Re: [gentoo-user] OT - MythTV problems

[Michael Sullivan <michael@espersunited.com>]

On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 11:04 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On 9/15/06, Michael Sullivan <michael@espersunited.com> wrote:
> <SNIP>
> >
> > OK.  I did what you said, and I do get a signal from /dev/video0 now,
> 
> That's good...
> 
> > but mythfrontend still won't show LiveTV.
> 
> That's not good...
> 
> <SNIP>
> 
> >
> > If it's helpful, here's my dmesg info:
> >
> > camille ~ # dmesg | grep 'ivtv'
> > ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
> > ivtv:  version 0.7.0 (tagged release) loading
> > ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 SMP mod_unload 486 gcc-4.1
> > ivtv:  In case of problems please include the debug info between
> 
> <SNIP>
> 
> > total)
> > ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
> > ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #0
> > ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
> > ivtv0: Removed Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #0
> 
> I do not understand this message just above. I've never seen that before.
> 
> 
> > ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
> > ivtv:  version 0.7.0 (tagged release) loading
> > ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 SMP mod_unload 486 gcc-4.1
> <SNIP>
> 
> > ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #0
> > ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
> > ivtv0: Removed Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #0
> 
> And again.......
> 
> 
> > ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
> > ivtv:  version 0.7.0 (tagged release) loading
> > ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 SMP mod_unload 486 gcc-4.1
> > ivtv:  In case of problems please include the debug info between
> > ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
> > ivtv:  any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
> > ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 card (cx23416 based)
> > tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> > tda9887 0-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> > saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> > msp3400 0-0040: MSP4448G-A2 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> > ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
> > ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
> > ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB
> > total)
> > ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB
> > total)
> > ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB
> > total)
> > ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB
> > total)
> > ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
> > ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #0
> > ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
> 
> How many PVR-250's are in this machine? Two or three?
> 
> Here's what mine has:
> 
> Linux video capture interface: v1.00
> ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
> ivtv:  version 0.7.0 (tagged release) loading
> ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.17-gentoo-r2 SMP preempt mod_unload PENTIUM4 gcc-3.4
> ivtv:  In case of problems please include the debug info between
> ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
> ivtv:  any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
> ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150 card (cx23416 based)
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:01.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
> ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
> tveeprom 0-0050: Hauppauge model 26032, rev C199, serial# 8095579
> tveeprom 0-0050: tuner model is TCL 2002N 5H (idx 99, type 50)
> tveeprom 0-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
> tveeprom 0-0050: audio processor is CX25841 (idx 35)
> tveeprom 0-0050: decoder processor is CX25841 (idx 28)
> tveeprom 0-0050: has no radio, has IR remote
> tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> cx25840 0-0044: cx25841-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> cx25840 0-0044: loaded v4l-cx25840.fw firmware (16382 bytes)
> wm8775 0-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
> ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)
> tuner 0-0061: type set to 50 (TCL 2002N)
> ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150, card #0
> ivtv:  ======================  NEXT CARD  ======================
> ivtv1: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 card (cx23416 based)
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:02.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
> ivtv1: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
> tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
> tveeprom 1-0050: Hauppauge model 32062, rev C182, serial# 7913638
> tveeprom 1-0050: tuner model is LG TAPC H791F (idx 82, type 39)
> tveeprom 1-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
> tveeprom 1-0050: audio processor is MSP3445 (idx 12)
> tveeprom 1-0050: decoder processor is SAA7115 (idx 19)
> tveeprom 1-0050: has no radio, has IR remote
> saa7115 1-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
> msp3400 1-0040: MSP3445G-B8 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
> msp3400 1-0040: MSP3445G-B8 supports radio, mode is autodetect and autoselect
> ivtv1: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
> ivtv1: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
> ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
> ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)
> ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)
> ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)
> tuner 1-0061: type set to 39 (LG NTSC (newer TAPC series))
> ivtv1: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #1
> ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
> 
> 
> I have a sneaky suspicion that you possibly have some ivtv-0.4.5 stuff
> left over. I've had that happen a number of time. Best I can advise I
> would suggest emerge -C on ivtv, then clean out the existing
> /lib/modules/2.6.17-gentoo-r8. I'd probably delete the whole
> directory. I'd then run make modules_install from the kernel source to
> set it up again from scratch. I'd then reemerge ivtv-0.7 again and
> either modprobe or reboot.
> 
> I've never seen these messages about removing cards but they seem like
> part of the problem.
> 
> Note: We are running a slightly older SMP kernel here with no problems:
> 
> dragonfly modules.d # uname -a
> Linux dragonfly 2.6.17-gentoo-r2 #3 SMP PREEMPT Tue Aug 15 09:41:09
> PDT 2006 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz GNU/Linux
> dragonfly modules.d #
> 
> 
> Maybe it's specific to 2.6.17-gentoo-r8? You could try backing up to
> -r2 that I'm running.
> 
> Good luck,
> Mark

OK.  I installed the 2.6.17-gentoo-r2 kernel and remerged ivtv, then
rebooted.  It still doesn't work.  Here's the info:

camille ~ # dmesg | grep 'ivtv'
ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
ivtv:  version 0.7.0 (tagged release) loading
ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.17-gentoo-r2 SMP mod_unload 486 gcc-4.1
ivtv:  In case of problems please include the debug info between
ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
ivtv:  any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 card (cx23416 based)
ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
tda9887 0-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
msp3400 0-0040: MSP4448G-A2 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB
total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #0
ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
camille ~ #

michael@camille ~ $ mythfrontend
2006-09-15 18:50:33.924 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2006-09-15 18:50:34.010 New DB connection, total: 1
2006-09-15 18:50:34.017 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2006-09-15 18:50:34.020 Total desktop dim: 1024x768, with 1 screen[s].
2006-09-15 18:50:34.025 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
2006-09-15 18:50:34.037 Current Schema Version: 1123
2006-09-15 18:50:34.038 mythfrontend version: 0.19.20060121-2
www.mythtv.org
2006-09-15 18:50:34.038 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
2006-09-15 18:50:34.513 lang0: eng
2006-09-15 18:50:34.513 lang: eng
2006-09-15 18:50:34.547 lang1: eng
2006-09-15 18:50:34.547 lang: eng
2006-09-15 18:50:34.665 Total desktop dim: 1024x768, with 1 screen[s].
2006-09-15 18:50:34.668 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
2006-09-15 18:50:34.669 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T.)
mythtv: could not connect to socket
mythtv: No such file or directory
lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
2006-09-15 18:50:35.099 Joystick disabled.
2006-09-15 18:50:35.236 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2006-09-15 18:50:36.059 Starting media monitor.
2006-09-15 18:50:39.381 New DB connection, total: 2
2006-09-15 18:50:39.383 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2006-09-15 18:50:39.442 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.1.3:6543
(try 1 of 5)
2006-09-15 18:50:39.452 Using protocol version 26
2006-09-15 18:50:39.483 TV: Attempting to change from None to
WatchingLiveTV
2006-09-15 18:50:39.491 Using protocol version 26
2006-09-15 18:50:59.864 TV Error: StartRecorder() -- timed out waiting
for recorder to start
2006-09-15 18:50:59.864 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
2006-09-15 18:50:59.883 TV: Deleting TV Chain in destructor


Any ideas?

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