Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2006-01-08 Thread Bob Sanders
On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 23:17:27 -0600 Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried the test cat /dev/video0 test.mpg and opening it in mplayer and all I got was the blank screen. Blank screen indicates no signal. I tried it with /dev/video24 and got static Typical tuner input, no

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2006-01-08 Thread Mark Knecht
Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried the test cat /dev/video0 test.mpg and opening it in mplayer and all I got was the blank screen. I've been through this numerous times. It's no fun. Sorry. First, and most important, what does dmesg about ivtv show when you boot? Second,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2006-01-08 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 09:32 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried the test cat /dev/video0 test.mpg and opening it in mplayer and all I got was the blank screen. I've been through this numerous times. It's no fun. Sorry. First, and most

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2006-01-08 Thread Mark Knecht
On 1/8/06, Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 09:32 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried the test cat /dev/video0 test.mpg and opening it in mplayer and all I got was the blank screen. I've been through this

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2006-01-08 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 10:18 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: On 1/8/06, Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 09:32 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried the test cat /dev/video0 test.mpg and opening it in mplayer and

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2006-01-08 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 10:18 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: On 1/8/06, Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 09:32 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried the test cat /dev/video0 test.mpg and opening it in mplayer and

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2006-01-08 Thread Mark Knecht
On 1/8/06, Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems to be working now. Sort of. mythfrontend isn't lasting longer than a second and a half. mythbackend is still dying seemingly randomly. It's not leaving logs in /var/log/mythtv. How can I find out why it's dying so as to find a

OT - Need help with mythfronted GUI (WAS[Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)])

2006-01-08 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 10:18 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: On 1/8/06, Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 09:32 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried the test cat /dev/video0 test.mpg and opening it in mplayer and

Re: OT - Need help with mythfronted GUI (WAS[Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)])

2006-01-08 Thread Mark Knecht
On 1/8/06, Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not going to mark my mythtv problem SOLVED until I'm sure that mythbackend is running stably. Nor should you... It seems to be working for now. The problem is that I can't change channels in mythfrontend. I'm watching live TV and

Re: OT - Need help with mythfronted GUI (WAS[Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)])

2006-01-08 Thread Mark Knecht
On 1/8/06, Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After I ran mythfilldatabase for the umpteenth time I got a channel listing in the Channel Editor. Yes. Benn there and done that. Sometimes their serve just doesn't respond and MYth doesn't pick it up. This should run on your back end

Re: OT - Need help with mythfronted GUI (WAS[Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)])

2006-01-08 Thread Mark Knecht
On 1/8/06, Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hope this info is at least moderately helpful. I admit I'm a putz. I did get it working, but it was nearly a year ago I think. - Mark I did some googling on my name and the problems I had which led me to the commands I was using, but the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2006-01-08 Thread Bob Sanders
On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 08:50:31 -0800 Bob Sanders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One other thing - if you're using a 64-bit machine, you'll need to run - mplayer-bin test.mpg to see the default capture. The format isn't recognized in the 64-bit version of mplayer because the codecs are 32-bit. Bob -

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2006-01-08 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 13:04 -0800, Bob Sanders wrote: On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 08:50:31 -0800 Bob Sanders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One other thing - if you're using a 64-bit machine, you'll need to run - mplayer-bin test.mpg to see the default capture. The format isn't recognized in the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2006-01-08 Thread John Myers
On Sunday 08 January 2006 13:18, Michael Sullivan wrote: On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 13:04 -0800, Bob Sanders wrote: On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 08:50:31 -0800 Bob Sanders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One other thing - if you're using a 64-bit machine, you'll need to run - mplayer-bin test.mpg to see

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2006-01-08 Thread Mark Knecht
On 1/8/06, John Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 08 January 2006 13:18, Michael Sullivan wrote: On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 13:04 -0800, Bob Sanders wrote: On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 08:50:31 -0800 Bob Sanders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One other thing - if you're using a 64-bit machine,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2006-01-07 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 19:20 -0800, Bob Sanders wrote: On Sun, 1 Jan 2006 17:47:19 -0800 Bob Sanders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems that something is not stable with the X server or with the card drivers. For now, perhaps forget MythTV and just see if you can get a stable input

