[Mageia-dev] help with update/testing needed / freeze exception for me-tv

Fri May 11 15:14:18 CEST 2012

2012/5/11 Wolfgang Bornath <molch.b at googlemail.com>:
> 2012/5/9 Florian Hubold <doktor5000 at arcor.de>:
>> Am 09.05.2012 12:44, schrieb Colin Guthrie:
>>> 'Twas brillig, and Wolfgang Bornath at 05/05/12 21:06 did gyre and gimble:
>>>> 2012/5/5 Wolfgang Bornath <molch.b at googlemail.com>:
>>>>> 2012/5/5 Florian Hubold <doktor5000 at arcor.de>:
>>>>>> Am 05.05.2012 21:04, schrieb Wolfgang Bornath:
>>>>>>> 2012/4/4 Florian Hubold <doktor5000 at arcor.de>:
>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> me-tv (a really nice and easy to-use DVB viewer with EPG guide)
>>>>>>>> totally went under my radar and it has not been updated nor
>>>>>>>> rebuild yet for cauldron since quite some time, seems i forgot
>>>>>>>> to commit my local update to 2.x branch, and me-tv was not
>>>>>>>> covered by check.mageia.org updates report, and i've to update
>>>>>>>> it when i was still apprentice.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> But as me-tv development was suspended, and now restarted
>>>>>>>> (2.0 branch was complete rewrite, with differing features, f.ex.
>>>>>>>> server/client based) so that 1.4 branch is the followup to what
>>>>>>>> we have in cauldron: https://launchpad.net/me-tv/+announcement/9377
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> FWIW, me-tv-1.3.6 in cauldron was built last time beginning of last july.
>>>>>>>> I'd like to get some sort of freeze exception for me-tv, but primarily
>>>>>>>> help with testing this in cauldron, i've just pushed a rebuild of it,
>>>>>>>> could all who possess a DVB-receiver and a physical cauldron
>>>>>>>> installation please test it, should be available soon, rebuild went
>>>>>>>> through.
>>>>>>> What exactly do you need (sorry for picking this up so late)?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Todays experience as posted in the forum:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cauldron 64-bit with all updates. KDE. "Real" installation on a Samsung R530.
>>>>>>> Adapter Happauge Nova-T, firmware: dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw in
>>>>>>> /lib/firmware, plugging in the adapter gives success message in
>>>>>>> syslog: "Hauppauge Nova-T in warm state"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Installed is me-tv (including dependencies):
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     me-tv-1.3.6-3.mga2
>>>>>>>     dvb-apps-1.1.1-8.hg1465.1.mga2
>>>>>>>     lib64unique1.0_0-1.1.6-6.mga2
>>>>>>>     lib64dvbapps-1.1.1-8.hg1465.1.mga2
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> After installation and starting the application me-tv shows a message
>>>>>>> that the existing Me-Tv database is to old to be used by this version.
>>>>>> This sounds like complete bogus to me, as the only version of
>>>>>> me-tv for Mageia 1 and cauldron is 1.3.6, there should be no
>>>>>> difference at all.
>>>>> But different builds.
>>>>>
>>>>>> This cauldron install, was it upgraded from mga1, or where did
>>>>>> the old .me-tv config come from?
>>>>> Fresh Beta3 installation. The database (NOT config!) file is me-tv.db
>>>>> and it is installed by the package. I also tried erasing the file
>>>>> after installation before starting the application - the message about
>>>>> the old db persists. See below
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> But if this problem persists, mostly all me-tv users should face
>>>>>> it after upgrading from Mageia 1 to Mageia 2, so we probably
>>>>>> need some kind of fix for this ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Option "Cancel" ends the whole application, clicking on "Erase old
>>>>>>> Me-Tv data" the messagebox runs into a freeze which crashes the whole
>>>>>>> application. In the konsole this looks like:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     $ me-tv -v
>>>>>>>     Me TV 1.3.6
>>>>>>>     05.05.2012 15:02:55: Application constructor
>>>>>>>     05.05.2012 15:02:55: sqlite3_threadsafe() = 1
>>>>>>>     05.05.2012 15:02:55: Database 'exists'
>>>>>>>     05.05.2012 15:02:55: Opening database file
