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PostPosted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 6:53 pm 
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The changes to zap2it xml listings MAY require a new version of myth and hence, Knoppmyth. Below are my experiences in using the R5F1 upgrade; hopefully this feedback is useful in prep for the next version ?

Summary: Not too many problems, a few glitches, but now its smokin! Thanks!

Update to R5F1 FROM R5E50 with Dragon 1.1 ( + Hauppauge 250 + added 500 gb sata disk )

1. backup; then boot: tv testcd

2. using tv as monitor ok until 2nd reboot; then can't see what I am typing.
It would be nice to be able to upgrade Knoppmyth on boxex with tv output resolution, but Knoppmyth upgrade needs more screen resolution with the fancy graphics and all, I won't try that again.

3. came up with ok timezone, but some non serious (democracy) problems with restore.

4. ip is not using static ip, but dhcp. I think the script's supplied default ip addresses and mask have an extra space or somehow make an invalid set of parameters, then these get rejected and the config script goes back to dhcp.
Q Why not restore the network config on update ?

5. sudoers file blown away /etc/sudoers
6. ssh keys blown away
I added these to /myth/backup/restore.list

7. webmin blown away
8. samba server blown away

9. lirc setup was ok BUT lircd never started up! I used webmin to restart it; it fails to start on fresh install and also update; but it is working until after the final reboot.

11. lilo it is back the splash screen lilo.conf vga mode 788
This one took some time to find and fix!
Q if Knoppmyth is supposed to work on a wide range of boxen, wouldn't vga=normal help? the vga-788 screwed things up for me. It is also nice to see the boot up messages scroll by as it boots; especially with new software!

13. no audio on dvd playback from mytharchive
It seems to want to use ac3 audio track, I could change that from the on screen menu to mp3 and then it worked.

With R5F1 fixes in, I added QAM-256 channels from Comcast, Wow! even SD tv is clearer than the analog channels, and the HDtv is sharp. I did find that I had to upgrade the nvidia drivers, and change the xorg.conf file to drop the xserver cpu load to < 10%. Also mythcommflag was too big a hog, even at nice 17; so I made a mythrenice.sh:
Code:
#!/bin/sh
while [ 0==0 ] ; do

    x=`pidof mythcommflag` ;
    if [ $? == 0 ]; then
        renice 19 $x;
    fi
    sleep 1
done

which gets launched by a line added to ~mythtv/.fluxbox/apps :
Code:
[startup] {/home/mythtv/mythrenice.sh}

Also, I use my old drive as a backup device; I mount it, rsync certain directories, then dismount it. If anybody is interested here is the script:
Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w 
#
# FUNCTIONAL AREA OR ABSTRACT:
#   update disks, sych/backup disks
#   Form: /Volumes/volname1/dira  to /Volumes/volname2/dira
# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
# WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
# PURPOSE.

$dbglev = 1; # global debug level, select the debug level of info, more at higher levels
# global debuglevel -- level of info to log, 0=none, 1=some, 2=more, 3=most 

# !++___________________________  Function lines _______________________________*/
#
sub dbg # - debug print
{
#               /*INPUT PARAMETERS:
my($plev ) = $_[0]; # print level, rest is printed if dbglev>=plev
#               FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION:
#   prints the rest of @_, if dbglev>=plev, dbg(2," call x",$x);
#   gets printed if global dbglev is 2 or more.
# !--*/
if($plev <= $dbglev) {
    #shift @_;
    print  @_;
}
} #/*eofunc***************/

# MAIN
# SETUP PARAMETERS >>>>
my($BACKUPDEVICE) = "/dev/hda3" ; # device for backup
#               destinatin      =>  source/
# sources pairing list, the 2nd parm, all MUST have ending '/'
my( %src ) = (
                "/om/backup" => "/myth/backup/",
                "/om/files" => "/myth/files/",
                "/om/music" => "/myth/music/",
                "/om/gallery" => "/myth/gallery/",
                "/om/games" => "/myth/games/",
                "/om/ipodfeed" => "/myth/ipodfeed/",
                "/om/video" => "/myth/video/"
             ); # sources, the 2nd parm, all MUST have ending '/'

# Declare,
use strict;  use English;

my($basecmd) = "/usr/bin/rsync "; # base command
# --exclude-from=/Library/Scripts/rsyncdailylocalexcludes
my($options) = "  --one-file-system --archive --delete --update ";
             
my( $src, $dest, $err);

