[vdr] Re: Problem with svdrp

[Jochen Knuth <jok2@gmx.net>]

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
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.

/dev/ost look like this:
jokp4 log # ls -l /dev/ost/
total 0
lr-xr-xr-x    1 root     root            6 Sep  3 14:19 audio -> audio0
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     root     250,   1 Sep  3 14:19 audio0
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     root     250,  65 Sep  3 14:19 audio1
lr-xr-xr-x    1 root     root            3 Sep  3 14:19 ca -> ca0
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     root     250,   6 Sep  3 14:19 ca0
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     root     250,  70 Sep  3 14:19 ca1
lr-xr-xr-x    1 root     root            6 Sep  3 14:19 demux -> demux0
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     root     250,   4 Sep  3 14:19 demux0
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     root     250,  68 Sep  3 14:19 demux1
lr-xr-xr-x    1 root     root            4 Sep  3 14:19 dvr -> dvr0
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     root     250,   5 Sep  3 14:19 dvr0
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     root     250,  69 Sep  3 14:19 dvr1
lr-xr-xr-x    1 root     root            9 Sep  3 14:19 frontend -> frontend0
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     root     250,   3 Sep  3 14:19 frontend0
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     root     250,  67 Sep  3 14:19 frontend1
lr-xr-xr-x    1 root     root            4 Sep  3 14:19 net -> net0
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     root     250,   7 Sep  3 14:19 net0
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     root     250,  71 Sep  3 14:19 net1
lr-xr-xr-x    1 root     root            4 Sep  3 14:19 osd -> osd0
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     root     250,   8 Sep  3 14:19 osd0
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     root     250,  72 Sep  3 14:19 osd1
lr-xr-xr-x    1 root     root            4 Sep  3 14:19 sec -> sec0
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     root     250,   2 Sep  3 14:19 sec0
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     root     250,  66 Sep  3 14:19 sec1
lr-xr-xr-x    1 root     root            6 Sep  3 14:19 video -> video0
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     root     250,   0 Sep  3 14:19 video0
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     root     250,  64 Sep  3 14:19 video1

(the *2 devices deleted above)

Ciao,
Jochen