After running the automatic install step and rebooting, my system hangs at the following messages:
bttv: driver version 0.7.14 loaded
bttv: using 4 buffers with 2080k (8320 total) for capture
bttv: Host bridge is VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C597 [Apollo VP3]
bttv: Host bridge is VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apolo Super ACPI]

Here are the messages from syslog:
kernel: i2c-core.o: client [saa7115[0]] registered to adapter [ivtv i2c driver #0](pos. 1).
kernel: invalid operand: 000
kernel: ivtv msp3400 saa7115 tuner i2c-algo-bit i2c-core videodev soundcore autofs4 af_packet efs hfs minix ntfs xfs reiserfs nls_iso8859-1 nls_cp437 agpgart 8139too ii parport_pc parport serial eybdev mousedev hid input usb-uhci usbcore apm rtc ext3 jbd
kernel: CPU: 0
kernel: EIP: 0010:[reiserfs:__insmod_reiserfs_S.data_L1056+858162/24676462] Not tainted
kernel: EFLAGS: 00010246
kernel: eax: 00000000 ebx: 00000000 ecx:0000e7cf edx:80008001
kernel: esi: 0000e7cf edi: 0000e7cf ebp: c15ae9f0 esp: d433bd28
kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018
kernel: Process modprobe (pid563, stackpage=d433b000)
kernel: Stack: 00000002 d433bcf6 d433bd4c 00000040 101f0013 00000003 d913d0a4 10000040
kernel: 00000003 00000000 0000000 00000117 d4dc5800 c15ae9f0 00003042 d913b40d
kernel: c15ae9f0 00000000 0000e7cf 0000e7cf 00000001 c15aea70 00000000 d912b77c
insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.21-xfs/kernel/drivers/media/video/bttv.o: init_module: No such device
insmod: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters. You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.21-xfs/kernel/drivers/media/video/bttv.o: insmod bttv failed
modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module rivatv

My system is composed of the following:
Amd K6-2 550
Hauppauge PVR 350
ATI Rage 128
Crystal Sound Card
Realtek 8139 ethernet card
FIC Socket 7 mainboard

Remove the 350. What happens when you boot?

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I took out the 350 card and I am now in the configuration screen. Do I just go through the configuration and when finished, shutdown, add the card back in and reboot?

Place the 350 back. If you get the same error then my guess is it is because of ivtv and the Via chipset. Some Via chipsets are problematic w/ ivtv. You can try updating ivtv and see it that helps, if not I have nothing else I can think of at the moment. Follow the directions on updating ivtv that I've posted.

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ARRRRGGG... I hate VIA... Looks like I will have to try to update ivtv. Im still a newbie to Linux - it seems like it can never be easy:) Thanks, ill let you know how it goes.

Can you post a link to your instructions for updating ivtv. I cant seem to find them.

You're welcome. Best of luck.

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Doh!!! Cant find you instructions on updating ivtv. Could you post a link to it.

To update ivtv would I just do:
#apt-get update
#apt-get install ivtv

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WOHOO!!! Looks like updating the ivtv drivers for the via situation worked. I was able to boot with the PVR 350 card installed. Thank you.

Can you tell me if what I did below was correct?
1) Booted up with the knoppmyth cd and exited to the console prompt.
2) Used lynx to download the driver to /:
lynx http://www.kernel.org/pb/linux/kernel/p ... .12.tar.gz
2) mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1
3) cd /mnt/hda1/usr/local/lib
4) tar xvf /ivtv-031125A-0.12.tar.gz
5) This is were I hope I did not screw up. I did not think to chroot /mnt/hda1:
cd ivtv/driver
make
make install
6) Now I did a chroot /mnt/hda1
7) cd /usr/local/lib/ivtv/utils
make
reboot


Did I screw anything up by not doing chroot before I did the make and make install in the ivtv/driver directory?

If it works great! But I don't see why you did it that way and not how the instructions stated. I suppose the way you did it was ok, but you should have chrooted after mount.

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Darn. I did not notice that I could open an xterm using the mouse when I boot into the blank desktop.

I now seem to be having the same problem as the person in the following link: http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic. ... enied+user

After I boot, for a couple seconds I see a little window with Static (Im guessing this is supposed to be the screen that will display the video) and then it disappears and I am left with a blank desktop with Mythtv and Xterm as choices in the menu. I checked the mysql.log and I saw the Access denied for user: 'mythtv@localhost' (Using password: NO).

I ran the following commands to correct the issue and they ran with no problem:
dpkg -r mythtv-i586-lirc-xvmc
install-i586-l

When I restart the system I still get the blank screen . Should I look in any specific log?

I looked at the mythtvbackend.log and still see the Access denied for user : 'mythtv@localhost' (Using password: NO).

Here is the log:
Qsettings: error creating /.qt
Qsettings::sync: filename is null/empty
Unable to read configuration file mysql.txt
Qsettings: error creating /.qt
Qsettings::sync: filename is null/empty
Qsettings: error creating /.qt
Qsettings::sync: filename is null/empty
Qsettings: error creating /.qt
Qsettings::sync: filename is null/empty
Unable to connect to database!
Driver error was [1/-1]:
QMYSQL3: Unable to connect
Database error was:
Access denied for user: 'mythtv@localhost' (Using password: NO)
couldn't open db

Take a look at /user/share/mythtv/mysql.txt
The password shoudl be:q2dUSRDq
If it isn't make it so and restart the backend(/etc/init.d/mythtv-backend restart).

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Strange the file /usr/share/mythtv/mysql.txt is not there. Do I just create the file with just that password in it?

I found the file in /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt with the password you specified. Do I copy this one over to /usr/share/mythtv or does the missing file mean that I did not install something correctly?

You can use vi, the file should look like this:


You can ignore the comments if you want...

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