>>>>>>> '/home/alfred/.local/share/me-tv/me-tv.db'
>>>>>>>     05.05.2012 15:02:55: Loading UI files
>>>>>>>     05.05.2012 15:02:55: Application constructed
>>>>>>>     05.05.2012 15:02:55: Initialising table 'version'
>>>>>>>     05.05.2012 15:02:55: Required Database version: 6
>>>>>>>     05.05.2012 15:02:55: Actual Database version: 0  <<--- here the
>>>>>>> message box pops up and I click on "Erase old data"
>>>>>>>     05.05.2012 15:03:26: Dropping Me TV schema
>>>>>>>     05.05.2012 15:03:26: Dropping table 'channel'
>>>>>>>     05.05.2012 15:03:26: Dropping table 'epg_event'
>>>>>>>     05.05.2012 15:03:26: Dropping table 'epg_event_text'
>>>>>>>     05.05.2012 15:03:26: Dropping table 'scheduled_recording'
>>>>>>>     05.05.2012 15:03:26: Dropping table 'version'
>>>>>>>     05.05.2012 15:03:26: Vacuuming database
>>>>>>>     05.05.2012 15:03:27: Initialising table 'channel'
>>>>>>>     05.05.2012 15:03:27: Initialising table 'epg_event'
>>>>>>>     05.05.2012 15:03:27: Initialising table 'epg_event_text'
>>>>>>>     05.05.2012 15:03:27: Initialising table 'scheduled_recording'
>>>>>>>     05.05.2012 15:03:27: Initialising table 'version'
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and that's it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In MGA1 Me-TV works nicely with the same adapter. In MGA1 the package
>>>>>>> is me-tv-1.3.6-1.1.mga1 - in MGA2 the packages is me-tv-1.3.6-3.mga2
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can you please try again after removing ~/.local/share/me-tv/ ?
>>>>> - removed ~/.local/share/me-tv/ (including the me-tv.db)
>>>>>
>>>>> Result: Starting me-tv runs into a timeout. Message in konsole:
>>>>>
>>>>> (me-tv:1956) : Unique-DBUS-WARNING **: Error while sending message:
>>>>> Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include [followed by the
>>>>> generic causes ( message bus security block, reply timeout expired,
>>>>> network connection broke, etc.)]
>>>>>
>>>>> After reboot I started me-tv again, the message about the old database
>>>>> appears - ~/.local/share/me-tv/ is there again, including the
>>>>> database.
>>>>>
>>>>> ----------------
>>>>>
>>>>> Now I installed me-tv (plus dependencies) on a Cauldron which has been
>>>>> updated since Alpha stage: exactly the same result.
>>>> Another user posted his erg.txt for me-tv - the relevant difference is
>>>> clear to see. His text says:
>>>>
>>>> 05.05.2012 21:18:38: Required Database version: 6
>>>> 05.05.2012 21:18:38: Actual Database version: 6
>>>>
>>>> Another user and I have the following text:
>>>>
>>>> 05.05.2012 15:02:55: Required Database version: 6
>>>> 05.05.2012 15:02:55: Actual Database version: 0
>>>>
>>>> "How come?" is the big question. This database is generated at the
>>>> start of me-tv. As you can see from the previous mail I erased the
>>>> whole directory in my home but it was regenerated including the
>>>> database by starting me-tv.
>>> What kind of database is this? Is it sqlite maybe... there was a post
>>> about sqlite earlier that had some strange issues with some join
>>> conditions. While I wouldn't expect this to be a problem for a query
>>> that checks a version number... you never know.
>>>
>>> Col
>>>
>>>
>> I think i foung the fix, and it's not related to sqlite:
>> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~me-tv-administration/me-tv/1.3/revision/786
>>
>> And as the developer says that new 1.4 branch is still buggy,
>> i'm updating me-tv to 1.3.7 and hope it'll fix the issue.
>> *fingers crossed*
>
> Bug fixed here with new package 1.3.6-4mga2
>
> But another is opened:
> After starting me-tv it starts in a small window and displays the
> first station in the list.
>
> Right after start the window and the icons in the window are not
> responding to any mouse action. Closing the window via close button
> results in a crash message from kwin.
> Funny thing: while the window and buttons are not responding, the
> display of the tv signal is still working including sound.

Arf!

Starting again and letting the window alone for a minute, then clicked
on "Maximum" and it worked. Other buttons are working as well.
A minute later it freezes again. It's very unstable.

-- 
wobo