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[MarcRandolph <mrand@xxxxxxxxx>]

Howdy, and thank you for helping to improve Mythbuntu by opening this
ticket.  I'm marking this ticket as incomplete because it is missing
information that the developers will need in order to analyze the
problem further.  Once you attach the requested information, you can
change the status back to "new."  In particular,

1. have you tested that the video capture device(s) work outside of Myth?  Various pieces of software will open video devices, or you can use 
cat /dev/video_device_name > /tmp/test-capture.mpg

2. Could you please add the output to the following command to this bug:
ls -laR /var/lib/mythtv

3. Could you clear out the frontend and backend logs, and after doing
that, attach fresh copies of the backend and frontend logs showing the
attempt to view liveTV?

4. If you schedule a show, does it record?

Countless people have not had this trouble, so if this is a bug, it is not a widespread one.
Thanks!

** Changed in: mythbuntu
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: mythbuntu
       Status: New => Incomplete

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LiveTV does not start in new 9.10 installation
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/540640
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Status in Mythbuntu, Ubuntu derivative focused upon MythTV: Incomplete

Bug description:
I have installed Mythbuntu 9.10 on a machine with 3 MPEG analog cards (Hauppage 250s) and a brand new hard disk. This machine is pristine and has no previous versions of Mythbuntu installed.

The installation has gone smoothly and I performed all the necessary setup for the backend. This machine is a frontend/backend combination, set up as a primary backend with no remote front ends.

Nevertheless, when the installation was complete and I perform the reboot, the front end comes up but attempts to view live TV fail. I get a black screen with "Please wait" for a few seconds and then the front end menu reappears.

I have checked the mythfrontend.log file and I am seeing messages like the following:

2010-3-17 20:48:29.069 GetEntryAt(-1) failed.
2010-3-17 20:48:29.069 EntryToProgram(0@Wed Dec 31 18:00:00 1969) failed to get pginfo
2010-3-17 20:48:29.069 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started

I searched the Internet to gain information about this problem, but all information I have found appears to be based on problems that were supposedly fixed in this version. Furthermore, solutions suggested for this problem do not work.

Someone will correct me if I am wrong (I'm sure!), but I believe I have found a bug in the Mythbuntu v9.10. I have changed no directories, permissions to the directories are all correct (they should be since they were set during install and I did nothing except install, reboot, and attempt to watch TV!). It is clear that something in the installation is setting up the system so that "pginfo" (whatever that is) cannot be "gotten".

This bug makes Mythbuntu 9.10 unusable.