[vdr] Re: Problem with svdrp

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Jochen Knuth wrote:
> 
> Hello Klaus,
> 
> > Jochen Knuth wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > i try to use vdr with svdrp.
> > >
> > > i did the setup with the drivers siemens_dvb-0.9.4-2002-06-23 and
> > > vdr-1.0.4 on a Gentoo Linux 1.2 system with kernel 2.4.19. The Card is a
> > > DVB-C v1.3 from Siemens.
> > > I can compile the drivers and load them. vdr is compiled with
> > > REMOTE=NONE. I get these entries in the log files if i start vdr with
> > > "vdr -d": ----------------------
> > > Sep  3 05:05:59 jokp4 vdr[5819]: VDR version 1.0.4 started
> > > Sep  3 05:05:59 jokp4 vdr[5819]: loading /video/setup.conf
> > > Sep  3 05:05:59 jokp4 vdr[5819]: loading /video/channels.conf
> > > Sep  3 05:05:59 jokp4 vdr[5819]: loading /video/svdrphosts.conf
> > > Sep  3 05:05:59 jokp4 vdr[5819]: loading /video/ca.conf
> > > Sep  3 05:05:59 jokp4 vdr[5819]: probing /dev/ost/frontend0
> > > Sep  3 05:05:59 jokp4 vdr[5819]: ERROR (dvbapi.c,2305): Operation not
> > > permitted
> > > Sep  3 05:05:59 jokp4 vdr[5821]: EIT processing thread started (pid=5821)
> > > - master
> > > Sep  3 05:05:59 jokp4 vdr[5819]: probing /dev/ost/frontend1
> > > Sep  3 05:05:59 jokp4 vdr[5819]: found 1 video device
> > > Sep  3 05:05:59 jokp4 vdr[5819]: setting primary DVB to 1
> > > Sep  3 05:05:59 jokp4 vdr[5819]: reading EPG data from /video/epg.data
> > > Sep  3 05:05:59 jokp4 vdr[5819]: switching to channel 2
> > > Sep  3 05:05:59 jokp4 vdr[5819]: SVDRP listening on port 2001
> > > -------------------------
> > >
> > > if i then try to telnet to localhost port 2001 i get
> > > Trying 127.0.0.1...
> > > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
> > >
> > > My svdrphosts.conf is in /video and contains:
> > > ---------------------
> > > #
> > > # svdrphosts    This file describes a number of host addresses that
> > > #               are allowed to connect to the SVDRP port of the Video
> > > #               Disk Recorder (VDR) running on this system.
> > > # Syntax:
> > > #
> > > # IP-Address[/Netmask]
> > > #
> > >
> > > 127.0.0.1             # always accept localhost
> > > #192.168.100.0/24     # any host on the local net
> > > #204.152.189.113      # a specific host
> > > 172.16.0.0/16         # my network
> > > 0.0.0.0/0            # any host on any net (USE THIS WITH CARE!)
> > > 172.16.4.4
> >
> > Check what VDR writes into the /var/log/messages file in that case.
> 
> there is nothing in the messages file after the above "SVDRP listening to
> port2001"
> 
> > Maybe you'll need to do
> >
> >   telnet 127.0.0.1
> >
> > instead of
> >
> >   telnet localhost
> 
> i tried 127.0.0.1 and 172.16.4.4 (the real ip-adress) , the same result.
> i checked even with netstat -a and there is nothing listening on port 2001.
> 
> first i thought about kernel issues (gentoo includes several pathes, e.g.
> grsecurity). Therefore i tried it with a redhat based kernel. same result.
> Should i try it with unpatched kernel?

Try running VDR in foreground (without -d) and compiled with DEBUG_OSD=1
(*without* REMOTE=NONE). Let's see what happens then.

Klaus
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