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Does anyone know how long this takes?  I am on day #2 (over 48 hours) and still downloading files in background.  Has anyone else done this and if so, how long does it take?  Can I stop the upgrade and upgrade from cd?

I have had a Shuttle AMD-64 MD up and running for over a month.  This weekend while moving the device it was unplugged accidentally.  Upon power-up, I got the following:

Request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-ffff

5 times in a row and then the system froze.  Rebooting the core did not help.  Has anyone seen this before or does anyone have any suggestions?

Just rebooted my network boot media director and just after starting the reboot I get the following:

Request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-ffff

about 6 times and then it hangs.

Nothing has changed on the MD or the core, both of which have been running for over a month.  Has anyone else seen this?

Help! Please!  On an AMD 64 3200 with GeForce 5600 as a diskless MD with UI1 and a PVR-USB2 capture device, I am getting a black screen and no audio when I try to watch TV or even display the guide.  I had to go into mythfrontend and tell myth which codecs to use for playback..it was detecting an unknown video and audio codec before I did this.  Below is a snippit from /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log.  I'm not sure what the error about Card 1 not a having a hostname is.  Can anyone see what the problem is?  I have scoured the linuxmce and mythtv forum without finding an actual solution.

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2007-11-18 15:23:53.259 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2007-11-18 15:23:53.347 New DB connection, total: 1
2007-11-18 15:23:53.375 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: dcerouter
2007-11-18 15:23:53.393 Current Schema Version: 1160
Running as a slave backend.
Card 1 does not have a hostname defined.
Please run setup and confirm all of the capture cards.
2007-11-18 15:23:53.453 New DB connection, total: 2
2007-11-18 15:23:53.475 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: dcerouter
2007-11-18 15:23:53.491 EITHelper: localtime offset -6:00:00
2007-11-18 15:23:53.513 New DB connection, total: 3
2007-11-18 15:23:53.534 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: dcerouter
2007-11-18 15:23:54.243 Main::Starting HttpServer
2007-11-18 15:23:54.276 Main::Registering HttpStatus Extension
2007-11-18 15:23:54.295 mythbackend version: 0.20.20060828-4 www.mythtv.org
2007-11-18 15:23:54.313 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
2007-11-18 15:23:54.329 AutoExpire: Found 1 recorders w/max rate of 72 MiB/min
2007-11-18 15:23:54.347 AutoExpire: Required Free Space: 2.1 GB w/freq: 10 min
2007-11-18 15:23:55.369 Connecting to master server: 192.168.80.1:6543
2007-11-18 15:23:55.387 Connected successfully
2007-11-18 15:24:01.412 AutoExpire: Found 1 recorders w/max rate of 72 MiB/min
2007-11-18 15:24:01.433 AutoExpire: Required Free Space: 2.1 GB w/freq: 10 min
2007-11-18 15:35:23.854 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2007-11-18 15:35:23.859 adding: moon34 as a client (events: 0)
2007-11-18 15:35:23.878 TVRec(2): Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2007-11-18 15:35:23.895 TVRec(2): HW Tuner: 2->2
2007-11-18 15:35:24.787 NVR: Won't work with the streaming interface, falling back
VIDIOCGMBUF:: Invalid argument
strange error flushing buffer ...
2007-11-18 15:36:04.809 TVRec(2): Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
2007-11-18 15:36:04.874 Finished recording Unknown: channel 1000
2007-11-18 15:37:57.423 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2007-11-18 15:37:57.480 New DB connection, total: 1
2007-11-18 15:37:57.487 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: dcerouter
2007-11-18 15:37:57.590 Current Schema Version: 1160
Running as a slave backend.
Card 1 does not have a hostname defined.
Please run setup and confirm all of the capture cards.
2007-11-18 15:37:58.093 New DB connection, total: 2
2007-11-18 15:37:58.124 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: dcerouter
2007-11-18 15:37:58.153 EITHelper: localtime offset -6:00:00
2007-11-18 15:37:58.188 New DB connection, total: 3
2007-11-18 15:37:58.216 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: dcerouter
2007-11-18 15:38:01.504 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2007-11-18 15:38:01.592 New DB connection, total: 1
2007-11-18 15:38:01.626 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: dcerouter
2007-11-18 15:38:01.632 Current Schema Version: 1160
Running as a slave backend.
Card 1 does not have a hostname defined.
Please run setup and confirm all of the capture cards.
2007-11-18 15:38:01.701 New DB connection, total: 2
2007-11-18 15:38:01.726 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: dcerouter
2007-11-18 15:38:01.752 EITHelper: localtime offset -6:00:00
2007-11-18 15:38:01.781 New DB connection, total: 3
2007-11-18 15:38:01.801 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: dcerouter
2007-11-18 15:38:03.097 Main::Starting HttpServer
2007-11-18 15:38:03.122 Main::Registering HttpStatus Extension
2007-11-18 15:38:03.144 mythbackend version: 0.20.20060828-4 www.mythtv.org
2007-11-18 15:38:03.163 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
2007-11-18 15:38:03.198 AutoExpire: Found 1 recorders w/max rate of 72 MiB/min
2007-11-18 15:38:03.220 AutoExpire: Required Free Space: 2.1 GB w/freq: 10 min
2007-11-18 15:38:04.245 Connecting to master server: 192.168.80.1:6543
2007-11-18 15:38:04.263 Connected successfully
2007-11-18 15:38:10.300 AutoExpire: Found 1 recorders w/max rate of 72 MiB/min
2007-11-18 15:38:10.323 AutoExpire: Required Free Space: 2.1 GB w/freq: 10 min
2007-11-18 15:38:23.110 Expiring Unknown from Sun Nov 18 15:35:24 2007, 0 MBytes, forced expire (LiveTV recording)


