[mythtv-users] This is dumb

todd Bailey toddb at toddbailey.net
Tue Aug 23 16:55:14 UTC 2005


thanks I'll give this a try. and update my guide as needed.



On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 12:15 -0400, George Galt wrote:
> Here is the line from Jarod's guide.  I've had to use it on my Fedora
> Core 4 Mythtv boxes.  Oddly, it's in the lirc section of his guide
> rather than the ivtv section -- though it appears that the behavior is
> the result of some interaction between lirc and ivtv modules.
> 
> George
> 
> UPDATE: I think I finally have a completely viable, universal fix to
> get both ivtv and lirc modules (no matter which lirc module you're
> using, as long as its in modprobe.conf) loading very early in the boot
> process. I simply made a few changes to rc.sysinit, which you can add
> to your system via a patch I've generated. You'll still need to remove
> the first line from /etc/udev/rules.d/lirc.rules, leaving only
> 'KERNEL="lirc0",   SYMLINK="lirc"' in there, then download and apply
> this diff:
> # tail -1 /etc/udev/rules.d/lirc.rules > /etc/udev/rules.d/lirc.rules.tmp
> # mv /etc/udev/rules.d/lirc.rules.tmp /etc/udev/rules.d/lirc.rules
> # wget https://svn.wilsonet.com/svn/mythtvology/trunk/rc.sysinit-mm.diff
> # patch /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit < rc.sysinit-mm.diff
> 
> With these changes, everything finally initializes correctly at boot
> time on my boxes. I never really looked into this one much earlier,
> since my boxes never reboot. ;-)
> 
> On 8/23/05, Joe Votour <joevph at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Try checking the load order of things.  I was bitten
> > by this last night (a fresh install), and didn't
> > realize it until I had about five non-existant
> > recordings.
> > 
> > It seems to be important that the ivtv drivers are
> > loaded before mythbackend is started (which makes
> > sense, I suppose).  Jarod's HOWTO for FC3 has a patch
> > to rc.sysinit (I think that's the file) that makes
> > sure this happens.
> > 
> > If the ivtv modules are loaded after mythbackend
> > starts, then I get the same messages as you, and only
> > about five seconds of LiveTV before it dies.
> > 
> > -- Joe
> > 
> > --- Claude Boucher <mythtv.user at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > It's so good to find kindred spirits around here.
> > > It's not hopeless yet!
> > >
> > > Before going the 'compile from svn' route (I never
> > > said "sí" to C ;) ),
> > > I might want to go back to FC3 instead, pull Axel's
> > > rpms and maybe
> > > rearrange the cards in the box first.
> > >
> > > As for dropping mythconverg, I don't think it will
> > > make any difference,
> > > IMHO.
> > >
> > > Claude
> > >
> > > todd Bailey wrote:
> > >
> > > >Yes I know the feeling, Clueless in Seattle...
> > > Staring ME!
> > > >
> > > >Yes I get to watch live tv!  all 10 seconds of it.
> > > >It's almost like a buffer is getting filled or
> > > something.
> > > >
> > > >a troubleshooting section suggested to recompile
> > > the exe with debugging
> > > >enabled to see more error diagnosis. Something to
> > > do another day or
> > > >later this week. C or C++ is not a programming
> > > language that I am all
> > > >the strong on so it will be another challenge to
> > > tackle.
> > > >
> > > >another clue is this error
> > > >
> > > >ASSERT: "i <= nodes" in
> > > /usr/lib/qt-3.3/include/qvaluelist.h (373)
> > > >
> > > >which the code that reports the error reads...
> > > >.
> > > >.
> > > >.
> > > >template <class T>
> > > >Q_INLINE_TEMPLATES Q_TYPENAME
> > > QValueListPrivate<T>::NodePtr
> > > >QValueListPrivate<T>::at( size_type i ) const
> > > >{
> > > >    Q_ASSERT( i <= nodes );
> > > >    NodePtr p = node->next;
> > > >    for( size_type x = 0; x < i; ++x )
> > > >     p = p->next;
> > > >    return p;
> > > >}
> > > >.
> > > >.
> > > >.
> > > >
> > > >ON a whim I am going to drop and recreate the myth
> > > database and see if
> > > >it's something I mangaled while configuring the
> > > system.
> > > >
> > > >as far as getting ivtv drivers to load, My modprobe
> > > file is very similar
> > > >to yours.  I'll have to read up on the structure
> > > and how the system used
> > > >this file to gain a better understanding as to why
> > > the drivers are not
> > > >getting properly loaded at boot time.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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