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PontiacHow do I change my Mythbuntu box to *NOT* prompt for a login and password each time it boots?02:22
PontiacI installed KDE because I had a brain dead moment, now I can't flip'n figure out how to NOT get it to ask me who I am. :/02:23
hadsMake sure you're using GDM (rather than KDM) and then you should be able to setup automatic login in mythbuntu-contrl-centre02:46
PontiacI'll try that.  Thanks.02:51
PontiacAlmost.  Now GDM doesn't want to launch on a reboot.03:06
PontiacIf I log in manually at the text prompt, then launch gdm, it works.  But doesn't auto-start.  I can't remember the program to configure what the startup display manager is.03:06
Pontiacdpkg-reconfigure gdm03:07
Pontiac... wrong butotn.03:08
PontiacPerfect.  Thanks hads.03:09
hadsPontiac: Cool np03:23
Pontiac... now to figure out why VNC is all-of-a-sudden asking for a password.  Sheesh.03:25
PontiacI've just noticed that for the updates I can go to distribution release 9.04.  I had bad luck with another Ubuntu upgrade.  Anyone ever pushed that UPGRADE button and had success bringing everything back up?03:52
darthanubisPontiac, lol you are serious aren't you?05:13
PontiacYeah, I am serious.  Last time I did a distro-upgrade I pretty much fubarred the entire OS.05:23
PontiacIt wasn't with Mythbuntu, but a LAMP install.05:24
PontiacFortunately it was a relatively new install so I didn't lose anything.  I'm really untrusting of stuff I can't revert. ;)05:24
* rhpot1991 has had success05:51
rhpot1991with mythtv you should always backup your db first before doing any major changes05:52
Shadow__Xi have had dist upgrades fail numerous times06:00
darthanubisnever had an upgrade issue06:04
hadsI've had niggles but nothing a couple of tweaks didn't fix.06:06
hadsYou should do-release-upgrade rather than dist-upgrade too to be clear.06:07
PontiacFor me, I don't have much of a database.  I don't have a tuner hooked up to the unit, so its all videos.06:27
PontiacSaves me DVDs from my 2 and 3 year olds. {smirk}06:28
lavermilhehe06:31
PontiacI think I'm just not gonna bother upgrading it.  Since its just a machine I have hooked up to the LAN in order to get my movies and TV shows on to it, no one externally can get to it...06:32
lavermilwhy upgrade then06:32
Pontiac{smirk} Entertainment value, and just to see if it'll break.06:33
PontiacI kinda like seeing smoke billowing outta my computers.06:33
lavermilugh06:33
lavermilI would just like to see mine work06:33
lavermilgetting my tuner card working via mplayer is easy06:33
lavermilnow I just need to get mythtv to load right06:34
lavermilI told it during install to use the amd prop drivers and it jacked up the display so bad it wouldn't load06:34
PontiacIs it possible to get Myth to stream the video feed to another computer on the LAN?06:34
lavermilso I had to go into recovery and remove the drivers06:34
lavermilsure06:34
lavermilwait06:34
lavermilstream...a live bcast?06:35
PontiacYeah.06:35
PontiacCable from the TV company to the tuner, the tuner to the PC, the PC to the LAN, the lan to my main machine.06:35
lavermilI would think so. that is one of hte purposes of front/backend...I thought...then again I could have mixed that with the concept the scheduled recordings/etc.06:35
PontiacAhh... Yer a newb just like me. {smirk}06:36
PontiacI've yet to dig in.  I'm decent with 'Nix and specifically Ubuntu, but all the toys these boys wrote into it still has me scratching my head sometimes,06:36
lavermilone would think you could stream the cache that it creates after you pause it.06:36
PontiacWell, I know VLC is capable of being setup to do specifically that.  I just don't know if Myth is capable of convincing VLC to set itself up to do so.06:37
PontiacA BIT of SSH work to get it to go I guess wouldn't be all that bad.06:37
lavermil*nix I am alrite with regarding server stuff, this desktop sounds/video/tuner/epg/ir/is all new to me.06:37
lavermilyou can select vlc as one of your players...in fact with mythbuntu it is selected already....along with mplayer and one other.06:38
PontiacI'm too broke to get an IR remote for this thing.  So I've installed VNC, although I would love to get my old 800mhz notebook setup to control the TV.06:38
hadsPontiac: http://paste.pocoo.org/show/115971/06:39
Pontiac.. frog and hotpants?06:39
hadsThat will send keypresses on a remote console direct to myth to control it.06:39
hadsheh, Smokey and the Bandit characters06:40
lavermildamn ati's new drivers seem broken. everyone is having issues with them. grr06:40
Zinnlavermil: Please watch your language.06:40
lavermildamn 9.4 was suppose to be good.06:40
Zinnlavermil: Please watch your language.06:40
lavermilhehe06:41
Pontiachads> This a server side or client side script?06:41
hadsIt sends keypresses to a remote mythfrontend.06:43
hadsSo, either.06:43
Pontiachmmmm...  Very interesting.06:44
PontiacVery nice.....06:46
Pontiac*starts trying to figure out how to get this to work*06:47
PontiacPhysically I mean.06:47
PontiacDoes anyone else have any problems with MythMovies?07:27
PontiacIf I run the command at the command line (/usr/bin/ignyte --zip 90210 --radius 1) I get tonnes of text in XML, but it doesn't seem to work in Myth?07:28
lavermilI gotta get my audio to work before I go forward07:36
lavermilhehe07:36
PontiacI ran into that problem.  The machine I was using had been a work machine, and I was getting annoyed with Winblows asking me for drivers each time I started the machine...07:36
PontiacSo about 4 years ago, I popped a jumper off, and forgot about it... that is until I decided to USE the machine again for this.07:37
PontiacLost a lotta hair until I remembered that.07:37
chris__hi Zinn11:59
chris__I am attempting to get mythtv front and back working on the same machine11:59
chris__with suspend and resume12:00
chris__I was wondering if I need to complete the setting F11 when attempting to use the same machine where wake/resume settings are already entered for backup12:01
chris__this to me seems like to attempting to shut down a machine that has already shutdown12:02
chris__solved:Why does mythwelcome need its own settings....12:08
chris__THe backend already knows how to turn of the machine, why do we have to specify it again in mythwelcome setup?12:08
chris__When using the described settings, the back-end no longer actually performs the shutdown anymore - instead it calls "mythshutdown --shutdown" and lets that program figure out what needs to be done in order to turn off. The "Command to shutdown" setting in Mythwelcome setup configures how mythshutdown turns off the machine once it has ensured that turning off now is permitted. Mythshutdown actually perform some extra checks to ensure it's a good ide12:08
chris__a to shutdown before turning off the computer (e.g. checks not within 15 minutes of a recording - that kind of thing).12:08
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MetoerI have a PCTV - DVB-T nanoStick Ultimate 73eM, does anyone know if I can get that working with mythbuntu. I'd googled around, but can't find anything that helps me17:48
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oobeMetoer, checkout #linuxtv since *buntu only uses the drivers they make18:19
MetoerThanks oobe18:19
mheldhey y'all23:29
mheldanybody have any luck with the pinnacle PCTV hd pro usb tuner?23:30

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