# Lets display some info for logs etc
print "\n\n***********\n";
print "rsyncmyth run at: ". localtime() . "\n";
print "Parameters for this run: \n";
while( ($dest, $src) = each(%src) ) {
    print " sync $src  to  $dest \n";
}
print "Options are: $options \n\n";

# setup for backup
( ($err= system("mount $BACKUPDEVICE /om") ) == 0) or print "Got an error: $err , on mounting $BACKUPDEVICE \n";

# Loop thru and sync

while( ($dest, $src) = each(%src) ) {
    dbg(3, " src= $src; dest= $dest \n");
    my($cmd) = $basecmd . $options . $src . " " . $dest ;
    dbg(3, "Command would be: $cmd \n");
   
    if( $src =~ /SysB/ ) { exit; } # lets not if its the B sys
    stat($dest); # let us not create new dirs
    if( -d _ and -e _ and -r _ and -w _ and -B _ ) { # maybe ok
        # now execute
        print "The command is: $cmd\n";
        ( ($err= system($cmd) ) == 0) or print "Got an error: $err , on the rsync command!\n";
    } else {
        print "The destination $dest did not qualify, aborted sync \n";
    }
   
}
( ($err= system("umount /om") ) == 0) or print "Got an error: $err , on Umounting $BACKUPDEVICE \n";

exit;


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:54 pm 
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luxluthor wrote:
2. using tv as monitor ok until 2nd reboot; then can't see what I am typing.
It would be nice to be able to upgrade Knoppmyth on boxex with tv output resolution, but Knoppmyth upgrade needs more screen resolution with the fancy graphics and all, I won't try that again.

Never had a problem with this in a modern version, and I've done many, many upgrades. Did you enable bootspalsh or something?

luxluthor wrote:
some non serious (democracy) problems with restore.

Known, documented, harmless... I'm still trying to come up with a good general workaround for the false alarm produced by this type of change...

luxluthor wrote:
4. ip is not using static ip, but dhcp. I think the script's supplied default ip addresses and mask have an extra space or somehow make an invalid set of parameters, then these get rejected and the config script goes back to dhcp.
Q Why not restore the network config on update ?

I've had this happen once or twice but not consistently enough to track down. Restoring the networking config just needs someone to work out the procedure.

luxluthor wrote:
5. sudoers file blown away /etc/sudoers
6. ssh keys blown away
7. webmin blown away
8. samba server blown away

All normal. The R5F1 Hints contains suggestions for restoring some of these.

luxluthor wrote:
9. lirc setup was ok BUT lircd never started up! I used webmin to restart it; it fails to start on fresh install and also update; but it is working until after the final reboot.

I haven't seen anything like this with R5F1 or the testing versions leading up to it. The lirc-reconfig.sh script should take care of this.

luxluthor wrote:
11. lilo it is back the splash screen lilo.conf vga mode 788
This one took some time to find and fix!
Q if Knoppmyth is supposed to work on a wide range of boxen, wouldn't vga=normal help? the vga-788 screwed things up for me. It is also nice to see the boot up messages scroll by as it boots; especially with new software!

Haven't seen this in a long time. Are you sure the "tv" option took? :?


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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:12 pm 
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luxluthor wrote:
2. using tv as monitor ok until 2nd reboot; then can't see what I am typing.
It would be nice to be able to upgrade Knoppmyth on boxex with tv output resolution, but Knoppmyth upgrade needs more screen resolution with the fancy graphics and all, I won't try that again.

Never had a problem with this in a modern version, and I've done many, many upgrades. Did you enable bootspalsh or something?

It is just the limitation of using a tv; its ok until the colored graphics ( like for network config ) show up; then its hard to see what one is typing.
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luxluthor wrote:
4. ip is not using static ip, but dhcp. I think the script's supplied default ip addresses and mask have an extra space or somehow make an invalid set of parameters, then these get rejected and the config script goes back to dhcp.
Q Why not restore the network config on update ?

I've had this happen once or twice but not consistently enough to track down. Restoring the networking config just needs someone to work out the procedure.

I grepped and found:
Code:
hcpc/resolv.conf:nameserver 172.22.22.1
network/interfaces:     address 172.22.22.7
network/interfaces:     network 172.22.22.0
network/interfaces:     broadcast 172.22.22.255
network/interfaces:     gateway 172.22.22.1
webmin/miniserv.conf:allow=127.0.0.1 172.22.22.0
I wonder if just restoring /etc/network/interface and /etc/hcpc/resolv.conf would do it? I may add that to my restore.list and see if that does it.

