[mythtv-users] New Debian Install

Mon Nov 13 17:31:48 UTC 2006

Scott Martin wrote:
> 
> Mark Paulus wrote:
>> smartin wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> New to myth tv,
>>> Dell E510 P4 3.2G
>>> hauppauge PVR500  creative Audigy 2 sound
>>> nvidea geforce7300LE video
>>> 1 GB Memory
>>> MS Remote with RC6 on back
>>>
>>> I am currently running KDE on Debian Sid and have downloaded from
>>> Debian-Multimedia.org the required packages. I believe? I have
>>> compiled them as they show up in my home directory.
>>>
>>> My question is, Should I dump KDE? How do I start MythTV ?
>> When you say "downloaded", how did you download them?
>>
>> For debian systems, you want to add the following to your
>> /etc/apt/sources.list file:
>>
>> deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org stable main
>> deb-src http://www.debian-multimedia.org stable main
>>
>> Since you are using a Hauppauge PVR-500, you also should add these:
>>
>> #
>> # Some additional ivtv stuff.  However, since this is "sid", not gonna
>> # use it.
>> #
>> deb     http://www.hellion.org.uk/debian sid main
>> deb-src http://www.hellion.org.uk/debian sid main
>>
>> Now, go to http://www.ivtvdriver.org, click the Documentation link under
>> resources on the left, and then click Debian under IVTV Howto.
>> The key here is to remember the versions.
>> Kernel <= 2.5.16 ==> ivtv0.4
>> Kernel = 2.6.16  ==> ivtv0.6
>> Kernel = 2.6.17  ==> ivtv0.7
>> Kernel >= 2.6.18 ==> ivtv0.8
>>
>> Follow the directions and get the ivtv drivers to work so you get good
>> messages when you do dmesg.  The ivtv-users mail list can be helpful
>> there with problems.
>>
>> Once you get ivtv working, then it's on to installing mythtv.
>>
>> all you need to do is do an
>> 'apt-get install mythtv', and you should get most/all packages
>> installed.  Once you get the packages installed, then you can run
>> mythtv-setup to configure your cards/listings/etc, following the
>> directions from the Mythtv documentation.
>>
>> If you have actually downloaded the .deb packages to your hard-disk,
>> using wget, or whatever, you can install them manually, using
>> 'dpkg --install "*myth*.deb"'.  Doing it that way will help make sure
>> your dependencies are satisfied.  However, using apt-get will make sure
>> that any other external dependencies are satisfied, and will be MUCH
>> easier in the long run.
>>
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I actually ran dselect after adding the debian-multimedia to my
> sources.list
> 
> I read that the ivtv drivers are actually supported part of the sid
> unstable release and figured?? they should just work??

I don't know about this.  I do know that when you run sid, you are 
taking your life in your own hands, and it should be used by experts, or 
someone who is willing to put in a lot of time figuring out problems. 
It's the experimental branch, and will ALWAYS be on the bleeding edge.

> 
> After retrieving all the myth and ivtv packages, i ran compile (or
> something), I don't quite remember as I did this Friday night and it
> compiled for what seemed like 20 or so minutes.

You probably didn't need to run compile.  When you run dselect or 
apt-get and install a package, it is prebuilt and ready to run.  It will 
install all the necessary binaries.  And it might ask you some 
configuration questions, but generally, no compile/recompiles are necessary.
> 
> After which I saw all the files located in my home directory. I am
> running 2.6.18-2.
> 
> I wanted to see if mythtv user was there and it does show up.

Since you ran dselect and installed the packages (that's what it sounds 
like), then you should be setup.  But, have you actually ran
'mythtv-setup' as root, as the mythtv documentation indicates.

One thing to check, is install the apt-show-versions
'apt-get install apt-show-versions'.  Then you can
'apt-show-versions | grep myth', and it will show you what packages are 
installed, and which version.  If you get something like this:

mythtv-doc 0.20-0.3sarge1.mine1 newer than version in archive
mythtv-database 0.20-0.3sarge1.mine1 newer than version in archive
mythtv-backend 0.20-0.3sarge1.mine1 newer than version in archive
libmyth-0.20 0.20-0.3sarge1.mine1 newer than version in archive
mythtv-frontend 0.20-0.3sarge1.mine1 newer than version in archive
mythtv 0.20-0.3sarge1.mine1 newer than version in archive
libmyth-0.20-dev 0.20-0.3sarge1.mine1 newer than version in archive
mythtv-common 0.20-0.3sarge1.mine1 newer than version in archive

Then you have an installed system, and it probably needs to be 
configured (database and capture cards and all).

These other packages are from the plugins packages and are also very 
helpful/nice.  I especially use mythweb almost exclusively, since my 
Backend machines are in the basement, and I use an MVPMC as my Front 
end, so I do most status checking/program scheduling via the web interface.

mythbrowser/stable uptodate 0.20-0.7sarge1
mythvideo/stable uptodate 0.20-0.7sarge1
mythweb/stable uptodate 0.20-0.7sarge1
mythnews/stable uptodate 0.20-0.7sarge1
mythmusic/stable uptodate 0.20-0.7sarge1
mythdvd/stable uptodate 0.20-0.7sarge1
mythgallery/stable uptodate 0.20-0.7sarge1
mythweather/stable uptodate 0.20-0.7sarge1
mythplugins/stable uptodate 0.20-0.7sarge1

> 
> I just don't know how to get any further and am hoping
> that:
> 
> Start the backend: nohup mythbackend &
> 	Start the frontend: mythfrontend
> 
> will get me going.

This step shouldn't be necessary, as one of your mythtv packages will 
have installed /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend, and made appropriate links to 
/etc/RCx.d/[SK]xxmythtv-backend files.

You can go look into either /var/log/messages to determine if something 
is coming out, or you can look in /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log, or 
even you should make sure that your database is properly configured, so 
check /var/log/mysql.err &/| mysql.log to see if your database is happy.

> 
> 
> 
> Thanks!!!
> 
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