[00:13] <pizzledizzle> where do i put start up stuff on mythbuntu? i want it to run some commands when X starts
[00:20] <fpsdavid> guys
[00:20] <fpsdavid> i'm running myhtbuntu 9.04, up-to-date
[00:21] <fpsdavid> and when i exit mythtv
[00:21] <fpsdavid> theres like no desktop
[00:21] <fpsdavid> just black w/ a cursor, cant right click or anything
[00:22] <fpsdavid> i tried alt+f4 to logout/login, but it does the same thing
[00:39] <fpsdavid> oh and i rebooted a few times as well, no change
[00:39] <fpsdavid> any ideas?
[00:56] <williammanda> tgm4883, u round
[01:04] <pizzledizzle> how do you add a program to be run at startup
[01:28] <Technophil> fpsdavid:  run up a putty ssh session, run top, see whats taking up CPU, you'll probably need to kill mythfrontend by typing "Kill XXX" where X is the process number.
[01:35] <fpsdavid> Technophil: http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/m4086393
[01:44] <fpsdavid> :/
[02:29] <basement-server> Hello.  Trying to get my frontend connected to backend to watch live TV.  I know that i am connecting to the DB.  But when I hit Watch LiveTV, I get black screen and nothing. http://mythtv.pastebin.ca/1441702
[02:30] <basement-server> front/back on same computer
[02:38] <tgm4883> williammanda, whats up?
[02:38] <tgm4883> !logs | basement-server
[02:38] <Zinn> basement-server: MythTV logs are stored in /var/log/mythtv/   You can use mythbuntu-log-grabber from the Applications menu to automatically post the most relevant logs to our pastebin.
[03:26] <basement-server> ok will run it again, and get fresh new frontend log.. i hope
[03:29] <basement-server> http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/f4ac43022
[03:30] <basement-server> I deleted frontend log, then ran frontend, tried to "watch tv" (it failed) then went to mythbuntu logs to get this... I will read again as well..
[03:33] <basement> well it looks like possible just don't like channel 3.. will try other... doubt it..
[03:34] <Technophil> fpsdavid: I gather you still have black?
[03:35] <Technophil> Watch top till it shows mythfrontend's process number, "q" out and kill that and see if that gives you the desktop
[03:36] <Technophil> There's probably a better way to find the process number for me google would have to be consulted
[03:40] <Technophil> Actually ps ax | grep mythfrontend should give you the process number.  Kill the lowest number shown
[03:43] <tgm4883> basement, basement-server "ERROR: no valid capture cards are defined in the database."
[03:43] <tgm4883> well theres your problem
[03:44] <tgm4883> did you go through all the steps in mythtv-setup
[03:44] <basement-server> I really really think i have done this.. lol
[03:44] <basement-server> I see the card in there
[03:44] <basement-server> i added it
[03:44] <tgm4883> basement-server, did you add a channel data source?
[03:44] <basement-server> card 36.. me and another guy went thru and found this stuff
[03:44] <basement-server> for channel data source (grabber thing) i put no grabber..
[03:45] <basement-server> and scanned for channels manual
[03:45] <tgm4883> did you connect that no grabber source to a card?
[03:45] <basement-server> humm.. possible missed that! lol.. checking.
[03:46] <tgm4883> IIRC, that is step 4
[03:46] <basement> i think that i did though.. let me triple check.. :(
[03:48] <basement> on video sources.. i created a "LiveTV" (video source name), made Listing grabber = No Grabber..  ch. frq = us-cable .. finish ...
[03:49] <basement> input connections:  V4L:... (Television) -> LiveTV
[03:50] <tgm4883> basement-server, what tuner?
[03:51] <basement> Well its a Phillips TV/FM/S-Video card..  I have the info upstairs.. me and a "mythtv-user" went through all of that to find out it was "Card 36" a LiveFly type.  I will go up and get ALL info now
[03:59] <basement> well.. it has a Lifeview LVA001 9950MBH chip on it..
[04:00] <basement> BT878 Video
[04:08] <basement> well my last test had some changes...
[04:08] <basement-server> http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/f78d09878
[04:09] <basement-server> the front end stayed at black screen longer, and got more logs.. looks like something about sound :(
[04:11] <basement-server> i am going to delete all the logs and try a fresh look :
[04:15] <basement-server> http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/f113c8043
[04:23] <basement> well, i guess i will go back to step 1 and try again :)
[04:43] <basement> ok.. what i'm going to do is wipe the HD.  Then I'm going to install the Mythbuntu first (instead of on top of ubuntu) and see if this helps me out any.
[04:48] <basement> LOL.. it didn't like my threats! it is working now lol
[06:14] <mythman> Is there a good alternative to Myth Achieve
[06:53] <tritium> I see that Dell is shipping the mini 10 with the TV Tuner card now, but only with Windows.  Is the tuner supported on linux?
[07:04] <tritium> superm1: might you happen to know?
