[mythtv-users] New Debian Install

[Scott Martin]

Mark Paulus wrote:
> 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.

Hi Mark,

Thanks you! I will check this out tonight, Unfortunately I am at work at
the moment and can't check that box out yet. I Greatly Appreciate your
input as I have been at a loss on what to look at or try next.

Thank you Again!
Scott Martin

>>
>>
>> Thanks!!!
>>
>>
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