[mythtv-users] Backend consolidation, round 3.

Clay ctmythtv at pacbell.net
Wed Jul 21 05:39:33 UTC 2010


Nick Rout wrote:
> 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.

Doesn't matter anyway... I see the PVR-150s get random assignments every 
time I reboot. If I ever get this pos close enough to call it good I'll 
be exploring udev rules (and never restarting or updating...)


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