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luxluthor wrote:
11. lilo it is back the splash screen lilo.conf vga mode 788
This one took some time to find and fix!
Q if Knoppmyth is supposed to work on a wide range of boxen, wouldn't vga=normal help? the vga-788 screwed things up for me. It is also nice to see the boot up messages scroll by as it boots; especially with new software!

Haven't seen this in a long time. Are you sure the "tv" option took?
I think I tried and put the tv option in.


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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:55 pm 
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luxluthor wrote:
13. no audio on dvd playback from mytharchive
It seems to want to use ac3 audio track, I could change that from the on screen menu to mp3 and then it worked.


Has anyone found a a more permanent fix to this problem?

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:43 am 
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The changes to zap2it xml listings MAY require a new version of myth and hence, Knoppmyth.

IF the myth developers & data direct were to come to agreement today. And the dev's had a new implementation up their sleeves and ready to go. That would leve Cecil & crew about 4 weeks to get a new version assembled and tested; and us about 2 weeks to get the images installed. (I generally wait for tjc's tips posting)

I for one think that's already cutting it a bit too close for a new KM version; I like the fact that KM is never a rush job, and appreciate the resultant quality.

I presume that at this point, once things are worked out, there will be a posting on the forum somewhere with instructions on how to implement the fix on the existing KM baseline. That's what happens everytime there is a new myth version. I only hope that the instructions are easy enough for me to follow.


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13. no audio on dvd playback from mytharchive
It seems to want to use ac3 audio track, I could change that from the on screen menu to mp3 and then it worked.

I've found this to be mythtranscode picking up the wrong audio track, for instance hearing silence or Audio Description rather than the proper soundtrack. I found some information from demuxing while doing some editing of files, I'll post that in a another message.

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just to ditto that I had issues with this upgrade due to the static ip not being restored.
Even though i typed it in again on the upgrade, it went to dhcp after the patch or something I think

And by using dhcp the assigned IP address was incorrect and the /etc/mysql/my.conf bind address was on the wrong address. Therefore the database could not be restored and it was getting hung up. People who are not using master backend listening for slave backends wouldn't have this problem because the bind address would be set to local host.

I fixed this by copying the old interfaces, resolv.conf, and my.conf and then /etc/init.d/networking restart then typing mythtvrestore.


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I upgraded two boxes this weekend from R5D1 to R5F1. Both boxes had static ip's blown away and dhcp'd. I'm not sure why there is a /etc/sysconfig/network-scriptrs/ifcfg-eth0 file and an /etc/network/interfaces file. Don't they do the same thing?

My main problmes were/are 1) tv channel names are all "unknown". repeated scans and configuration changes finally got 99% of the channels found. Unfortunately C-SPAN and PBS are still casualties. The latter being more important.

2) The Hauppauge 415 silver remote's "jump ahead" down arrow used to jump 30 seconds. Now it jumps 10 friggin' minutes! Searching the wiki for answers to that one.

3) If I'm watching a recording and quit my position is not saved! When I return to watch more I need to jump ahead to wherever I was. Just a pain. Wiki'ing this too.

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3) If I'm watching a recording and quit my position is not saved! When I return to watch more I need to jump ahead to wherever I was. Just a pain. Wiki'ing this too.

This caught me out once, in the settings for Playback (Utilities/Setup->Setup->TV Settings->Playback), on the Second page, "Action on Playback Exit".

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abigailsweetashoney wrote:
2) The Hauppauge 415 silver remote's "jump ahead" down arrow used to jump 30 seconds. Now it jumps 10 friggin' minutes! Searching the wiki for answers to that one.

Faulty memory. RIGHT arrow skips 30 seconds. Down arrow has always skipped by 600 seconds.


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tjc wrote:
abigailsweetashoney wrote:
2) The Hauppauge 415 silver remote's "jump ahead" down arrow used to jump 30 seconds. Now it jumps 10 friggin' minutes! Searching the wiki for answers to that one.

Faulty memory. RIGHT arrow skips 30 seconds. Down arrow has always skipped by 600 seconds.



I swear using R5D1 left was 5s, right was 10s, up was 60s (or 30s?), down was 60s. Does it make ANY sense to have such a large button be 10m? How often does someone jump 10m anyway? :-)

Regardless, how do I change this? (oh and thanks!)

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Regardless, how do I change this?


Setup --> TV Settings --> Playback Groups


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