[mythtv-users] Happague HVR-950Q woes

Robert Lynn Jr rjlynn at sixteentwelvemedia.net
Mon Sep 6 18:10:32 UTC 2010


On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Devin Heitmueller <
dheitmueller at kernellabs.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 2:07 AM, Robert Lynn Jr
> <rjlynn at sixteentwelvemedia.net> wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I'm new here, and I got a brain teaser for ya. I've got MythTV 0.23
> running,
> > using a Happague HVR-950Q USB stick tuner. I have both the ClearQAM and
> > analog tuners working correctly. But, when I'm using the MythTV front
> end,
> > eventually, my keyboard becomes nonresponsive, and I have to alt-tab out
> and
> > kill the frontend.
> >
> > The tuner works just fine. However, the keyboard becoming nonresponsive
> is a
> > deal breaker. No such thing happens when using XBMC to connect to the
> > backend and view live TV, so I BELIEVE it's a frontend issue. dmesg
> doesn't
> > bring anything useful, either.
> >
> > I'm using a ZOTAC ionitx-g-e mainboard, and a HP wireless USB keyboard.
> I'm
> > kinda leaning on it being that the USB bus may be a little overloaded,
> and
> > that's why, but that wouldn't explain why I can alt-tab out. Where should
> I
> > start troubleshooting?
> >
> > Oh, and has anyone gotten the remote to work?
>
> It's not clear to me why you think this has anything to do with the
> HVR-950Q (as suggested by your subject line).  Especially if you are
> able to "alt-tab" to switch away from mythfrontend (suggesting that in
> fact the keyboard is working).
>
> Regarding the remote control, it is not supported under Linux (and I
> have no plans to add support for it in the immediate future).  Given
> how hard it is to setup remote controls under Linux, I would strongly
> advise you just spend $20 and buy an MCE USB remote control receiver
> which will work "out of the box".
>
> Cheers,
>
> Devin
>
> --
> Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs
> http://www.kernellabs.com
>
>
Devin,

I only thought it was the tuner's fault because it freezes up when watching
video in LiveTV, but nowhere else. Last night, when the keyboard stopped
responding, restarting the frontend resulted in a segfault caused by
libQtCore.
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