MythTV Channels.conf

[fergycool]

Originally Posted by jontydog

hmm what about the segmentation fault? How do I start the script without using the command line though?

Sorry I meant the executable itself. You can run the script from the command line :-)

hehe thats gone right over my head as I am still getting to grips with linux.

Sorry!!

All services such as sendmail, FTP, NTP Time servers etc... are all started by a script that is in the /etc/init.d directory. UNIX has 6 run levels. Its explained better than I can on Wiki:

http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2005/09/...run-at-bootup/

But basically you need:
(1) poweroff, halt or shutdown
(s) single user mode for maintenance
(3) normal minus graphics
(5) normal with graphics
(6) reboot

Ignore the rest, and really the only one you need from the above is runlevel 5. This is where X11, the graphics subsystem, starts.

When UNIX (well Linux more specifically) is switching to one of the runlevels it runs sets of scripts it finds in the appropriate directory. So for normal user mode with graphics it will run all teh required stuff, plus a script that will start XDM/GDM/KDM or whatever session manager you use.

For Mythtv you need to add the appropriate dependency on a script. Luckily most Linux distros have a utility that does all this for you. I found this blog post talking about Ubuntu:

http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2005/09/...run-at-bootup/

So basically all you need to do is run the following and the Mythbackend will start in the background whenever you boot Linux. Which is how it needs to be started..,...

update-rc.d mythtv-backend defaults

Hope this was a decent explanation. I noticed you've started again with Mythtv. So I'll wait and see what happens. Good luck!

Cheers
ferg

[jontydog]

cheers ferg uninstalled etc and managed to get it running and get to the watch tv screen I get the channel (qvc germany because I know its fta) and the screen stays black signal level 71% but in the console I am getting

2007-03-01 15:31:06.699 RingBuf(myth://127.0.0.1:6543/1506_20070301153044.mpg) Error: Took more than 10 seconds to be allowed to read, aborting.
2007-03-01 15:31:06.699 NVP::OpenFile(): Error, couldn't read file: myth://127.0.0.1:6543/1506_20070301153044.mpg
2007-03-01 15:31:06.700 NVP, Error: JumpToProgram failed.
2007-03-01 15:31:06.700 NVP, Error: Unknown error, exiting decoder
2007-03-01 15:31:06.703 TV: Attempting to change from WatchingLiveTV to None
2007-03-01 15:31:09.272 TV: Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
2007-03-01 15:31:09.280 DPMS Reactivated.

could this be a memory problem or permissions. I think the original problem was permissions with the mythtv user in the mythconverg database

[jontydog]

BINGO BINGO shut a few programs down and sorted it. Got Astra running ok now to try input 2 hotbird. How do I take a screenshot in myth or linux?

[fergycool]

Nice one!!!!!

I generally use a Photoshop type app called "The Gimp" for taking screenshots. But I'm sure there are easier ones to use. I'll have a look.

Cheers
Ferg

[jontydog]

cheers will try that as I think its already installed

[jontydog]

very irritating thing has just occurred. Put the settings in for the hotbird lnb and now I am getting the same database errors as I had before. Seems it will only work off one lnb which is lnb 1 pointing at astra

Might try using my tv card which is connected to my technomate instead of the skystar2

edit Just taken out the hotbird input and its working again. Need to look for a fix for that now before I go any further.