[mythtv-users] mythtv not recognising removal of a capture card

John Brown info at johnbrown.com.au
Sun May 18 03:36:11 UTC 2008


I am using mythtv version 0.21.20080304-1 on Ubuntu Hardy with all 
updates install.

MythTV has become confused about how many tuner cards I have, and 
complete removal and reinstallation hasn't solved the problem

It thinks I have three tuners, when in fact I only have had two, but it 
will only access one!

The story is:

I had two PCI HTDV capture cards installed, but they kept overheating. 
So I removed one card and the system works fine, however, I didn't want 
to live with only one capture card.

So I plugged in a USB HDTV tuner. The logs show it is recognised an 
installed by ubuntu. Much to my surprise the backend showed it 
automatically as DVB1 (which is what the second PCI card had been before 
I removed it) without me having to add it, and displayed the correct 
device description of the USB tuner.

However, the frontend wouldn't access the USB tuner, rather would only 
display TV from the PCI tuner card.

So I uninstalled Mythtv using Synaptic Packaged Manager "Complete 
Removal", then reinstalled it hoping that it would forget about the 
previous installation, and went through all of the backend set up steps. 
including adding the PCI and USB tuners in the relevant section without 
any problems.

However, the frontend still won't access the USBdevice, despite the 
backend showing it as installed correctly.

Also, I noticed that the frontend Information Centre / System Status / 
Tuner Cards lists THREE tuner cards, when in fact I only have two (one 
PCI card and one USB).

How do I get Mythtv for forget that a second PC was ever installed, and 
to allow the frontend to access the signal from the USBdevice?

John



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