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2006-01-07 Thread Bob Sanders
On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 18:42:09 -0600 Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I said, I tried setting up the evilwm stuff from the MythTV section on the Gentoo wiki. I ran kdm and selected Custom and logged in as my test user. The screen cleared and then it spit me back out at the kdm

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2006-01-07 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Sat, 2006-01-07 at 19:50 -0800, Bob Sanders wrote: On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 18:42:09 -0600 Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I said, I tried setting up the evilwm stuff from the MythTV section on the Gentoo wiki. I ran kdm and selected Custom and logged in as my test user.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2006-01-07 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Sat, 2006-01-07 at 19:50 -0800, Bob Sanders wrote: On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 18:42:09 -0600 Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I said, I tried setting up the evilwm stuff from the MythTV section on the Gentoo wiki. I ran kdm and selected Custom and logged in as my test user.

Re: GARTInit: WAS (Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend))

2006-01-03 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 06:53 +, Rumen Yotov wrote: On (02/01/06 15:29), Michael Sullivan wrote: On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 21:55 +, Rumen Yotov wrote: Hi, On (02/01/06 13:21), Michael Sullivan wrote: On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 21:01 +, Rumen Yotov wrote: Hi, On (02/01/06

GARTInit: WAS (Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend))

2006-01-02 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 17:47 -0800, Bob Sanders wrote: On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 16:57:32 -0600 Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The reason it was giving me the error was because mythbackend was shutting down. I ran mythbackend in a screen, detached the screen and ran

Re: GARTInit: WAS (Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend))

2006-01-02 Thread Rumen Yotov
Hi, On (02/01/06 11:21), Michael Sullivan wrote: On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 17:47 -0800, Bob Sanders wrote: On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 16:57:32 -0600 Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The reason it was giving me the error was because mythbackend was shutting down. I ran

Re: GARTInit: WAS (Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend))

2006-01-02 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 20:17 +, Rumen Yotov wrote: Hi, On (02/01/06 11:21), Michael Sullivan wrote: On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 17:47 -0800, Bob Sanders wrote: On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 16:57:32 -0600 Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The reason it was giving me the

Re: GARTInit: WAS (Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend))

2006-01-02 Thread Rumen Yotov
Hi, On (02/01/06 12:30), Michael Sullivan wrote: On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 20:17 +, Rumen Yotov wrote: Hi, On (02/01/06 11:21), Michael Sullivan wrote: On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 17:47 -0800, Bob Sanders wrote: On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 16:57:32 -0600 Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: GARTInit: WAS (Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend))

2006-01-02 Thread Ted Ozolins
Rumen Yotov wrote: How do I find out what the entry for my motherboard chips (-set I assume) is? Is there a software way to determine this? All I know is that it's SUPPOSED to be a Pentium IV, but it might not be... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list Use lspci or lshw (emerge if

Re: GARTInit: WAS (Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend))

2006-01-02 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 11:12 -0800, Ted Ozolins wrote: Rumen Yotov wrote: How do I find out what the entry for my motherboard chips (-set I assume) is? Is there a software way to determine this? All I know is that it's SUPPOSED to be a Pentium IV, but it might not be... --

Re: GARTInit: WAS (Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend))

2006-01-02 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 21:01 +, Rumen Yotov wrote: Hi, On (02/01/06 12:30), Michael Sullivan wrote: On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 20:17 +, Rumen Yotov wrote: Hi, On (02/01/06 11:21), Michael Sullivan wrote: On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 17:47 -0800, Bob Sanders wrote: On Sun, 01 Jan 2006

Re: GARTInit: WAS (Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend))

2006-01-02 Thread Rumen Yotov
Hi, On (02/01/06 13:21), Michael Sullivan wrote: On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 21:01 +, Rumen Yotov wrote: Hi, On (02/01/06 12:30), Michael Sullivan wrote: On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 20:17 +, Rumen Yotov wrote: Hi, On (02/01/06 11:21), Michael Sullivan wrote: On Sun, 2006-01-01 at

Re: GARTInit: WAS (Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend))

