[05:22] <KirkB> Not sure where to go next with my display issue, so am hoping someone here can give me some ideas or help.  I have my Sony flat panel CRt hooked up to my Myth  box, but can't seem to get a good res on it through my HMDI --> DVI connection.
[05:22] <KirkB> I've manually mod'd xorg.conf to allow me to get the right resolution, as the EID was not being detected by the NVidia drivers
[05:23] <KirkB> however I can't seem to get a picture on the display - remote desktop shows it is up and working at the right res, but the TV just stays blank
[05:23] <KirkB> any ideas on how to prod this display to show the desktop being sent over the HDMI to DVI connection?
[05:25] <KirkB> I've posted to Ubuntu forums with no responses so far: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1432668
[05:25] <Zinn> [ubuntuforums.org] [ubuntu] Sony FP - no display but desktop accessible via remote desktop - Ubuntu Forums
[05:27] <KirkB> Specific TV details: http://reviews.cnet.com/direct-view-tvs-crt/sony-wega-kv-34xbr800/4507-6481_7-8879879.html?tag=mncol;psum
[05:27] <Zinn> [reviews.cnet.com] Sony WEGA KV-34XBR800 specs and Direct View TVs (CRT) specifications - CNET Reviews
[07:26] <foxbuntu> KirkB, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1432668
[07:26] <Zinn> [ubuntuforums.org] [ubuntu] Sony FP - no display but desktop accessible via remote desktop - Ubuntu Forums
[14:28] <popey> is this the right place to ask user support questions?
[14:31] <Jay2k1> maybe
[14:31] <Jay2k1> what's wrong?
[14:32] <popey> if i boot up my backend (which has a DVB-S PCI Card) it works fine, I can record programmes, and watch them on my frontend, and stream fine
[14:33] <popey> after a while it stops working, I can ssh to it, but using mythweb I get very long delays showing backend status / recorded programmes
[14:33] <popey> the list of recorded programmes is empty
[14:33] <popey> and I sometimes get this in my browser:-
[14:33] <popey> Warning at /usr/share/mythtv/mythweb/modules/status/handler.php, line 35:
[14:33] <popey> file_get_contents(http://10.10.10.2:6544) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed
[14:35] <Jay2k1> FE/BE on separate machines?
[14:35] <popey> yes
[14:35] <popey> if i reboot the box it comes back to life and i can see programmes that were recorded again
[14:36] <Jay2k1> and using mythbuntu right?
[14:36] <popey> yes
[14:37] <Jay2k1> any clues like high load, using swap or like that? (on either machine)
[14:37] <popey> Daviey suggested i add the autobuilds trunk 0.22 repo too, which i did
[14:37] <popey> load average is practically zero
[14:37] <popey> no swap, plenty of free ram as cache
[14:38] <Jay2k1> did you check logfiles?
[14:38] <popey> specificially? mythbackend.log?
[14:39] <Jay2k1> umm dunno, for example yes
[14:39] <Jay2k1> as i have absolutely no clue whats going onm, thats what i would do
[14:40] <Jay2k1> syslog/messages, apache log, mythbackend..
[14:42] <popey> yeah, there's nothing really jumping out
[14:43] <popey> wondering if the firmware for the dvb-s card is dodgy/faulty
[14:50] <Jay2k1> hmm maybe
[14:50] <Jay2k1> does that only happen when you're watching tv or record? or also when it just idles or plays music/movies
[14:51] <popey> it happens when its idle
[14:52] <Jay2k1> when you can ssh to it in that state... did you try to check the db?
[14:54] <popey> how?
[14:54] <popey> its like that now, so now is a good time to do that kind of thing
[14:56] <popey> mysqlcheck -uroot -p -A --auto-repair
[14:56] <popey> like that?
[16:19] <Jay2k1> no, i mean if you can access it at all
[16:20] <Jay2k1> my thought is, when mythweb's list of recordings is empty, and mythweb runs on the backend, perhaps there's something wrong with accessing the db
[16:21] <Jay2k1> if you suspect the dvb card firmware, you could always try to put the card out of the pc and try if it works then
[16:23] <Jay2k1> you could also try to restart the mythbackend when it gets stuck to see if that helps...
[16:23] <Jay2k1> somehow you have to track down the problem i think
[16:24] <jolaren> How long uptime do you haev on your servers when running mythbuntu with gui=
[16:36] <mrand> jolaren: depends on how often you update your kernel - that is typically the only thing requiring a reboot.
[16:36] <mrand> kernel updates are optional (but typically recommended)
[16:37] <jolaren> I know, was just wondering. I'm running a combined frontend and backend therefor the
[16:37] <jolaren> X
[16:37] <jolaren> But the gui has been buggy as hell on my combined fe/be
[16:37] <Zinn> jolaren: Please watch your language.
[16:37] <jolaren> Zinn, My apologizes. Didn't intend to offend
[16:37] <Zinn> Hi jolaren, something I can help you with today?  I am a bot, use !help to see what I can do.
[16:38] <mrand> jolaren: the gui as in the frontend has been buggy, or the window manager?
[16:38] <jolaren> perhaps the window manager causing the frontend to collapse
[16:39] <jolaren> and at some points it cannot view the recordings
[16:39] <jolaren> trying to view them causes the frontend to collapse
[16:39] <jolaren> alltho watchin the same recordings from my netbook doesnt crash t
[16:39] <jolaren> it
[16:39] <mrand> I don't know why the window manager or other OS level things would cause that.  What does the frontend log say when it crashes?
[16:40] <mrand> In other words, I suspect it isn't caused by the window manager.
[16:41] <jolaren> I will take a look next time it collaps
[16:45] <mrand> jolaren: you might make sure that you have auto-builds enabled so that you're running the latest bug fixes as well
[16:45] <jolaren> It does not automaticly update kernels etc right?
[16:49] <mrand> no, auto-builds simply updates mythtv executables with bug fixes whenever they are issued by the mythtv developers).  It doesn't automatically move you to newer versions, just bug fixes.
[16:52] <jolaren> I think I have the auto builds enabled
[16:52] <jolaren> I will take a look
[16:59] <jolaren> mrand, can only do a partial upgrade tho
[16:59] <jolaren> but I did that now
[20:47] <seventoes> i just did the latest update on 0.22-fixes and now it seems mythbackend is starting before /dev/video0 exists
[20:48] <seventoes> so the card doesn't exist till i restart mythbackend
[21:09] <dwmcqueen> Hello - I am getting a 2010-03-21 13:43:25.936 DTVMux, Error: Could not find tuning parameters for mplex 32767
[21:09] <dwmcqueen> 2010-03-21 13:43:25.993 DVBChan(1:/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0) Error: SetChannelByString(48): Failed to initialize multiplex options" error whenever I try and Watch TV - this is my log - http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com
[21:16] <dwmcqueen> Sorry - http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/pnJ0yBx5
[22:36] <KirkB> Thanks for the idea foxbuntu - haven't had any success though.  Does anyone else have any ideas? http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9005700
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