[mythtv] setup problems with mythtv

Harondel J. Sibble mythtv-dev@snowman.net
Sat, 26 Oct 2002 22:34:55 -0700


On Saturday 26 October 2002 06:59 pm, you wrote:
> [root@marcus setup]# ./setup
> Conflict in /usr/lib/qt3/plugins/sqldrivers/libqsqlmysql.so:
>   Plugin uses incompatible Qt library!


Well I got around this error with the qt sql driver byt using 
qt3-3.0.5-2mdk.src.rpm, after that compiled (took about an hour), I ran 
through the configure, make, make install, edit settings.txt, setup mysql db 
and run mythfilldata, that's currently running while I wait with baited 
breath to see what happens once I fire up mythtv for the first time ;-)
(man I need to get a life, LOL)

Okay, mythepg works fine, mythtv comes up full screen but it's all green, no 
picture. I had xawtv open during the setup so it couldn't map channels to 
inputs.  Anyhow, I hit alt-f4 to kill it as I couldn't remember the right 
keybindings. I read the README again and tried restarting but nothing comes 
up, this is what the terminal shows:

[root@marcus setup]# mythepg
31 20 1070
[root@marcus setup]# mythtv
Probed: Television
Probed: Composite1
Probed: S-Video
Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
strange error flushing buffer ...
Using XV port 64
mythtv: Fatal IO error: client killed
[root@marcus setup]# mythtv
Probed: Television
Probed: Composite1
Probed: S-Video
Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
strange error flushing buffer ...

I then run xawtv and the works fine, then mythtv and get video but it looks 
well.... crappy, not very detailed, I guess because of the scaling of 
352x240. I also get the following in the terminal

[root@marcus setup]# mythtv
Probed: Television
Probed: Composite1
Probed: S-Video
Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
strange error flushing buffer ...
Using XV port 64
Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!
Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
Changing from None to None

This is using the default alsa drivers that come with mdk8.2. I have the 
commercial oss drivers that I haven't gotten around to reinstalling since I 
installed 8.2.  I've seen some complaints from the system wrt sound when 
using mplayer.


Now onto other questions, what should be done to secure the MySQL database 
such that mythfilldata works fine, but mysql is not just another open service 
waiting to be exploited?

I am currently running it on a Duron 750/192mb ram with an ATI TV Wonder. 
I've set the size to 352x240. Assuming minimal other concurrent processes, I 
assume this is probably the best I can expect without problems???

Once I get this going reliably, I intend to try getting it working with my 
ATI AIW Radeon on an Athlon 1.4g machine. I'll probably also upgrade the 
duron 750 to something beefier.

Any other suggestions folks can make for improvements?