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

Fri May 11 15:03:37 CEST 2012

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.
+
+-- 
+wobo
+