Actually, I tried going back to Lucid Lynx 10.04 after things with Mustang seemed to go south. No, you guys didn't let me down. I just had less time to investigate than I wanted. I am sure that I will eventually look at this again someday... Thanks for all your help, and keep up the good work!

Sorry to say, but I decided to put this project on hold. I needed to get a machine up and running sooner, so I eventually went back to the old Windows world. Dealing with a Windows OS, and incompatible drivers, or stubborn applications is something I seem to be able to deal with. It's the 'devil you...

I attempted to make a recording via the Mythweb interface. I can see all the channels, lineups, etc. When I attempt to make a recording, I always end up with a 1.6 kb file, but I never get an entire recording. When I look in the /var/lib/mythtv/recordings folder, I can see .nuv files being created, ...

Same results. Yes, I did go through the setup again, but I don't know if I am completing the step you are describing. There seem to be two things to do: 1. Scan for channels and 2. Fetch channels from listings source. When I click on the first link, I go to a second screen and the channels are scann...

Here is the updated backend log file. The errors look similar.

fred@Neptune:~$ ps aux | grep mysqld mysql 1132 0.7 1.1 247776 43756 ? Ssl 17:50 0:46 /usr/sbin/mysqld fred 10318 0.0 0.0 7628 992 pts/2 S+ 19:39 0:00 grep --color=auto mysqld fred@Neptune:~$ I am running both the backend setup and frontend from my VNC gnome desktop. Backend: System - Administration...

Everything looks correct. No problems there.

Here are the frontend and backend logs. Appreciate it if you could point to the problem. Thanks.

I ran the backend again and this time I am getting what appears like normal results for the System Status. I see that the guide data is there with a DataDirect status indicating the subscription expiry date. However my 'Watch TV' still does not work. I just get "Please Wait..." message. Th...

Oh yeah, the emulator I used was TeraTerm. It's freeware and you can find it here:
http://ttssh2.sourceforge.jp/