[mythtv-users] Mythfrontend hangs when I try to change channels

[mOjO]

Donald A. Cook wrote:

> I am having problems when I try changing channels when watching Live 
> TV.  Mythfrontend seems to hang.
> 

thats covered in the new/updated FAQ on the website... usually happens 
when your channel database isnt populated...

> 
> If I run xawtv before I start MythTV, and then run Mythbackend and 
> Mythfrontend, I get a good picture.  I can pause and restart.  I can 
> also use esc to get out of MythTV.  But as stated, if I try typing an 
> up-arrow, Mythfrontend hangs and an esc will not exit the program.  The 
> system does not crash nor do I get any errors.  If I do not run xawty 
> first, when Mythtv comes up I do not get a picture.
> 

this sounds like a hardware video overlay issue. what kind of TV-Out do 
you have?  do you have a monitor connected at the same time or just a 
TV...?  sorry, im not much of an expert.. hopefully somebody smarter 
than me will respond as well.. are your XV extensions working ok?

> 
> Also, when I do a scheduled recording, I just record snow.
> 

thats got to be because of the channel database... sorry i dont know how 
to set it up in germany.. did you run the setup program as the same user 
that runs mythfilldatabase?  i made that mistake once...

> 
> I am running Redhat 9 and my tunner card is a Magic TView with a CPH05/ 
> TV+FM tuner.
> 
>  
> 
> Since I live in Germany, I had to initialize my database with the 
> following command:
> 
>  
> 
>             mythfilldatabase –xawchannels 1 ~/.xawtv
> 
>  
> 
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
> 

thats all i got!

hehe

mOjO