[03:28] <culinarian> how do I force a mythtv session to end? it's hung on the media settings page and not allowing me to esc out.
[03:29] <dashcloud> you could kill the mythfrontend process
[03:29] <culinarian> I'm really new to all things linux... how do I do that please?
[03:29] <dashcloud> killall mythfrontend should do it
[03:31] <hads> mythfrontend.real maybe
[03:31] <culinarian> cool, yeah, that was the one, the .real
[03:34] <culinarian> also, if you could help with this one... my screen resoulution in the myth front and back menus seems to be strange... some of the text on the right margin is getting clipped as well as the tool tips when I highlight items is not displayed fully. I assume it's a screen rez problem, but the last time I adjusted those settings I still didn't know what I was doing and ended up only being able to read the top left qtr of the screen. any advice?
[03:35] <culinarian> oh, for the record.. I'm currently just running on a standard desktop crt monitor. I've got no tv's connected at the moment
[04:05] <etcetera> has anyone gotten the pinnacle 800i remote to work in mythbuntu 8.10 ?
[07:21] <^V^> Hi, I've followed the instruction for weekly mythtv fixes builds at http://www.mythbuntu.org/auto-builds , but it seems like no new packages are found for intrepid. The current installed version is 18722.
[07:24] <^V^> Also, are the source packages provided there too?
[07:38] <^V^> Interesting... I was using the US mirror and it wasn't upgrading for me... now that I switched over to the UK mirror new packages have been found.
[21:10] <sebrock_> is the imon LCD patch now included in lcdproc on intrepid?
[21:37] <rhartma4> Sorry, IRC newbie here.  Is this thing on?
[21:39] <laga> yes
[21:39] <rhartma4> Oh, ok - thanks.  Not much discussion going on then, eh?
[21:40] <laga> yup
[21:40] <laga> everybody is probably busy watching t
[21:40] <laga> v
[21:40] <rhartma4> Yeah, I would be if I could get my Mythbox to cooperate!  Anybody have some pointers for resolving video resolution issues?
[21:41] <hads> Specific questions will get you better answers.
[21:43] <rhartma4> Right then.  Want to connect Mythbuntu (8.04) to HDTV via VGA cable.  Can set resolution to the needed 1024x768@60 Hz when connected to monitor.  However, if I reboot when connected to TV - it hangs.  Suspect auto-detection is the culprite.  Thoughts?  More details?
[21:46] <rhartma4> Have been messing with xorg.conf, xrandr (via gdm.conf-custom), and gksudo displayconfig-gtk.  Not much luck.  I could be using them wrong.  Tons of information out there.  Was hoping someone could point in best direction to focus on understanding.
[21:48] <hads> I can't see why it would hang
[21:49] <hads> Is it actually hung or can you switch to a VT and look at logs.
[21:50] <rhartma4> Well, keyboard num-lock won't work and all I see on the TV screen (and monitor if I change the connection) is blank.
[21:50] <rhartma4> Tried Ctl-Alt-F1, etc.  No command prompt to try to figure out what happened.
[21:51] <rhartma4> Only way I can get it to work is to reboot with monitor connected, then transfer cable to TV w/o rebooting.  If I reboot after that, it's hosed.
[21:52] <rhartma4> I've seen mention of disabling EDID or DDC (not sure which to use - tried both).  Basically, trying to turn off auto-detection.
[21:54] <rhartma4> PC has integrated Intel 845G/GL video adapter.  I thought about putting in a nVidia card I have, just to use their GUI tool.  Seemed like a waste of $$ to through hardware at the problem.  Then again, spending 3 weekends on it is probably not very smart either! ;)
[21:55] <hads> Yeah, depends how much your time is worth :)
[21:55] <hads> I have Intel systems and Nvidia systems, it's more the TV's that are the pain though from what I hear
[21:56] <rhartma4> Yes, I suspect the Toshiba TV I have is either not sending EDID data or sending bad data.
[21:56] <rhartma4> But, why is there no convenient manual override of the settings. Enough of this auto-detect stuff already. It makes sense for PCI cards, but I don't get why it's necessary for external monitors/etc.
[21:58] <rhartma4> Any insight as to the difference in xrandr vs. xorg.conf?  Are they the same mechanism for control, or does one override the other?  What about the Settings Manager --> Dispplay.  What does that even do?
[21:59] <rhartma4> Not to mention in MCC there is a "Launch Xorg Config" which has yet another different display configuration tool.  None of which seem to override whatever auto-detect is going on.
[22:00] <rhartma4> OK, well if anyone has any good suggestions, I posted something on the forum: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1017794
[22:02] <rhartma4> Guess I'll go install the Nvidia card and reinstall Mythbuntu.  From reading the forums, it seems 8.10 has had more unfixable video issues.  Should I stick with 8.04, or give 8.10 a try?
[22:05] <rhartma4> Oh well, thanks for listening.  I"ll keep the GUI open just in case anyone chimes in...
[22:07] <ajhtiredwolf> Hey has anyone used the pvr-150? I just got it because i had heard how good the quality was, but the quality im getting is pretty poor. Im on US cable
[22:30] <gregL> ajhtiredwolf, What video driver are you using? I use the 150 and it works pretty good..How are you feeding it (direct cable,set top box) ?
[23:06] <ajhtiredwolf> gregL 150 and cable
[23:40] <destructar> hi all. attempting to get my apple bluetooth keyboard working in mythbuntu 8.1... i was able to get it paired and can even get the keyboard connected for 3 - 5 seconds if i press a key
[23:41] <destructar> however after being connected no keys respond and the connection is dropped
[23:45] <destructar> any help or info on this would be much appreciated