/srv/irclogs.ubuntu.com/2010/08/23/#ubuntu-mythtv.txt

dewmanwho is familier with mythburn? got a weird error at the end of the .iso creation. It creates the .iso ok but throws a permissions error....http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com/KtuTB0UP01:46
dewmannm, just found that I am on the owner on that dir and not myth... ;)01:48
dewmanthat could be why.... =)01:49
fluvvellI need some help with the nbd-server part of mythbuntu-diskless, my nbd-server port is not showing as open.05:03
fluvvellhow can I fix whats wrong with it?05:03
fluvvellAnybody thats not asleep that is. Wrong side of the world and all that. :-(05:31
fluvvellhow do I restart nbd, via inetd ? restart inetd does not seem to do it06:20
henkpoleyMythWelcome nowadays directly starts mythfrontend. It used to wait on recording startups. Is it possible to reenable the old behaviour?13:45
henkpoleyShouldn't ask these questions just before leaving :-P13:52
Azelphurtgm4883: finally fixed my transparent mythtv problem \o/14:26
Azelphurshould it ever come up again, the answer is XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS="1" mythfrontend14:26
matt1982hmm are ATI cards still bad choice for linux?15:48
matt1982I have an old box and just use it for mainly web dev so never needed to worry about gfx card etc it is however an ATI pci-e card15:49
dewmanmatt1982, I am using one right now on this box that I am on, it works....But I dont use it to play games. I also dont use the ATI drivers for it either.15:52
matt1982ahh cool just wanted to make sure it was upto the job heh.15:53
matt1982only really need it for DVD and freeview DVB-T etc15:53
dewmanahh, well I cant answer that. I dont watch dvd's on this thing...Surf, email, ssh thats about it...15:54
matt1982ahh right sorry I thought it was just a mythbuntu channel heh15:55
dewmanmatt1982, I am using mythbuntu.....=) Now that I think about it, I do have the frontend software on here...... And it does work.... Guess I should have mentioned that. =)15:57
matt1982hehe sorry my bad i forgot that there was backend too15:57
rhpot1991matt1982: nvidia works better if you want to offload your HD playback to the gpu15:57
matt1982stupid mee15:57
rhpot1991ati might do for you, but you are prob gonna need a beefy cpu then15:57
matt1982rhpot1991, what version nvidia was it? 8XXX that had HD decode. Although tbh I have no HD content heh15:57
rhpot1991!vdpau | matt198215:58
Zinnmatt1982: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/VDPAU15:58
matt1982cool thanks15:58
rhpot1991matt1982: for dvds and SD content you may be ok then15:58
matt1982cool thanks15:58
rhpot1991matt1982: easiest way is to try15:59
matt1982is it a pain to swap cards? Ie if it is rubbish i can get a new card for like £30 this weekend15:59
rhpot1991shouldn't be15:59
matt1982i suppose i can reinstall15:59
rhpot1991just know that there are different pcie slots15:59
matt1982if i test first I won;'t lose much15:59
rhpot1991shoulnd't need to reinstall either15:59
rhpot1991just change from the ati to the nvidia drivers15:59
rhpot1991restricted driver manager should handle everything for you15:59
matt1982ahh cool thanks16:01
matt1982is mythbuntu optimised boot eg no drivers/services are loaded that aren't required etc16:02
matt1982just wondered I see they use a lighter weight window management which is great16:03
rhpot1991yep xfce16:06
rhpot1991and it should only load what your system needs (I think)16:06
matt1982coolio!16:07
matt1982can't wait to install tonight16:07
rhpot1991matt1982: if you are already running ubuntu you can install the mythtv packages on top of that to mess around with things at first16:07
matt1982it's a suse box i have so just going to scrub it as i dont really use it for much gonna test it out etc16:08
matt1982just out of interest has anyone got bluray to work with mythbuntu etc I noticed that the price of drives has dropped considerably16:08
rhpot1991matt1982: I play BR rips on mine16:10
rhpot1991no easy way to play back directly from the disc currently though16:10
matt1982:(16:11
rhpot1991matt1982: google for makemkv16:11
matt1982pity I would of even paid for the codec if that helped as it looks great so far16:11
rhpot19911080p mkv files do fine for me16:12
matt1982ahh cool16:12
rhpot1991I use nvidia to playback though so I can play those all over without worrying about cpu usage16:12
rhpot1991even on my ion box16:12
rhpot1991!frontend16:12
ZinnIon Boxes make a great frontend.  http://www.baablogic.net/drupal/node/216:12
matt1982ahh cool will check them out thanks16:14
dmfreyGood morning all...I have a question.  I have a master backend and a secondary backend.  Is it possible to reverse the roles of these two boxes?16:16
matt1982Zinn, they look really nice pity they don't appear in EU or UK16:17
ZinnHi matt1982, something I can help you with today?  I am a bot, use !help to see what I can do.16:17
matt1982oops I meant rhpot199116:17
dmfreyI assume i chould change the configuration around so the secondary backend looks to itself and master backend now looks to the secondary backend, but would still have to move the data from the database, correct?16:17
rhpot1991dmfrey: got a test box to try it on?16:22
rhpot1991I'd make that a 2ndary backend, then dump your db and import it over there16:22
rhpot1991you might have to mess with the hosts in the db itself16:22
dmfreyrhpot1991: that is what i was thinking of doing...but no, don't have a spare machine lying around16:23
rhpot1991dmfrey: well make the 2ndary into a master before you disable your current master then16:23
rhpot1991make sure it works on its own, etc16:23
dmfreyright, that's what I would do16:23
rhpot1991it should be as simple as switching the rolls in MCC, and then importing your db and tweaking where the hosts are in there16:23
