Hey guys. Before anyone asks, yes, I searched the forums for my problem. I found a few seemingly relevant threads, but none of them worked out for me.

MythTV installed fine. Unfortunately, mythfilldatabase can't connect to the datadirect server. I get the error message:

Failed: Host not found.

I tried apt-get to update the xmltv program, but was unable to connect to anything with that either.

When I try to ping anything outside of my local network, it just hangs.

However, there is SOME connectivity. Myth Weather and News work perfectly.

I'm behind a generic CompUSA router. Cable connection through Time Warner. I'm thinking the problem might be along those lines somewhere, but have zero previous experience troubleshooting networks, and zero experience with Linux. Network card is onboard. Not sure what brand the motherboard is, off the top of my head. I think it uses the NForce chipset.

System specs:

Barebones base system - AOpen XCube Mini ITX system - EA65
256 MB generic RAM
Celeron 2 GHz
ALBATRON MX440 8X AGP Nvidia video card (using Svideo out)

I'm using the onboard sound (though I haven't gotten around to checking that yet, need to get a picture feed first), and I'm using the onboard network card. Being a mini ITX system, I don't have a spare slot to plug in another network card, so I hope I can get this to work. Otherwise, I just blew a load of cash;)

Oh, and my tuner card is some generic card that came bundled with the XCube.

Fair enough. But did you read before posting?

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cesman

When the source is open, the possibilities are endless!

Yes I did, and I admit I was a little uncertain which forum to post this in. I figured I'd post in this forum as I'm still in the process of installation and don't know where the problem actually is. The root of the problem is that I can't seem to get mythfilldatabase working, so I went with that. Did I err? Should I repost in the General Linux forum? If I do, will someone in that forum give me a hard time for posting there when I'm still trying to do the basic MythTV installation? Or, is it a question of hardware? That's the thing about problems, you don't always know what the problem is. You just know that there's a problem.

Sorry if I broke your particular forum ettiquite. I tried really hard to get the initial post formatted and filed properly.

Edit: Perhaps there should be a forum for people who are wondering what forum to put particular questions in.

Edit again: Nah. That wouldn't work. Someone would still say:

Your ill attempt at humor is just that ill. If you read the post it states 'if you don't know where to post, post in Lunix -> General'.

Okay, okay. Sorry if I offended. I was just trying to get some help, not start a war. My post didn't seem to me to be any less relevant to the KnoppMyth installation than other posts I've read in this particular forum. I'll repost in the General Linux forum.

Edit: Just a curiosity. Are Cecil and Cessman the same person? You're both from Fontana, both have the same join date and both have limited information in your profile. Both names start with a 'Ces' sound and both of you seem to be posting with a similar cadence.