I have a PVR-350 and a new PVR-250 installed and IVTV recompiled on version ivtv-0.1.10-pre2-ck113a in order to get the new card detected.
Both cards will capture tv and play back in mplayer by performing cat /dev/video0 >0.mpg
and cat /dev/video1 >1.mpg
When I open mythtv and try to view tv or record, I receive the message "the backend server has gone away" or "could not connect to backend server". This is a backend/frontend standalone system. Since I have a pvr 350 I followed these directions using both fb1 and fb0

rm -f /dev/fb0autodetect
rm -f /dev/fb1
mknod /dev/fb1 c 29 1
chmod 666 /dev/fb1
chown mythtv /dev/fb1

I have searched all postings about the newer 250 cards, but none have addressed having a 350 and new 250 card, only dual 250's.
I have tried differnt options for the ivtv file and it currently stands at

alias char-major-81 videodev
#alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
#alias char-major-81-1 ivtv
alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
options ivtv debug=1
options card=85,23 tuner=50,2
#options saa7127 enable_output=0 output_select=0
options msp3400 once=1 simple=1
add below ivtv msp3400 saa7115 tuner
add above ivtv lirc_dev lirc_i2c
#post install ivtv /usr/local/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video0 -u 0x3000
#post install ivtv /usr/local/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video16 -u 0x3000
#post install ivtv /usr/local/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video32 -u 0x3000
#post install ivtv /usr/local/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video224 -u 0x3000

I have also have tried entering saa7127 in the two appropriate lines displayed in the Hauppaugethreefifty installation directions to no avail.

dmesg |tvee shows
i2c-core.o: driver tveeprom registered.
tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 32062, rev = B185, serial# = 7368266
tveeprom: tuner = TCL 2002N (idx = 85, type = 50)
tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000)
tveeprom: audio_processor = MSP3445 (type = 12)
ivtv: i2c attach [client=tveeprom[0],ok]
i2c-core.o: client [tveeprom[0]] registered to adapter [ivtv i2c driver #0](pos. 3).
tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 48132, rev = J323, serial# = 2760067
tveeprom: tuner = Philips FM1236 (idx = 23, type = 2)
tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000)
tveeprom: audio_processor = MSP3440 (type = 11)
ivtv: i2c attach [client=tveeprom[1],ok]
i2c-core.o: client [tveeprom[1]] registered to adapter [ivtv i2c driver #1](pos. 3).


I believe I may not have the ivtv file correct. Does anyone have a valid 350 and new 250 card ivtv configuration or have any idea why I am seeing the backend server error messages, when the two cards are clearly working seperate from Mythtv?
Thanks

And the backend log says what?

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cesman

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I changed the IVTV settings once, and now the 250 won't get anything but snow, no matter what I change to try to get it back. I reinstalled and still nothing, so I think I'll give it a rest for a while. Thanks for your help anyway.