[mythtv-users] Backend consolidation, round 3.

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Wed Jul 21 03:22:50 UTC 2010


On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Clay <ctmythtv at pacbell.net> wrote:
>> New Asus P5KPL, new E5400...
>> Installed, imported DB... fought mysql for a couple hours. PVR-150s are
>> working. Enough for one night. Gave up @ 0300. Deal with the DVB cards
>> tomorrow...
>>
>> Get home tonight. Fresh recordings. oh boy! Everything is wonderful on the
>> analog side.
>>
>> Delete all the cards, sources, etc. (want the DVB cards first).
>>
>> Now none of the fucking cards are recognized...
>>
>> mythtv-setup... failed to open could not get card info for card /dev/dvb/bla
>>
>> cat: /dev/video0: Permission denied
>>
>> What the fuck is going on?
>>
>> Why the fuck this work last night and not today.
>>
>> I never should have fuckin upgraded...
>>
>> fuckit I'll fix that fucking permission denied shit.
>>
>> sudo chown -R /dev/video*
>>
>> and, now for another night of googling
>
> what are the dvb cards?
>
> what does dmesg tell you about detection of the cards?
>
> Did you cold boot so that any firmware would be loaded afresh?
>
> Distro?
>
> what permissions/ownership DOES /dev/vidoe0 have (the user you are
> loggged in as may not have permission to go there, it's the user that
> runs mythbackend that needs to!)
>
> Sorry some of these questions may be answered in your earlier threads,
> but I see no reason to search them out. :)
>

Oh and PS, your chown script will not survive a reboot, the
permissions are set by your udev system. Most myth distros set them
right.


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