[mythtv-users] tv_grab_na help

Ryan A. Carris rac at racarris.com
Tue Aug 12 20:14:06 EDT 2003


I'm guessing that you ran mythfilldatabase last week as root and now are 
trying to run it as a regular user.  That is why it can't find 
/root/.mythtv/DirecTV.xmltv .

-rac

Colin Armstrong wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> I am having a whole lot of trouble using mythfilldatabase today. Last
> week everything was working fine but I do not know what to do now. If
> anyone could please help me that would be great. What I will do is put
> the output of each of my commands down below with a comment above it
> saying what I did. Please help!
> 
> Here is what the terminal says when I run mythfilldatabase.
> 
> [root at conf-pc bin]# mythfilldatabase
> Session management error: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the
> authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based
> authentication failed
> Fetching data for Wed Aug 13 2003...
> ----------------- Start of XMLTV output -----------------
> parameterless "use IO" deprecated at
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/XML/Writer.pm line 16
> using config file /root/.mythtv/DirecTV.xmltv
> /usr/bin/tv_grab_na: Config file /root/.mythtv/DirecTV.xmltv does not
> exist, run me with --configure
> ------------------ End of XMLTV output ------------------
> Error in 1:1: unexpected end of file
> Fetching data for Tue Aug 12 2003...
> ----------------- Start of XMLTV output -----------------
> parameterless "use IO" deprecated at
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/XML/Writer.pm line 16
> using config file /root/.mythtv/DirecTV.xmltv
> /usr/bin/tv_grab_na: Config file /root/.mythtv/DirecTV.xmltv does not
> exist, run me with --configure
> ------------------ End of XMLTV output ------------------
> Error in 1:1: unexpected end of file
> Fetching data for Wed Aug 13 2003...
> ----------------- Start of XMLTV output -----------------
> parameterless "use IO" deprecated at
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/XML/Writer.pm line 16
> using config file /root/.mythtv/DirecTV.xmltv
> /usr/bin/tv_grab_na: Config file /root/.mythtv/DirecTV.xmltv does not
> exist, run me with --configure
> ------------------ End of XMLTV output ------------------
> Error in 1:1: unexpected end of file
> Fetching data for Thu Aug 14 2003...
> ----------------- Start of XMLTV output -----------------
> parameterless "use IO" deprecated at
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/XML/Writer.pm line 16
> using config file /root/.mythtv/DirecTV.xmltv
> /usr/bin/tv_grab_na: Config file /root/.mythtv/DirecTV.xmltv does not
> exist, run me with --configure
> ------------------ End of XMLTV output ------------------
> Error in 1:1: unexpected end of file
> Fetching data for Fri Aug 15 2003...
> ----------------- Start of XMLTV output -----------------
> parameterless "use IO" deprecated at
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/XML/Writer.pm line 16
> using config file /root/.mythtv/DirecTV.xmltv
> /usr/bin/tv_grab_na: Config file /root/.mythtv/DirecTV.xmltv does not
> exist, run me with --configure
> ------------------ End of XMLTV output ------------------
> Error in 1:1: unexpected end of file
> Fetching data for Sat Aug 16 2003...
> ----------------- Start of XMLTV output -----------------
> parameterless "use IO" deprecated at
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/XML/Writer.pm line 16
> using config file /root/.mythtv/DirecTV.xmltv
> /usr/bin/tv_grab_na: Config file /root/.mythtv/DirecTV.xmltv does not
> exist, run me with --configure
> ------------------ End of XMLTV output ------------------
> Error in 1:1: unexpected end of file
> Fetching data for Sun Aug 17 2003...
> ----------------- Start of XMLTV output -----------------
> parameterless "use IO" deprecated at
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/XML/Writer.pm line 16
> using config file /root/.mythtv/DirecTV.xmltv
> /usr/bin/tv_grab_na: Config file /root/.mythtv/DirecTV.xmltv does not
> exist, run me with --configure
> ------------------ End of XMLTV output ------------------
> Error in 1:1: unexpected end of file
> Fetching data for Mon Aug 18 2003...
> ----------------- Start of XMLTV output -----------------
> parameterless "use IO" deprecated at
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/XML/Writer.pm line 16
> using config file /root/.mythtv/DirecTV.xmltv
> /usr/bin/tv_grab_na: Config file /root/.mythtv/DirecTV.xmltv does not
> exist, run me with --configure
> ------------------ End of XMLTV output ------------------
> Error in 1:1: unexpected end of file
> Fetching data for Tue Aug 19 2003...
> ----------------- Start of XMLTV output -----------------
> parameterless "use IO" deprecated at
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/XML/Writer.pm line 16
> using config file /root/.mythtv/DirecTV.xmltv
> /usr/bin/tv_grab_na: Config file /root/.mythtv/DirecTV.xmltv does not
> exist, run me with --configure
> ------------------ End of XMLTV output ------------------
> Error in 1:1: unexpected end of file
> Fetching data for Wed Aug 20 2003...
> ----------------- Start of XMLTV output -----------------
> parameterless "use IO" deprecated at
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/XML/Writer.pm line 16
> using config file /root/.mythtv/DirecTV.xmltv
> /usr/bin/tv_grab_na: Config file /root/.mythtv/DirecTV.xmltv does not
> exist, run me with --configure
> ------------------ End of XMLTV output ------------------
> Error in 1:1: unexpected end of file
> Failed to fetch some program info
> 
> Then since everyone had trouble getting program information from Zap2It
> today, I tried to patch all three of the ZapListings.pm files on my
> system. Here is what the terminal read:
> 
> [root at conf-pc bin]# patch
> /usr/local/xmltv/xmltv-0.5.14/blib/lib/XMLTV/ZapListings.pm
> /home/colin/zap2it-0.5.15.patch
> patching file
> /usr/local/xmltv/xmltv-0.5.14/blib/lib/XMLTV/ZapListings.pm
> [root at conf-pc bin]# patch
> /usr/local/xmltv/xmltv-0.5.14/grab/na/ZapListings.pm
> /home/colin/zap2it-0.5.15.patch
> patching file /usr/local/xmltv/xmltv-0.5.14/grab/na/ZapListings.pm
> [root at conf-pc bin]# patch
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/XMLTV/ZapListings.pm
> /home/colin/zap2it-0.5.15.patch
> patching file /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/XMLTV/ZapListings.pm
> 
> Then I followed Dane Kantner's instructions on how to patch:
> 
> type "man patch" ...
> 
> put the patch in the approriate directory (xmltvsource/grab/na or
> something)
> then type:
> 
> patch FileToPatchZapListings.pm zaptoit.patch
> 
> (Then, recompile xmltv)
> -Dane
> 
> Then to recompile xmltv I went into the xmltv directory, ran the perl
> script, did make and the make install.
> 
> Then I ran tv_grab_na with some options which still gave me the same
> error, which I do not know how to fix. Here is what the terminal read:
> 
> [root at conf-pc bin]# tv_grab_na --configure --zipcode 94568
> --list-providers
> parameterless "use IO" deprecated at
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/XML/Writer.pm line 16
> 60735:Castle Cable Park Sierra - Dublin
> 60769:Comcast Tri-Valley - Dublin
> 60770:Comcast Tri-Valley - Dublin - Digital
> 128810:DIRECTV San Francisco - San Francisco
> 128759:DISH San Francisco - San Francisco
> 87341:C-Band
> 62044:DIRECTV
> 62046:DISH Network
> 172718:Local Broadcast Listings
> 
> 
> I do not know how to fix this "use IO" error. If anyone has any
> suggestions, please let me know.
> Thank you all so much,
> Colin
> 
> 
> 
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