[mythtv-users] Changes in mythtv-setup not saved?

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Thu Sep 25 15:29:55 UTC 2008


Andrew Chuah wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I recently moved to Ubuntu 8.04 and so wiped my working version of
> Myth and reinstalled with Ubuntu+Mythtv. Everything seems to work
> fine, except...
> 
> I can't get mythtv-setup to accept my capture card audio settings!! I
> set it to /dev/dsp1, and the next time I run mythtv-setup, it is set
> back to /dev/dsp again. I am not getting any sound on recordings or
> LiveTV (obviously).
> 
> I'm using saa7134-alsa, and /dev/dsp1 contains the input audio. I've
> tested this using sox + tvtime, and it's working fine. /dev/dsp points
> to my output sound, and is set in mythfrontend to ALSA:default. Audio
> playback also works fine, as I can playback previous recordings with
> no problem.
> 
> So, how do I get mythtv-setup to honour my wishes and save /dev/dsp1
> instead of /dev/dsp??
> 

Perhaps obvious, but you did go all the way through the setup section,
including all pages, and then hitting "finish".

If you escape out of the setup the cnahges will not be saved.

beww


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