[mythtv-users] Freeze during initial setup

Paul Andreassen paulx at andreassen.com.au
Mon Nov 15 03:48:10 UTC 2004


On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 06:14, David List wrote:
> After building and installing MytvTV from source code, I went into the 
> 'setup' directory and issued the command:
> # ./setup
> as advised in the online MythTV documentation.
> 
> I then saw five graphical menu entries and started entering into them, one 
> after one, and adjusting the settings. After doing this for the third menu 
> entry, "Video Source", I pressed the 'Finish' button and from there I got a 
> dialog with a progress bar showing "50%". The progress bar did not go any 
> further. In the end I chose to press "Ctrl-Alt-BkSpc".
> 
> Exactly the same thing happened when I attempted the setup again. I ought to 
> say that I follow the documentation advice and choose to clear card 
> information etc., when the setup program starts.
> 
> Any ideas about how to get over this problem?

If you go back to the command line when the "50%" progress bar comes up,
you should see some questions for grabber setup.

Paul



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