[mythtvnz] MythTV no longer recording TV (after update?)

[Nick Rout]

On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 9:20 AM,  <lists at whitehouse.org.nz> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I use Mythbuntu 11.10 (and have done for many years).  When I tried
> watching Live TV this morning, I realised that MythTV is no longer
> recording television properly (without giving an error). It was working
> fine yesterday morning. My old recordings are working fine, so my guess
> is that it is on the capture side of things.
>
> I use an HVR-2200 (same as an HVR-2250 for PAL) with Steven Toth's
> driver/firmware.
>
> I have seen a bit in the news about the updates for the Linux kernel
> vulnerability:
> http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1336-1/
> http://www.itworld.com/244019/linux-vendors-rush-patch-privilege-escalation-flaw-after-root-exploits-emerge
>
> I have automatic updating turned on for security updates, so I'm
> wondering if perhaps the kernel update could have somehow broken the
> firmware? This does seem a bit unlikely for a security fix, but it is
> the only big update that I can see.
>
> If there is an easy answer, it would be great if somebody could give me
> some pointers before I lose hours trying to locate the problem. Nothing
> jumped out at me in the logs before I ran out to work.

The easy answer would be to revert back to the previous kernel and test it.

Also check your database tables and that you have epg data.