Hey all.

I just wanted to say, that I had a OS disk failure over the weekend, so I did a fresh install of 8.10rc1. Did the apt-get update/upgrade rebuilt 2 of my previous 5 MD's. After the MD's were built, I hit the button for TV and it went to the Grey/Brown Terra theme screen, no images yet, and the the router reloaded. Ok. So after everything came back, I tried again, this time it completed but took 38 seconds to get to the ''Please wait" screen, then another 2 seconds to view TV. So I selected "Off" from the LMCE menu, and tried again, same wait, this time it came up, played for about a minute, then the router reloaded again.

Not sure what is going on. I viewed the backend logs, nothing abnormal there, did not yet get to view the frontend logs on the MD. This particular MD is a Zotac ION running Vdpau Slim. On my LG50" plasma. Audio/Video over HDMI.

Now the 2nd MD is using an older nvidia card on a 27" SD TV. Video over S-Video audio from sound card to red/white on back of tv with 1/8" (3.5,mm) stereo jack to red/white, and it does not take as long to load, about 20 seconds. This machine is running normal xv in settings, and uses CPU+ for MythTV. I noticed this one does not cause the router to reload when I use it, and the wait is somewhat less for Live TV to actually start playing, shaves off about 10 to 12 seconds.

The wife needed to watch Hell's Kitchen, so I have not tested it since last evening. I however do not watch Hell's Kitchen, so I went back into the bedroom where I have a 32" LCD TV hooked up to a Foxconn mini PC not yet supported hardware wise in 8.10 running Mythbuntu 10.04, connected to the core's backend. All I had to do was allow the core backend to update the DB schema on the mythbuntu box, and bam. Right into watching live tv. So I power the little machine completely off, then power it on, and it boots directly into mythtv. It takes about 30 seconds for it to talk to the backend, and present me with a screen, I select "Watch TV" and again it goes right in no issues. Other than not instantly presenting me with the Terra Front Page of the theme.

Here is where it gets a little strange.

So after I watch the mythbuntu box for a little, wife comes back for bed. So I power it back down, and go out into the living room. Click on "TV" button from menu, and bang, the router reloads again. Ok, so I wait, and the next time I hit the button, it goes into the Live TV in like 5 seconds which is almost 35 seconds faster.

So whatever it is, it is random with the common ground of a router reload.

I need to dig into the logs. The only thing running out of the ordinary that I see, is mythtv_setup.pl seems to be running and getting hung up. Not sure why this runs at all after initial install, but its just an observation.

Hope to remedy this by digging into logs, but figured I would post my latest experiences.

Best Regards,

Seth

Hi.

This may help, at least with the Gyration bit.

http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php/topic,11871.msg83769.html#msg83769

Best Regards,

Seth

 
Hi all. I have recently been looking at my DVD to disk storage ratio and was wondering if any of the DVD changers on the market, or from the days gone by are still compatible with LinuxMCE. I would really like to load my series DVD's into the core for "on a whim" playback. However with the new HD content taking sometimes 4G an hour, even though disk is cheap these days, I would like to re-purpose my existing disk for recordings. But rather than have to run about gathering up series DVD's and movies, I was wondering if a Jukebox would still foot the bill.

Thanks in advance, and Best Regards,

Seth

Hi.

I could not get my recordings to work, or live TV. I noticed the mythtv_setup.pl scripts was running, clocking even, doing nothing, hung up on creating directories for storage groups.

I am not sure why this even has to run beyond initial installation. Changing storage groups after everything is working can be dangerous.

To resolve. I killed the script. Then I cat /dev/null to it after copying it over to original (cp mythtv_setup.pl mythtv_setup.pl.ORIG) then rebooted my core. This time the script did not run. After the system was all the way up, I ran mythtv_setup.pl.ORIG by hand. the script completed without error. And since then my recordings have stayed, and live TV seems to take 5 to 10 seconds to start vs. the 20 to 30 seconds it was taking before.

Before I killed the script, I noticed that it was hung on setting up the storage groups for the newest MD I built. Perhaps this script needs to be run after all of the system /mnt storage points are up and available.

I will continue to watch it. Not sure why mythtv_setup.pl has to run after mythtv is setup, but running it after a reboot, or reload has fully completed, seems to prevent it, at least in my case, from hanging.

Best Regards,

Seth

 
Hi. I have 2 MD's with the dreaded 8168 NIC driver issue.

You will find the relevant data to get your new driver complied here:

http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Realtek_8168

Please do not use the driver I have listed for the 7.10 version. Build a new one using the instructions at the top of the page.

Best Regards,

Seth


Perhaps if I have time this evening, I will post up my 8.10 version of the 8168 driver. Save you some compile time, not that it takes long.

 
Hello.

I too have seen this painfully long MythTV startup. I am in the US, using PVR500 (2xpvr150) card, and was wondering if VDR even works with my set up using schedules direct. I have yet to look at the log. I have a mini PC in the bedroom running mythbuntu 10.04, which talks nicely with the core's myth backend. And when I use it, "Watch TV" starts instantly. Whereas on all of my MD's it takes 20 to 30 seconds, and sometimes causes a router reload.

