back and re-did the image with that checked, and have gotten these errors since.20:17
sabhainone thing I hadn't done yet was to scrub the overlay when I scrubbed the image, so this time around that's what we're trying.20:18
lagathere is a problem with MCC - it will still use the hardy medibuntu repo20:24
sabhainlaga .. is there a workaround, or should I move back to 8.04?20:49
sabhainfound the bug .. I guess I can just update the sources list manually .. and in the chroot21:43
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