[mythtv-users] Myth cannot find tuner after reboot

Mike Perkins mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk
Tue Apr 29 21:52:59 UTC 2008


Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 04/29/2008 03:38 PM, Ian Hodgson wrote:
>> I have been using MythTV 0.20.20070821 on Ubuntu v7.04 for the last 6 
>> months without any problems. Last weekend, I shut my machine down in 
>> preparation for a weekend decorating session.
>>
>> Decorating done, I switched the machine back on this evening only to 
>> find that Myth cannot find the TV card. I have tried the various tests 
>> that I used when setting up the machine and have verified that the card 
>> is working. I started the MythTV back end set-up program and noticed 
>> that there were no Capture Cards listed.
> 
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034
> 
>>  I reinstalled my card, but 
>> without success; MythTV no longer stores the card data that I add. A 
>> little Googleification points to a corrupted database and a reinstall as 
>> the solution.
>>
>> This may be a good time to update to 0.21, but I have some questions 
>> about maintaining the data in my current configuration. Whilst the 
>> recording schedules are not so important, I would like to keep the 
>> recorded programs after the update so finally to the question; what do I 
>> need to do to fix my database and install the updated release whilst 
>> still being able to access my existing MythTV recorded files.
>>
>> I should add that I am not experienced with mySQL so I would appreciate 
>> a pretty detailed rely.
> 
> backup with: http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-23.html#ss23.5
> upgrade MythTV, run mc.sql ( 
> http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.2 ), then run 
> mythtv-setup, then restore your programs, etc. with 
> http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-23.html#ss23.7
> 
That's fine, Mike, but he did point out that he likely had a corrupted database. 
At what point in your backup/upgrade/restore cycle should he fix his database, 
as he might not be able to back it up in the first place?

Mike Perkins



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