[vdr] Re: Problem with svdrp

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

Jochen Knuth wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> ...
> > > >
> > > > 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.
> 
> now i get this in the syslog:
> Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: VDR version 1.0.4 started
> Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: loading /video/setup.conf
> Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: loading /video/channels.conf
> Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: loading /video/svdrphosts.conf
> Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: loading /video/ca.conf
> Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: loading /video/keys-pc.conf
> Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: probing /dev/ost/frontend0
> Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: ERROR: can't open video device 0
> Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: probing /dev/ost/frontend1
> Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: found 1 video device
> Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: setting primary DVB to 1
> Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: reading EPG data from /video/epg.data
> Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: switching to channel 2
> Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: ERROR: attempt to set channel with unknown
> DVB frontend type
> Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: retrying
> Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: ERROR: attempt to set channel with unknown
> DVB frontend type
> Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: retrying
> Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: ERROR: attempt to set channel with unknown
> DVB frontend type
> Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: retrying

Looks like VDR isn't able to determine the type of your DVB card.
What card are you using exactly?

> Sep  3 15:07:11 jokp4 vdr[6148]: SVDRP listening on port 2001
> 
> i can now telnet to localhost port 2001 and i get the osd. is it now possible
> to use kvdr with it? i  f i start kvdr i only see blocks with coloured/black
> pixels.

VDR first needs to be able to detect your DVB card correctly.

Klaus
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