[mythtv-users] Myth upgrade woes

Michael Sullivan michael at espersunited.com
Mon Sep 22 03:11:13 UTC 2008


I upgraded to MythTV 0.21 this afternoon and it seemed to work fine,
except for the shaky video.   I've rebooted twice since then, and now I
can't get LiveTV.  Here's the output from the server:

camille ~ # mythbackend
2008-09-21 22:05:52.254 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2008-09-21 22:05:52.291 Empty LocalHostName.
2008-09-21 22:05:52.293 Using localhost value of camille
2008-09-21 22:05:52.849 New DB connection, total: 1
2008-09-21 22:05:52.999 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2008-09-21 22:05:53.001 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
2008-09-21 22:05:53.002 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2008-09-21 22:05:53.112 New DB connection, total: 2
2008-09-21 22:05:53.112 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2008-09-21 22:05:53.139 Current Schema Version: 1214
Running as a slave backend.
2008-09-21 22:05:53.353 mythbackend: MythBackend started as a slave
backend
2008-09-21 22:05:53.546 New DB connection, total: 3
2008-09-21 22:05:53.547 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2008-09-21 22:05:54.476 Main::Registering HttpStatus Extension
2008-09-21 22:05:54.477 mythbackend version: 0.21.20080304-1
www.mythtv.org
2008-09-21 22:05:54.477 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
2008-09-21 22:05:55.538 Connecting to master server: 192.168.1.3:6543
2008-09-21 22:05:55.559 Connected successfully
2008-09-21 22:06:03.489 mythbackend: Running housekeeping thread
2008-09-21 22:06:25.576 MythSocket(8255768:12): readStringList: Error,
timeout.
2008-09-21 22:06:25.767 adding: camille as a slave backend server
2008-09-21 22:06:25.776 MythSocket(8269448:-1): writeStringList: Error,
socket went unconnected.
2008-09-21 22:06:33.553 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
2008-09-21 22:06:33.553 adding: camille as a client (events: 0)
2008-09-21 22:06:33.555 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
2008-09-21 22:06:33.555 adding: camille as a client (events: 1)


And the client:

michael at camille ~ $ mythfrontend
2008-09-21 22:06:08.705 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2008-09-21 22:06:10.077 XScreenSaver support enabled
2008-09-21 22:06:10.078 DPMS is active.
2008-09-21 22:06:10.137 Empty LocalHostName.
2008-09-21 22:06:10.137 Using localhost value of camille
2008-09-21 22:06:10.430 New DB connection, total: 1
2008-09-21 22:06:10.491 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2008-09-21 22:06:10.668 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
2008-09-21 22:06:10.681 Primary screen 0.
2008-09-21 22:06:10.682 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2008-09-21 22:06:10.685 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
2008-09-21 22:06:10.884 New DB connection, total: 2
2008-09-21 22:06:10.885 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2008-09-21 22:06:10.890 mythfrontend version: 0.21.20080304-1
www.mythtv.org
2008-09-21 22:06:10.890 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
2008-09-21 22:06:17.558 No theme
dir: /home/michael/.mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T
2008-09-21 22:06:17.563 Primary screen 0.
2008-09-21 22:06:17.565 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
2008-09-21 22:06:17.569 No theme
dir: /home/michael/.mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T
2008-09-21 22:06:17.571 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T)
2008-09-21 22:06:18.783 Using the Qt painter
mythtv: could not connect to socket
mythtv: No such file or directory
2008-09-21 22:06:18.848 lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding
messages
2008-09-21 22:06:18.930 JoystickMenuClient Error: Joystick disabled -
Failed to read /home/michael/.mythtv/joystickmenurc
2008-09-21 22:06:23.733 Loading
from: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T/base.xml
2008-09-21 22:06:24.159 Loading
from: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/base.xml
2008-09-21 22:06:24.842 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2008-09-21 22:06:25.500 No theme
dir: /home/michael/.mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T
2008-09-21 22:06:33.477 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.1.3:6543
(try 1 of 5)
2008-09-21 22:06:33.552 Using protocol version 40
2008-09-21 22:06:33.835 TV: Attempting to change from None to
WatchingLiveTV
2008-09-21 22:06:33.844 RemoteEncoder::openControlSocket(): Connection
timed out.
2008-09-21 22:06:33.906 GetEntryAt(-1) failed.
2008-09-21 22:06:33.980 EntryToProgram(0 at Wed Dec 31 18:00:00 1969)
failed to get pginfo
2008-09-21 22:06:33.981 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
2008-09-21 22:06:33.981 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
2008-09-21 22:06:34.086 TV: Deleting TV Chain in destructor
2008-09-21 22:06:34.138 DPMS Deactivated 
2008-09-21 22:06:34.139 DPMS Reactivated.
2008-09-21 22:06:39.253 Deleting UPnP client...


Here's my version info:

camille ~ # emerge -pv mythtv

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R   ] media-tv/mythtv-0.21_p17722  USE="alsa debug dvb dvd
jack lirc mmx opengl perl python -aac (-altivec) -autostart -directv
-fftw -ieee1394 -lcd -x264 -xvid -xvmc" VIDEO_CARDS="-nvidia" 0 kB 

Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB

Can anybody help?



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