[mythtv-users] Problems with clean install - CheckChannel failed. Setting start channel 'Please add' failed,

[Ben Edwards]

2010/1/26 David Watkins <watkinshome at gmail.com>:
> On 26/01/2010, Ben Edwards <list4me2 at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> My myth install which I have had for around 5 years went horribly
>>  wrong so I decided to start from scratch.  I have installed mythubuntu
>>  9.10.  I followed all the instructions and set up the 2 Nova-T DVB
>>  cards as 'DVB DTV capture card (3.x)' and managed to successfuly scan
>>  and find the channels.
>>
>>  The devices for the cards are:
>>  /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
>>  /dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0
>>
>>  When exit mythtv-setup I get a warning saying:
>>
>>  Card 1 (type DVBInput) is set to start on channel Please add, which
>>  does not exist.
>>  Card 2 (type DVBInput) is set to start on channel Please add, which
>>  does not exist.
>>  Card 3 (type DVBInput) is set to start on channel Please add, which
>>  does not exist.
>>
>>  Not sure what this means, cant find where to set start channel and !
>>  only have 2 cards.I answer 'no, I know what I am doing'.
>>
>>  There however seems to be some type of problems with the cards, I cant
>>  Watch TV and I get the following in the backend log:
>>
..snip..
>>  2010-01-26 22:42:49.180 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
>>  2010-01-26 22:42:49.232 DVBChan(1:/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0) Error:
>>  SetChannelByString(Please add): CheckChannel failed.
>>                         Please verify the channel in the 'mythtv-setup' Channel Editor.
>>  2010-01-26 22:42:49.289 ChannelBase(1) Warning: Setting start channel
>>  'Please add' failed,
>>                         selected to 'Please add' on input 'DVBInput' instead.
>>  2010-01-26 22:42:49.360 DVBChan(2:/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0) Error:
>>  SetChannelByString(Please add): CheckChannel failed.
>>                         Please verify the channel in the 'mythtv-setup' Channel Editor.
>>  2010-01-26 22:42:49.431 ChannelBase(2) Warning: Setting start channel
>>  'Please add' failed,
>>                         selected to 'Please add' on input 'DVBInput' instead.
>>  2010-01-26 22:42:49.505 DVBChan(3:/dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0) Error:
>>  SetChannelByString(Please add): CheckChannel failed.
>>                         Please verify the channel in the 'mythtv-setup' Channel Editor.
>>  2010-01-26 22:42:49.550 ChannelBase(3) Warning: Setting start channel
>>  'Please add' failed,
>>                         selected to 'Please add' on input 'DVBInput' instead.
>>  2010-01-26 22:42:49.615 New DB scheduler connection
>>  2010-01-26 22:42:49.654 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
>>  2010-01-26 22:42:49.725 MediaServer:: Loopback address specified -
>>  127.0.0.1. Disabling UPnP
>>  2010-01-26 22:42:49.777 Main::Registering HttpStatus Extension
>>  2010-01-26 22:42:49.827 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
>>  2010-01-26 22:42:49.872 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free
>>  Space: 1.0 GB w/freq: 15 min
>>  2010-01-26 22:42:52.715 Reschedule requested for id -1.
>>  2010-01-26 22:42:52.826 Scheduled 0 items in 0.1 = 0.04 match + 0.07 place
>>  2010-01-26 22:42:52.884 Seem to be woken up by USER
>>
>>  Any ideas?
>>  Ben
>
> I'd be inclined to start mythtv-setup again and delete all your
> capture cards and reinstall them.  If mythtv is reporting 3 cards when
> you only have two then that's likely to lead to problems.

Tried that, it made no difference;(.
Ben

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