If i do a fresh install of knoppmyth most things seem to go fine i can do a channel scan and after mythfrontend is started up i can watch live tv (fta and eqrypted channels) but after a reboot i cannot watch liveTV anymore.

I started mythfrontend in xterm and this is the log.

root@mythtv:/home/mythtv# mythfrontend
2005-08-15 19:04:09.741 New DB connection, Total: 1
Total Desktop width=1024, height=768, numscreen=1
2005-08-15 19:04:09.748 Using screen 0, 1024 at 0.0
2005-08-15 19:04:09.752 mythfrontend version: 0.18.1.20050510-1 www.mythtv.org
2005-08-15 19:04:09.753 Enable verbose msgs : important general
2005-08-15 19:04:09.949 Switching to square mode (titivillus)
Could not find theme: Default
Mythtv: could not connect to socket
Mythtv: Connection refused
Lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
2005-08-15 19:04:10.277 Joystick disabled
2005-08-15 19:04:10.303 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2005-08-15 19:04:10.303 Registering MythDVD DVD media handler as a Media handler
2005-08-15 19:04:10.303 Registering MythDVD VCD media handler as a Media handler
2005-08-15 19:04:10.303 Registering Mythmusic media handler as a Media handler
SIP Listening on IP Address 192.168.1.4:5060 NAT address 192.168.1.4
SIP: Cannot register; username or password not set
2005-08-15 19:05:01.280 New DB connection, Total: 2
2005-08-15 19:05:01.308 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 5)
2005-08-15 19:05:01.314 Using protocol version 15
2005-08-15 19:05:01.367 Using protocol version 15
2005-08-15 19:05:06.468 taking too long to be allowed to read..
2005-08-15 19:05:11.469 taking too long to be allowed to read..
2005-08-15 19:05:16.469 taking too long to be allowed to read..
2005-08-15 19:05:16.469 Took more than 10 seconds to be allowed to read aborting.
Couldn’t read file: rbuf://127.0.0.1:6543/cache/cache/ringbuf1.nuv
2005-08-15 19:05:16.491 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2005-08-15 19:05:16.491 Decoder not alive, and trying to play..
2005-08-15 19:05:16.491 Changing from None to None

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Well that bit is clearly your problem...

Does the directory /cache/cache exist? What are the ownerships and permissions? Here is what they look like on a working system:

Is there a server listening on that port?

Are you getting any errors from the backend?

root@mythtv:/home/mythtv# ls –al /cache/cache
total 8
drwxrwxr-r 2 mythtv mythtv 4096 aug 20 13:17
drwxr-xr-r 4 root root 4096 aug 20 11:48



root@mythtv:/home/mythtv# netstat –an | grep LISTEN | 6543
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:6543 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN



root@mythtv:/home/mythtv# tail –50 /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log | more
2005-08-20 13:15:35.451 DVB#0 Recorder: Card opened successfully (using TS mode)
2005-08-20 13:15:35.454 DVB#0 ERROR – No Pids set, please correct your channel setup.
2005-08-20 13:15:35.454 DVB#0 WARNING – No data from card in 1 second.
2005-08-20 13:15:35.454 DVB#0 WARNING – No data from card in 1 second.
2005-08-20 13:15:35.454 DVB#0 WARNING – No data from card in 1 second.
2005-08-20 13:15:35.454 DVB#0 WARNING – No data from card in 1 second.
2005-08-20 13:15:35.454 DVB#0 WARNING – No data from card in 1 second.
2005-08-20 13:15:35.454 DVB#0 WARNING – No data from card in 1 second.
2005-08-20 13:15:35.454 DVB#0 WARNING – No data from card in 1 second.
2005-08-20 13:15:35.454 DVB#0 WARNING – No data from card in 1 second.
2005-08-20 13:15:35.454 DVB#0 WARNING – No data from card in 1 second.
2005-08-20 13:15:35.454 DVB#0 WARNING – No data from card in 1 second.
2005-08-20 13:15:35.454 DVB#0 WARNING – No data from card in 1 second.
2005-08-20 13:16:51.454 Couldn’t read data from the capture card in 15 seconds. stopping
2005-08-20 13:16:51.454 Changing from wachting liveTV to None
2005-08-20 13:15:35.454 DVB#0 WARNING – No data from card in 1 second.
2005-08-20 13:15:35.454 Closing DVB recorder

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Systeem spec's Leadtek K7nCR18GM nforce 2 motherboard. Athlon XP 2200+, 512Mb ram, 120Gb HDD, Onboard geforce 4 440 MX, onboard nforce2 sound & lan. NOVA-CI satellite

2005-08-20 13:15:35.454 DVB#0 ERROR – No Pids set, please correct your channel setup.

This of course does not look good, but if this is true how can it be possible that Live TV is working once, after the first install.
When I go into the setup again to check things I noticed that the starting channel is disappeared.
So the question rises to me, what channel is Myth trying to tune into.
Is it possible read this someware in a log file?
If not, is it possible to force Myth to always tune into a TV channel that I know is valid. (a valid TV channel I am allowed to watch with my smartcard)

Thanks In Advance

Wim

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Systeem spec's Leadtek K7nCR18GM nforce 2 motherboard. Athlon XP 2200+, 512Mb ram, 120Gb HDD, Onboard geforce 4 440 MX, onboard nforce2 sound & lan. NOVA-CI satellite

Run mythtv-setup (key short cut Alt-S from the "penguin on a couch" desktop) it's under the Input Connections for your tuner.

I know, but after setting it to a valid number, quiting the setup and starting the frontend. Live TV does not work. After this I go into setup and the starting is dissapeard again.

Here is someone with the same problem.

http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5349

Wim

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Systeem spec's Leadtek K7nCR18GM nforce 2 motherboard. Athlon XP 2200+, 512Mb ram, 120Gb HDD, Onboard geforce 4 440 MX, onboard nforce2 sound & lan. NOVA-CI satellite