[00:05] Is there a device manager for ubuntu, or how do I tell what devices it had detected and installed the drivers for? [00:12] SparksIT: most drivers are in the kernel so you don't need to install drivers [00:14] thats what I figured, however I cannot output sound through the HDMI and while setup detected my 2TB HDD, it no longer sees in mythbuntu [00:14] ok lets attack the sound issue first [00:14] install the pavucontrol package [00:15] downloading [00:16] start it up and go to the configuration tab [00:16] is your device there? [00:16] you'll have something like "Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output" in one of the dropdown boxes [00:18] Azelphur, pavcontrol would imply he has pulseaudio, which we don't include in Mythbuntu [00:18] oh? [00:18] It looks like it installed but I do not see Digital Stereo HDMI Output, though I did escape out of Mythtv [00:18] so it's probably best to check if he has Ubuntu or Mythbuntu [00:18] didn't realise it was pulled from mythbuntu :p [00:18] I used mythbunut [00:19] * Azelphur has no idea how to do this with alsa [00:19] Azelphur, yea I don't think we've ever shipped that [00:19] fun [00:19] aplay -l [00:19] that would list sound devices [00:19] My mythbuntu install seems to be running pulseaudio somehow [00:20] Azelphur, then you installed something that pulled it in [00:20] or you ran into an upgrade bug that did [00:20] must have [00:20] upgrade bug sounds like it, I've done a lot of upgrades :) [00:20] I see several devices, include 2 HDMI devices [00:22] when I ran set up, I selected both the HDMI's and ran the test, but neither worked [00:24] SparksIT, have you checked alsamixer and verified that nothing is muted [00:24] or attempted playing audio outside of mythtv [00:25] When I go to PulseAudio Volume Control, I get Connecto to PulseAudo Failed...I don't see a alsamixer [00:27] is pulseaudio even installed? [00:33] it is an application, I would assume it was installed [00:34] dpkg -l pulseaudio [00:35] it is listed as unknown [00:35] and not installed [00:36] ok [00:36] should I install it? [00:37] no [00:43] So I plugged in an usb stick with some avi files, still no sound [00:44] but in output mode fo alsa audio output, there are quite a few options to select [00:54] so far none have ouput sound [00:55] SparksIT, sorry, I'm doing like 4 things at once here :/ [00:56] no problem, i'm in no rush [00:56] SparksIT, so in the command line, you should be able to run alsamixer [00:57] should show a volume control [00:57] verify master or PCM is not muted or turned way down [00:59] neither is muted or turned down [01:01] SparksIT, ok, found what I was looking for [01:01] do 'aplay -L" [01:01] aplay -L [01:01] so different than last time [01:02] check...a few more devices have been listed [01:02] ok [01:02] so we're going to use speaker-test outside of mythtv [01:02] using something like this speaker-test -Dhw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3 -c2 -l2 -twav [01:02] speaker-test -Dhw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3 -c2 -l2 -twav [01:02] where 'hw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3' is the card [01:03] which is what you got from aplay -L [01:05] any specific one, or just start at the top? [01:05] without seeing the list, probably just start at the top [01:06] even if I did see the list, I'd probably just guess anyway [01:06] so the -c2 is going to test left channel then right channel [01:06] -l2 is going to repeat the test, since on my system it appears to take a second to kick on so I don't actually hear the first left channel test [01:09] so I typed speaker-test -Dhw:Card=PCH,DEV=0 -c2 -12 -twav [01:09] and I get speake-test: invalide option --1 [01:10] that is a lower case L [01:10] minus the spelling mistakes [01:11] ahhh...in that case i get Playback open error: 16,Device or resource busy [01:11] hmm [01:12] try a few more devices [01:12] I move on to hw:Card=PCH,DEV=3 and I get an output that looks successfull but no sound [01:13] SparksIT, ok thats better [01:13] go though them all and see if any play sound [01:14] bingo...I move on to hw:Card=PCH,DEV=7 and I heard sound [01:14] awesome [01:15] SparksIT, so lets go back into the frontend and see if we can select that card [01:17] back in the frontend, and I am selectin alsa:hw:CARD=PCH,DEV7 and i get that it is invalid or not useable. [01:18] hmm [01:18] can you do the speaker-test on the rest of the cards and see if any others produce sound? [01:19] sure...should