[11:51] <hexa> hello everyone
[12:16] <hexa> could somebody take a look at http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/f1a5ca2c5
[12:16] <hexa> i can't playback video
[12:17] <hexa> the logs says s.th. about a preview error
[13:48] <williammanda> gm all
[13:49] <williammanda> tgm4883, u round
[14:02] <hexa> "Error was encountered while displaying video" - http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/f1a5ca2c5
[14:28] <williammanda> hexa, I'll try to help....can't promise anything
[14:28] <williammanda> what version of mythbuntu?
[14:29] <hexa> hehe
[14:29] <hexa> 9.04
[14:29] <williammanda> what kind of tuner?
[14:29] <hexa> i appreciate it
[14:29] <hexa> Skystar 2
[14:29] <williammanda> in Europe?
[14:29] <hexa> 01:07.0 Network controller: Techsan Electronics Co Ltd B2C2 FlexCopII DVB chip / Technisat SkyStar2 DVB card (rev 01)
[14:29] <hexa> yes
[14:29] <hexa> DVB-S
[14:30] <williammanda> I'm looking at the error.....DVBSM(0), Warning: Cannot count Uncorrected Blocks eno: Function not implemented (38)
[14:30] <hexa> the card has been working with kaffeine under several versions of ubuntu
[14:30] <williammanda> read this....http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1129764.html
[14:31] <hexa> i already scanned for channels
[14:31] <hexa> manually with scan
[14:32] <hexa> because mythtv-setup couldnt do it automatically
[14:32] <williammanda> so the channels.conf works ok?
[14:33] <williammanda> or mythtv scan?
[14:33] <hexa> ProSieben Austria:12051:v:0:27500:161:84:20002
[14:33] <hexa> the entrys in channels.conf look like these
[14:33] <hexa> i imported the channels.conf
[14:33] <williammanda> is that the correct format?
[14:34] <hexa> i used https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MythTV_DVB-S
[14:35] <williammanda> I have no idea what is correct.....does it look correct to you? Have you generated a channels.conf before?
[14:35] <hexa> no i havent, but it does :)
[14:36] <hexa> so i imported it, and scanned in mythtv-setup
[14:36] <hexa> which worked
[14:37] <williammanda> I think this error needs to corrected 1st. Not sure how though
[14:43] <hexa> hm
[14:43] <williammanda> what kinda setup do you have? 1 MB/FE?
[14:45] <hexa> hm?
[14:46] <williammanda> master backend / frontend
[14:46] <hexa> all on the same pc
[14:46] <williammanda> slace backend?
[14:46] <williammanda> k
[14:46] <hexa> no networking involved
[14:47] <williammanda> how did you scan for the last version of mythtv?
[14:49] <williammanda> have you tried to optimize the database?
[14:55] <hexa> hm
[14:55] <hexa> i never used mythtv before
[14:55] <hexa> i just scanned as https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MythTV_DVB-S said so
[14:55] <hexa> and optimizing doesnt do anything good
[15:00] <williammanda> so you are importing the channels.conf by using mythtv-setup> option 5>channel scan>import channnels.conf?
[15:01] <hexa> yes
[15:01] <hexa> and then i am able to scan
[15:03] <williammanda> you don't need to scan for channels if you import channels.conf.....do one or the other
[15:03] <hexa> hm ok
[15:04] <hexa> heh
[15:04] <hexa> when i import it it scans automatically
[15:04] <williammanda> try the mythtv scan then try import channels.conf
[15:04] <hexa> it sort of verifies the imported channels.conf
[15:04] <williammanda> correct.....usually quick
[15:05] <hexa> quite, yes
[15:05] <williammanda> mythtv scan takes longer
[15:06] <hexa> hm
[15:06] <hexa> where is this mythtv scan?
[15:06] <hexa> if you mean the one in mythtv-setup
[15:06] <hexa> it tell ms something about Error parsing parameters
[15:07] <hexa> may have something to do with me not knowning the frequency to scan
[15:07] <williammanda> where you select to import channels.conf.....select scan tranprotd
[15:07] <williammanda> transportd
[15:07] <hexa> transponder? :D
[15:07] <williammanda> transports
[15:07] <williammanda> k...can remember from memory
[15:07] <williammanda> can't
[15:07] <hexa> ah
[15:07] <hexa> thanks man .D
[15:08] <hexa> never seen that one before :)
[15:08] <hexa> this could take a while :o
[15:08] <williammanda> y
[15:09] <hexa> ill be right back
[15:19] <hexa> 34%
[15:34] <hexa> ok finished @ williammanda
[15:34] <hexa> i'm rebooting now
[15:34] <williammanda> k
[15:36] <hexa> nothing changed
[15:36] <hexa> i'm looking into the logfiles now
[15:37] <hexa> 2009-05-31 16:36:58.783 DVBSM(0), Warning: Can not count Uncorrected Blocks
[15:37] <hexa> 			eno: Function not implemented (38)
[15:37] <hexa> and
[15:37] <hexa> 2009-05-31 16:37:01.442 Preview Error: Previewer file '/var/lib/mythtv/recordings/1012_20090531163657.mpg' is not valid.