2006-01-02 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 21:55 +, Rumen Yotov wrote: Hi, On (02/01/06 13:21), Michael Sullivan wrote: On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 21:01 +, Rumen Yotov wrote: Hi, On (02/01/06 12:30), Michael Sullivan wrote: On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 20:17 +, Rumen Yotov wrote: Hi, On

Re: GARTInit: WAS (Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend))

2006-01-02 Thread Ted Ozolins
Michael Sullivan wrote: model : 4 model name : Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.66GHz I guess it isn't a Pentium IV... As you can see from the model, its a p4 -- Ted Ozolins(VE7TVO) Westbank, B. C -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: GARTInit: WAS (Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend))

2006-01-02 Thread Rumen Yotov
On (02/01/06 15:29), Michael Sullivan wrote: On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 21:55 +, Rumen Yotov wrote: Hi, On (02/01/06 13:21), Michael Sullivan wrote: On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 21:01 +, Rumen Yotov wrote: Hi, On (02/01/06 12:30), Michael Sullivan wrote: On Mon, 2006-01-02 at

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2006-01-01 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Sat, 2005-12-31 at 09:18 -0800, Bob Sanders wrote: On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 00:40:06 -0600 Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't see anything there that hinted at being my TV card, yet I KNOW it's in there. It works great in Windows. It's a Hauppage WinTV-PVR-250. Why

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2006-01-01 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 16:47 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 16:30 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: On Sat, 2005-12-31 at 09:18 -0800, Bob Sanders wrote: On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 00:40:06 -0600 Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't see anything there that

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2006-01-01 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 16:30 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: On Sat, 2005-12-31 at 09:18 -0800, Bob Sanders wrote: On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 00:40:06 -0600 Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't see anything there that hinted at being my TV card, yet I KNOW it's in there. It

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2006-01-01 Thread Bob Sanders
On Sun, 1 Jan 2006 17:47:19 -0800 Bob Sanders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems that something is not stable with the X server or with the card drivers. For now, perhaps forget MythTV and just see if you can get a stable input running with something like tvtime - [ N] media-tv/tvtime

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2006-01-01 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 19:20 -0800, Bob Sanders wrote: On Sun, 1 Jan 2006 17:47:19 -0800 Bob Sanders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems that something is not stable with the X server or with the card drivers. For now, perhaps forget MythTV and just see if you can get a stable input

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2006-01-01 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 21:27 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 19:20 -0800, Bob Sanders wrote: On Sun, 1 Jan 2006 17:47:19 -0800 Bob Sanders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems that something is not stable with the X server or with the card drivers. For now,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2006-01-01 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 19:20 -0800, Bob Sanders wrote: On Sun, 1 Jan 2006 17:47:19 -0800 Bob Sanders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems that something is not stable with the X server or with the card drivers. For now, perhaps forget MythTV and just see if you can get a stable input

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2006-01-01 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 23:15 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 19:20 -0800, Bob Sanders wrote: On Sun, 1 Jan 2006 17:47:19 -0800 Bob Sanders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems that something is not stable with the X server or with the card drivers. For now,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2005-12-31 Thread Bob Sanders
On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 00:40:06 -0600 Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't see anything there that hinted at being my TV card, yet I KNOW it's in there. It works great in Windows. It's a Hauppage WinTV-PVR-250. Why doesn't it show up in /dev? Well, I've got the PVR-350. Have

[gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2005-12-30 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 19:06 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 11:53 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: It's been over an hour since I sent this in to the list and my log files say that it was sent, but I haven't gotten it back from the list yet. I'm sending it again...

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2005-12-30 Thread Bob Sanders
On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:08:02 -0600 Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way to find out what each device node is connected to hardwarewise? I'm wonderine if /dev/video0 is NOT the correct device for my tv card, and if one of the other sixty-three /dev/video* nodes, but I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2005-12-30 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Fri, 2005-12-30 at 19:30 -0800, Bob Sanders wrote: On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:08:02 -0600 Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way to find out what each device node is connected to hardwarewise? I'm wonderine if /dev/video0 is NOT the correct device for my tv card,

[gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend)

2005-12-29 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 11:53 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: It's been over an hour since I sent this in to the list and my log files say that it was sent, but I haven't gotten it back from the list yet. I'm sending it again... Forwarded Message From: Michael Sullivan [EMAIL