dmfreythat's what i am hoping :)16:24
rhpot1991I think the tuners queue off of those host entries16:24
rhpot1991if not you can try to tweak those or just drop and re-add16:24
dmfreythat shouldn't change at all...the tuners are staying where they are16:24
rhpot1991recordings should check any storage group16:24
rhpot1991dmfrey: ya I'm thinking it might say hey master backend has the HD-PVR and tries that on the wrong box.  I'm pretty sure those all key off of the hosts though.16:26
dmfreyit will be worth a shot...and hopefully easily recoverable if it doesn't just switch16:27
rhpot1991ya should be able to just nuke the db and reconfigure mythtv to point back at your master then16:28
stefanohi everyone! I've just installed 10-04 on a virtal machine and I would reach media on my host PC using Vista18:36
stefanocan anone help me? where can I start?18:36
stefanoI've tried wiki but I haven't found anything about it18:36
stefanothe two machines can ping each other18:37
stefanoand WMC from Vista sees Myth18:37
stefanoI go eating now, otherway my little bride will kill me :-) See u soon!18:38
rhpot1991stefano: you need to setup a windows share with your media on it, then mount it in the VM using cifs, and then add that location to your videos storage group in mythtv-setup, then scan for changes in the videos section of mythtvfrontend18:47
rhpot1991but why are you running mythbuntu in a vm?18:47
=== qwebirc19760 is now known as matt1982
matt1982hey I load mythbuntu (fresh install) and am getting an error, "(EE) Failed to load module "fglrx", (EE)No drivers available. Any ideas how to fix this do I need to install the fglrx driver or should I use the open driver?18:52
rhpot1991matt1982: you should install with the restricted driver manager18:52
rhpot1991which can me launched from MCC18:52
matt1982ahh cool thanks, is that Myth Control Center?18:53
matt1982hmm there is nothing in the "Restricted Driver Manager" rhpot1991, just an empty list :S18:54
matt1982The other two options AMD and Nvidia are greyed out in the MCC18:54
rhpot1991ya MCC is mythbuntu control centre18:56
stefanothx very mych rhpot1991! I'll try after dinner ;-) I'm using vm because I would test it (and Virtual Box too :-) ) before having a complete install18:57
rhpot1991stefano: ok, hardware can be a pain in a VM, which is why I ask18:57
rhpot1991matt1982: perhaps your card isn't supported by the current drivers then, might want to google the card model + ubuntu18:57
stefanoby now I only would try cooperation between Myth and MS.18:58
stefanoI would control also a KNX system with Mythbuntu18:58
matt1982okidoki will do, also quick question from a fersh install should I run the update manager?18:58
stefanodo u know something about it?18:58
matt1982it says 139 updates etc18:58
rhpot1991stefano: no idea what it is18:58
rhpot1991matt1982: I would18:58
stefanorhpot: i'll try something and i'll tell u :-)18:59
stefanorhpot: KNX it's a home automation system. The only international standard18:59
matt1982hmm seems like my ATI card is too old the x1300 has been moved to legacy driver19:06
rhpot1991matt1982: you could try to install that, should be some modalias package that will make it available to the restricted driver manager as well19:11
beauzeauxI have a question regarding LIRC and erratic ir blasting. I have a mce remote / ir blaster installed and LIRC setup for the mceusb module. However irsend commands don't seem to go through, unless i spam them then they sporadically go through.22:44
peter81hi all, I downloaded the latest mythbuntu 10.04 lastnight and installed it on my HPG61 Laptop. The install went well, however when myth boots, I only ever get to a blank screen (there are some myth splash screens during bootup, but eventually just a blank screen). I suspect it's a video card driver issue, but my experience with linux is limited. Can anyone step me through how to solve23:02
peter81this problem?23:02
beauzeauxI can try and help but I'm no expert. Try ctrl + alt + f123:22
beauzeauxit should give you a cmd prompt23:22
peter81hmm, ok, you mean once I'm at the blank screen?23:22
beauzeauxyea23:22
peter81ok, give me a min23:22
peter81nothing23:24
peter81no response to ctrl alt f123:24
beauzeauxhmm... is mythbuntu the only operating system installed on the machine?23:25
peter81no, there's a windows os as well23:25
peter81there's a bootloader that lets me select which one I want23:25
peter81btw23:25
peter81the recovery selection doesn't work either23:25
peter81same symptoms23:25
beauzeauxk thats what i wanted to know and it gets the same error...23:25
peter81I would have thought that the recovery mode would load some fail safe drivers23:26
beauzeauxdoesn't seem to be "failsafe" when it comes to x23:27
beauzeauxbut i know there is some way to boot into just the command line23:27
peter81heh, ok23:27
beauzeauxalright reboot and when you get to the bootloader press e (or c) to get the grub command line23:28
peter81can do, one moment23:29
peter81ok23:29
peter81I'm there23:29
peter81I have a grub prompt23:30
beauzeauxalright can you select the memtest boot option23:30
beauzeauxor the recovery i guess23:30
beauzeauxand remove the splash and quiet words23:30
beauzeauxthen hit b23:30
peter81mmm23:31
peter81oh, I know what you mean, one moment23:31
beauzeauxsorry been awhile since i used grub.23:31
beauzeaux_sorry bout that... had a reboot that i forgot about23:34
beauzeaux_did you get any meaningful output w/o the splash23:34
GoldfischAnyone using firewire with your ubuntu/mythtv setup? I am trying to get it going, but not getting far with http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/FireWire23:52
Zinn[www.mythtv.org] FireWire - MythTV23:52

Generated by irclog2html.py 2.7 by Marius Gedminas - find it at mg.pov.lt!