[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
+