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miraclemaker
PostPosted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:47 am 
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Hi guys. I'm having major problems getting Live TV to work.

I'm using an EPIA MII 12000 motherboard and a PVR 350. I've read that other people have been successful with this combination so I'm not sure why I'm having problems.

I've set my tuner type in /etc/mythtv/modules/ivtv and I've run
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dpkg -i /usr/srcv/mythtv/epia/*.deb


Now when I go into Live TV, I just get static fr about 10 seconds and then it freezes, at that point the computer is completely locked up and I have to reboot by using the restart button.

Any help would be much appreciated.

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cesman
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:02 pm 
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Try commenting the tuner line in that file.

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miraclemaker
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Ok I've changed my /etc/mythtv/modules/ivtv file to:

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alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
options ivtv debug=1
#options tuner type=1
options msp3400 once=1 simple=1
install ivtv /sbin/modprobe tuner; /sbinmodprobe msp3400; /sbin/modprobe saa7115; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install  ivtv; /sbin/modprobe ivtv-fb
remove ivtv /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove ivtv && /sbin/modprobe -r saa7115 & /sbin/modprobe -r msp3400 && /sbin/modprobe -r tuner && /sbin/modprobe -r ivtv-fb


I gave it a reboot and went to Live TV. Unfortunately I still got the same problem.

Are there any logs that I could post that might help?

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miraclemaker
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 6:31 am 
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I've found the following in mythtvbackend.log from around when the screen froze:

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2005-03-26 12:13::37.197 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
QSettings: error crearing /.qt


Could this be the cause of the hang?
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victor
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 8:28 am 
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Hi,
update your kernel it solves alot of issues.
#apt-get update
#apt-get kernel-image-2.6 (and find the newist right one for you)
remember to edit the lilo.conf
and then run #lilo
#reboot
Tip; add the new kernel as a extra, that way you don't have to hope as much for the system to load the new kernel.
I hope this helps, as it didn't for me but it has for others :?
Edward.

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 10:17 am 
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No the qt error is normal and harmless.

I wouldn't upgrade your kernel like the other user suggested, as debian does not have an epia kernel.

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miraclemaker
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Ok thanks Xsecrets. Are there any other log files or anywhere else I might look to find the cause of the problem?

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Xsecrets
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you can check the usual suspects /var/log/messages /var/log/syslog and /home/mythtv/.xsession-errors

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miraclemaker
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I'm getting there. I've got a picture by setting my channel frequencies through mythtv-setup.

I'm still getting a hang after a varying amount of time when viewing live tv though. I've not been able to find anything in the error logs, and when it happens the only thing I can do is hard reboot.

Can anyone help?

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Xsecrets
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 4:17 pm 
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check to make sure that your cache size setting is smaller than your cache partition. leave some padding for good measure.

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miraclemaker
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Thanks for the reply. Where can I check this setting?

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tjc
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 4:34 pm 
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My guess would be under the set-up menu... If not, you may need to run the mythtv-setup command from a shell window. If you do, remember to answer NO to both questions about wiping out your current settings. ;-)
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miraclemaker
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 4:50 pm 
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Would it be the HD Ringbuffer size? I found the option under TV settings. It's currently set to 9400KB.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 8:21 pm 
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Yes. - Whoops! Probably not. :oops: Sigh...

Looks like you've got to run mythtv-setup and the 2nd or 3rd screen under "General" allows you to set the cache size.


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OBTW - How big is your /cache partition? To find out you can just do a:
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df /cache
And that number sounds low since my df says...
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root@black:/myth/mythburn# df /cache
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda3              6304860        24   6304836   1% /cache
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