I limit it to the hw section, I have soem that start with dsnoop, dmix, hdmi and so on? [01:20] I'd go though them all [01:32] I only found 2 others, test both withen frontend, but I recieved the same error as before [01:40] I re-open VLC and open the avi clip again and selected one of the work devices, and I have sound with the clip [01:40] *known working devices* [01:42] SparksIT, ok, so we can select it in other things besides mythtv and it works [01:42] out of curiosity, can we reboot and try selecting it? [01:43] already in progress [01:43] ok [01:44] that worked [01:45] sweet [01:46] hate to rain on the parade, but now i get an error that it can not connect to the backend...which is odd has the PC is a host to both [01:47] ok [01:47] is the backend started [01:47] I'm immune to rain. Pacific Northwest FTW [01:48] lol...when I go into the backend, I get a warning that it is currently running [01:48] ok [01:49] in the frontend, do you continue to get the warning it can't connect to the backend? [01:49] like if you go to the recordings screen? [01:50] no, I can browse around, I only got it on boot [01:50] and when I went into the backend [01:51] SparksIT, ah ok, so your machine is fast enough to boot up and get into the frontend before MySQL and mythbackend can finish starting [01:51] so you get that error on boot, but then it goes away as the backend finishes starting [01:51] ahh...the OS is on a SDD [01:52] yep that would probably do it [01:53] the other issue i was having was it is not detecting, by storage HDD, but if you don't have time thats fine. [01:53] you have helped me out quite a bit [01:53] and I appreciate it [01:53] SparksIT, I recall you saying that earlier [01:53] it saw it during install, but not now right? [01:53] correct [01:54] yea, so it's because you haven't mounted it anywhere [01:54] is it a blank drive or is there stuff on it? [01:54] blank, new out of box [01:55] ok, what do you plan on using it for? [01:55] storage, i want all my recording to go to it as apposed to my SDD [01:55] ok [01:56] what is the output of sudo fdisk -l [01:56] use pastebin [01:56] !pastebin [01:56] when pasting more than 5 lines of data please use http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com so you don't flood the channel. Then please post the link in the channel. [01:58] you will have to bare with me, my IRC client is on a different PC then the myth box [01:58] ok [01:59] but id does se it at /dev/sda [01:59] ok, so you are sure it is /dev/sda? [01:59] otherwise we're going to format the wrong drive [02:00] it as it listed as Disk /dev/sda: 2000.4GB [02:00] the SDD is only 60GB [02:00] ok [02:00] so do [02:00] sudo fdisk /dev/sda [02:02] I get a message about the device does not contain a vaild dos partiton... [02:03] it builds a DOS disk label [02:03] ok so it built one? [02:03] says changes are only in memory [02:04] I also have an erro on device presents a logical sector size taht is smaller the the physical sector size [02:05] Might want to take a look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingANewHardDrive [02:05] [help.ubuntu.com] InstallingANewHardDrive - Community Ubuntu Documentation [02:13] the instructins say, that if I am sharing between ubuntu and windows, I should use FAT32...I thought FAT32 was limited to 32 GB? [02:14] wouldn't NTFS be a better choice? [02:15] SparksIT, how are you planning on sharing it with windows? [02:15] a [02:15] are you dual booting? [02:16] No...but if myth does not work out, I will be converting to Windows Media Center, and I don't want to lose any recordings [02:17] IDK, you might have issues with NTFS and mythtv [02:17] I'd recommend ext4, but that isn't compatible with windows [02:19] I'll go with ex4, if need be, I'll copy to another HDD if I have to switch [02:49] tgm4883...thanks for all your help, though I'm sure i will back another time === zcutlip_ is now known as zcutlip [16:04] Any alternatives or guides to setup rrdtool on mythbuntu? [16:19] izzi4, rddtool isn't mythtv specific, so any guides for ubuntu should work with mythbuntu as well [16:28] tgm4883, valid point, not sure why i was asking here. Thanks [23:43] hello--I'm reinstalling one of my mythtv front ends from scratch using mythbuntu 12.04. During setup when it prompts for the backend's pin, it hangs after clicking "test connection", and I can't skip this step. Any suggestions? [23:44] my frontend was previously 11.10, and I upgraded in place to 12.04, before today's wipe/reinstall.