[mythtv-users] Problems running Myth - segfault starting liveTV
Blastzone
blastzone at gmail.com
Sat Aug 20 21:37:23 UTC 2005
No joy. Still the same problem.
running mythfrontend with the -v all flag returns a log file ending
with "nVidiaVideoSync: Could not open device /dev/nvidia0; no such
file or directory"
On 8/20/05, David Ellis <david at ellisonline.ca> wrote:
> Put -nvidia in your USE Flags in "/etc/make.conf" and emerge mythtv again.
> This will remove the NVidia support and presumably allow you to start.
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Blastzone
> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 10:38 AM
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Problems running Myth - segfault starting liveTV
>
> I've been working on a MythTV box for a few months now, and it's been
> one trouble after another.
>
> Word of caution: Pundit-R's don't seem to like SATA HDD and PATA DVD
> drives together.
>
> I've put in a Hauppauge PVR-250 and a 160GB PATA drive along with the
> DVD-RW drive.
>
> The system is running Gentoo 2005.1
> So far, so good, I can watch DVDs through mplayer
>
> I installed the Hauppauge card, and had problems getting it to tune.
> Seems that the tuner module does not load with the correct tuner
> parameter. On boot I have to manually unload that module with an
> rmmod, and reload it with a "modprobe tuner type=39". Then the card
> will tune to NSTC cable (using mplayer & ptune-ui to test)
>
> Started up Myth for the first time. Backend runs OK, frontend starts
> OK. Try to choose Live TV, and the screen goes black for about 5 sec,
> then returns to X (using evilWM) with a "segmentation fault" error.
> No other information is provided.
>
> I've rebuilt Myth from source, and build using the --debug option, but
> I can't seem to get mythfrontend to start from a virtual console and
> display on the local X. it tells me no X server is available (yes, X
> is running, and the DISPLAY variable is set). Running mythfrontend in
> gdb locally ends up locking the display when it segfaults. Ctl-C, etc
> does not get me back to the console to view the GDB output (only
> solution is killing the X server).
>
> So, I turned on verbose logging. Just before it segfaults, the
> logfile shows myth looking for /dev/nvidia0 Which doesn't exist on
> my pundit's ATI board.
>
> Following this recent thread:
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/144660 has not
> proved helpful as the instructions to disable XvMC (settings -> next
> -> next, etc). don't jive with myth 0.18.1
>
> The .configure output when building myth shows no XvMC and no OpenGL
> support, so, wtf?
>
> Bottom line: Why is myth looking for /dev/nvidia0 when it shouldn't
> be?, how do I stop that?, and why will there be no broadcast HDTV in
> my area until fall 2006?
>
> Thanks for anyone's help. I can't imagine that pundit-R + pvr250 +
> gentoo is a strange combination, so odds are SOMEONE has fought with
> this before.
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