I have downloaded the Final of 8.10. I will see if a fresh install resolves these issues, if I can not figure it out by looking at the myth backend and frontend logs.

I will post my findings. It looks like VDR is much lighter weight and better integrated into LMCE. So I would still inquire as to if it works for me here in the US.

Best Regards,

Seth

 
I can confirm that the codes Dennis posted above, do in fact work. I replaced the ones in my #59 with the ones he has posted in this thread, and now it works without issue.

Perhaps we can have this newly modified template submitted that way the next person who installs RC1 will not have these issues.

Best Regards,

Seth

Hi. Sorry, with the flooding and what not here in PA, I have not had a chance to check into this. I did though this morning get the opportunity.
Here below are my entries from #59 on the template. Most are identcal to yours, but there are some that are different. I have marked them in red:

1,10,U,Y
2,11,U,Y
3,12,U,Y
4,13,U,Y
5,14,U,Y
6,15,U,Y
7,16,U,Y
8,17,U,Y
9,18,U,Y
0,19,U,Y
Down,104,R,Y
Up,98,R,Y
Left,100,R,Y
Right,102,R,Y
ok,36,D,Y
SkipNext,120163,R
SkipPrior,120165,R
chup,120402,R
chdown,120403,R
fastforward,180,D
Rewind,152,D
Pause,110,D
Play,179,D
Mute,160,D
Stop,164,D
voldn,174,R
VolUp,176,R
Record,177,D
Guide,120362,U
info,134,U
help,134,H
Power,223,U
Halt,223,H
Music,120391,U
Videos,120393,U
tv,237,U
Pictures,187,U
Back,234,D
menu,120389,U
media,120366,U
lights,120273,H

Not sure if changing them is correct. Perhaps someone else can look at their #59 to get a third or even a fourth pair of eyes on the issue.

Best Regards,

Seth

Hi all,

I have the following under
#152 Block Device(string)

Code:

/dev/input/by-id/usb-Gyration_Gyration_RF_Technology_Receiver-event-kbd|/dev/input/by-id/usb-Gyration_Gyration_RF_Technology_Receiver-event-mouse

So it is just like Murdock's. Yet mine still does not work.

Not sure what else to check. Please let me know.

Best Regards,

Seth

 
Hello.

I have the same kind of thing. There are 3 lights in my living room. All lamps, and when you hit on or off, they all function at once. I added a second set of buttons on the orbiter. One for the end table lamp by the TV, one to control the 2 floor lamps at the back of the room. That gives me choices. I also modified the "Showtime" scenario to dim the back floor lamps, and shut off the end table lamp.

But in a pinch, on or off works them all.

Play with your lighting scenarios in the webadmin. You have to add an on and an off button for each light or set of lights you wish to control. But after all of that is completed, should sort it all out for you.

Best Regards,

Seth

 

Evening. I have checked the template being used for my gyration remote. it is 1812.

The following is in the device info:

Block Device     /dev/input/event1

So it is different from your working template.

Regards,

Seth

 
Hi.
I will check that tonight when I get home from work, I should really open it up so that I can access the webadmin from outside the house. See if it is in fact wrong. Then try to figure out where to get the right one.

Thanks and Best Regards,

Seth

Hi.
 

No the stop button does not work at all. Initially you press the Windows button, and it will call up the menu bar. And the gyro mouse and the left an right button work. Nothing else does. After you select and play some media source, if you press the windows button again. It only pauses the media. It does not bring up the menu again.

I can not get the number keys or the media keys (play/pause/stop/ffwd/rwd/rec) to work at all. The volume button also does nothing.

It's like it was before Thom created the template for the working version I had before the update.

Tonight I will try deleting it, and re-adding it, to see if it pulls a working device template.

Best Regards,

Seth

 
Hi All.

This is on 810 - latest apt-get update/upgrade.

I have done a sqlcvs sync for DCE, WEB, and IR.
After it completed, I reloaded the router. No difference.
After that I rebooted the MD with the remote. No difference
After that I rebooted everything. No difference.

I am downloading the RC1. I plan on trowing up a new core, dual booting 810/1004. Can test with 1004, then run 810 for Production. I have some newer hardware that I would like to test. But if it is horribly broken, then I will have 810 to fall back on.

Not sure what else to try. Truth be known we use weborbiter and android touch orbiter more than the remote. Currently we have an MCE remote hooked to this MD using the USB-UIRT, and it works swimmingly.

Let me know if there is anything else to try.

Off Topic. I just purchased an LG 50" plasma (50PV450) and am going to attempt hooking up serial control. After this is successful, I wish to create a proper template, so that it is available to other users. Can't wait to see this thing work over rs232 control.

Thanks, and Best Regards,

Seth

I have updated to the latest version, using the apt-get methods. I am still having no luck with my Gyration remote.
I can use it as a mouse. During media playback though, the Win/Menu button merely pauses/un-pauses the media.

I will try a SQL/CVS update tonight, and see if it is a template issue.

Best Regards,

Seth