for my pvr250 the cable input is tuner-0, so make sure thats what ur using in mythsetup. if u need to search for the input I think that ptune.pl script lets u specify the input. so you can just open up mplayer /dev/v4l/video0 and in another console change inputs with ptune until things happen.
Lucien On 4/25/05, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/24/05, Lucien D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > This is just a guess, but it looks like that nuvinfo only looks at the > > file information, which seem ok, but that nuvexport looks at the sql > > db for show names and info, and that would lead me to believe that > > nuvexport isn't working because something is wrong with the db. Do > > the programs show up properly in mythfrontend? I'm as ignorant as > > they come when administering mysql, my only suggestion would be to go > > over the steps in the guide on the gentoo-wiki and make sure > > everything is as it should be. > > You may be very right but I don't see how to tell nuvexport anything > about mysql. > > Maybe someone else will pop up and clue me in. > > > > > > > The other straing thing I'm finding is the /dev/v4l permissions keep > > > changing to whoever ran mythfrontend last. Shoudl it do that? > <SNIP> > > > > > > I clearly don't understand this yet! > > > > > > > This one is new to me, I don't think I have this behavior. I run the > > backend as root and the frontend usually as a different user, > > sometimes as root. however, as far as I know only the backend ever > > touches the v4l device through the symlink in /dev/video0. And the > > device actually has the permissions of my regular user, so I don't > > think mythbackend changes them. > > You're probably right. I think it is just the backend and possibly the > driver (ivtv in my case) > > > > I did just do a little experimenting, doing mplayer /dev/v4l/video0 as > > both root and another user, it didn't have any effect on permissions > > or ownership of the device. Maybe I'll experiment some more tonight > > or tomorrow. > > > > > > > To get around the X-Video issue I've set up MythTV on my laptop. > > > However when I run mythtv-setup I get messages that it cannot conenct > > > to the datbase server: > > > > > > 2005-04-24 15:31:02.788 Unable to connect to database! > > > 2005-04-24 15:31:02.788 Driver error was [1/2003]: > > > QMYSQL3: Unable to connect > > > Database error was: > > > Can't connect to MySQL server on '192.168.10.55' (111) > > > > > > 2005-04-24 15:31:02.788 Failed to init MythContext, exiting. > > > > > > I look at the netstat data on the server and it's not looking good to me: > > > > <SNIP> > > > > the guide on the gentoo-wiki has a section about using mythfrontend on > > a seperate machine, the key points seem to be giving the mysql user > > access to connect from remote machines and making sure myth listens on > > a accessible address (in mythsetup u don't want to use 127.0.0.1 > > anywhere). > > > > OK, this one got solved today. There were two issues: > > 1) The setup of mysql logically to allow logins from other machines. > That's the part that's on the Wiki. > > 2) There was one line in the my.cnf file that had mysql bound to > 127.0.0.1. I changed that line to Dragonfly's IP address, restarted > mysql, and now I'm accessing MythTV from a second machine in another > room of the house. > > So some forward progress. One down and who knows how many to go. Still > all my video is black so I'm now wondering if I've configured the > tuner to the progarm guide correctly. Not sure at all. I guess that's > for tomorrow's task list. > > Also I think my wireless network isn't fast enough to get the video > across it. I'll probably have to crawl under the house and drag an > Ethernet cable to the living room next. Yuck! > > Thanks very much for your help. > > - Mark > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