[15:37] <hexa> 2009-05-31 16:37:01.443 Preview Error: Run() file not local: '/var/lib/mythtv/recordings/1012_20090531163657.mpg'
[15:37] <hexa> 2009-05-31 16:37:01.453 Preview Error: Preview process not ok.
[15:37] <hexa> 			fileinfo(/var/lib/mythtv/recordings/1012_20090531163657.mpg.png) exists: 0 readable: 0 size: 0
[15:42] <williammanda> '/var/lib/mythtv/recordings/1012_20090531163657.mpg'............try to view this mpg in xine or something
[16:02] <hexa> not working
[16:02] <hexa> mplayer quitts with "no streams found"
[16:04] <williammanda> hexa, i'm stumped .....you'll need to talk to one of the other experts in the room or try mythtv-users irc
[16:04] <hexa> hehe
[16:04] <hexa> agreed ;)
[16:04] <hexa> thanks anyway
[16:04] <hexa> your help is appreciated
[16:04] <williammanda> sure
[16:20] <Seeker`> aynone have any suggestions for tuning delays for Nova-T 500s?
[16:21] <Seeker`> I'm getting i2c errors
[17:32] <superm1> tritium, it should be supported with hardy and later i believe
[17:33] <tritium> superm1: thanks for the reply.  If that's the case, I may have to consider the Windows version, simply to get the tuner.
[17:38] <williammanda> tgm4883, u round
[17:51] <gbee> so I've had to grab the latest radeonhd from https://launchpad.net/~tormodvolden/+archive/ppa but now X_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS no longer works as a workaround to the X window error bug
[17:52] <gbee> any ideas? superm1, you managed to patch around that problem for VESA and had a proposed patch for radeon, what about radeonhd?
[18:15] <hexa--> funn
[18:15] <hexa--> y
[18:15] <hexa--> mythbuntu doesnt recognize my usb bus, my sound card and doesnt play back tv for me
[18:15] <hexa--> though all this workes on ubuntu jaunty
[18:25] <williammanda> hexa--, you could try.....load janty and get that woeking then install myth control center....
[18:25] <williammanda> thats what I did
[18:26] <hexa--> hm okay
[18:26] <williammanda> when I loaded mythbuntu and enabled gnome desktop....
[18:27] <williammanda> not all of the functions worked...
[18:27] <williammanda> so I went the opposite way
[18:27] <williammanda> got janty gnome working then install mythtv on top
[18:27] <hexa--> :)
[18:29] <williammanda> make sure  that you partiton the drive correctly
[18:30] <williammanda> 30g for root, double the size of your ram for swap and the rest for /var set at xfs type
[18:30] <williammanda> mythbuntu looks to place your recordings in /var/lib/mythtv
[18:35] <hexa--> aye
[18:35] <hexa--> why not use a single partition?
[18:36] <williammanda> use the three partiton
[18:36] <williammanda> no debate
[18:36] <williammanda> problems
[18:41] <hexa--> :)
[18:41] <hexa--> swap size only needs to be two times ram if you want to suspend
[18:42] <hexa--> 15gb will do for /
[18:56] <huulivoide> Hello i have a broblem trying to install mythbuntu from usb pendrive, casper.log says something that it cant find cd from /dev/sr0
[19:01] <TazgodX> anyone here use xine to play videos and found a way to disable the screensaver while playing?
[19:05] <gbee> just get a second drive, dedicate that for recordings, forget keeping recordings in /var, you'll run out of space fast
[19:13] <darthanubis> gbee, amen
[20:15] <rhpot1991> TazgodX: yes, just disable it all together
[21:32] <pizzledizzle> anyone know the name of start up file for x? i need to put some xset commands in it
[21:33] <gbee> pizzledizzle: heh, by coincidence I've just this minute been looking at the autostart stuff, take a look at the files  in ~/.config/autostart/
[21:34] <gbee> oh, just remembered another issue I ran into, dpms isn't disabled by default
[21:35] <pizzledizzle> yeah u need to do xset -dmps &
[21:35] <pizzledizzle> and xset s off & for screensaver
[21:35] <gbee> yup, should be handled by the mythfrontend wrapper
[21:36] <gbee> know the commands, just surprised mythbuntu isn't doing that by default
[23:16] <Seeker`> how can I fix my i2c errors for a nova-t 500
[23:17] <Seeker`> i've added a delay of 1 sec to tuning, it still fails
[23:34] <williammanda> tgm4883, u round?
[23:34] <Seeker`> [ 1529.788799] dvb-usb: error while stopping stream.
[23:34] <Seeker`> [ 1583.557066] dvb-usb: could not submit URB no. 0 - get them all back
[23:34] <Seeker`> [ 1583.557072] dvb-usb: error while enabling fifo.
[23:34] <Seeker`> I get errors like that in dmesg
[23:41] <Seeker`> I feel like i'm banging my head against a brick wall here; My new HTPC is unusable because i cant watch or record TV on it