After selecting 'Change resolution and sound' under advanced settings on a diskless MD, the computer reboots, but after running the helper script it stays in the console screen, blanking for a second once every 7 seconds.  Has anyone else seen this?  Is there a way to force the screen wizard to run without rebooting first?

After going through myth setup and trying to start tv, I get a message saying that myth is having problems and is trying to reset.  After a bit, I get the "Cannot connect to myth backend server. Is it running?  Is the ip set correctly in setup."  This is on a diskless MD with a core only machine running elsewhere on the network.  Running mythbackend on my core I get the following:

Using runtime prefix = /usr
New DB connection, total: 1
Unable to connect ot database!
Driver error was [1/1045]:
QMYSQL3:Unable to connect
Database error was:
Access denied for user 'mthtv'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

QSqlQuery::exec:database not open
QSqlQuery::exec:database not open
DB ERROR (KickDatabase):
Query was:
SELECT NULL;
No error type from QSqlError?  Strange...
Failed to init Mythcontext, exiting.

I can access MySql from the configuration screen in mce manager.

I have searched the forum as well as google, with no clear answer to the problem.  Any help is appreciated.

Using a diskless MD with an nvidia card on my Hitachi Ultravision projection (not HD), I am getting a thick horizontal blue line across the top of the screen, clipping some of the video, during pre-recorded video playback.  I haven't used Myth yet so I don't know if the problem exists with it also.  Is there any place to adjust this in MCE?  Any help is greatly appreciated.

I am getting the following messages when trying to install my PVRUSB2 on my diskless MD:

pvrusb2: ***WARNING*** Device fx2 controller firmware seems to be missing
pvrusb2: Did you install the pvrusb2 firmware files in their proper location:
pvrusb2: request_firmware unable to locate fx2 controller file v4l-pvrusb2-29xxx-01.fw
pvrusb2:  Failure uploading firmware1
pvrusb2: Device initialization was not successful.
pvrusb2: Giving up since device microcontroller firmware appears to be missing.

The firmware file exists on the core machine in /lib/firmware/2.6.20-15-generic but not on the MD.  Does anyone know how to get the files from the core onto the MD?

Thanks for any help.

I am getting the following messages when trying to install my PVRUSB2 on my diskless MD:

pvrusb2: ***WARNING*** Device fx2 controller firmware seems to be missing
pvrusb2: Did you install the pvrusb2 firmware files in their proper location:
pvrusb2: request_firmware unable to locate fx2 controller file v4l-pvrusb2-29xxx-01.fw
pvrusb2:  Failure uploading firmware1
pvrusb2: Device initialization was not successful.
pvrusb2: Giving up since device microcontroller firmware appears to be missing.

The firmware file exists on the core machine in /lib/firmware/2.6.20-15-generic but not on the MD.  Does anyone know how to get the files from the core onto the MD?

Thanks for any help.

My core-only machine boots to the mce manager screen.  How do I access the KDE desktop from there?