[mythtvnz] "Recording failed" message on HDHR in MythTV

[Paulgir]

On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:10:10 +1200, Stephen Worthington  
<stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:

> On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 08:55:23 +1200, you wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:01:18 +1200, Stephen Worthington
>> <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:37:23 +1200, you wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I got the HDHR networked to the mythbox.Can view channels from all 3
>>>> transports on both tuners,using the HDHR config GUI view option.
>>>> I have added both tuners in Mythbackend and the tuners appear in the
>>>> tuner
>>>> section of the info screen.
>>>> If I schedule 3 concurrent programmes (I also have a dual DVB-T pci
>>>> card)
>>>> the one that the HDHR is supposed to record fails.
>>>>
>>>> I guess I have missed something but can't seem to find out what.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to force a particular tuner to record a scheduled
>>>> programme
>>>> so I can check see what is happening?
>>>>
>>>> Paul

> If you can not get to a terminal from your desktop to kill things,
> remember that you can always use Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get to one in full
> screen mode, then Ctrl-Alt-F7 to get back to the desktop.  I always
> also set up ssh on my Linux boxes so I can access them from other PCs,
> such as my laptop, phone or tablet.  And I do the fix that makes
> Ctrl-Esc work again as it did in earlier versions of Mythbuntu, so
> that I can always get to the desktop menu and start other programs
> even with full screen programs like mythfrontend running.
>
> Here is the fix for Ctrl-Esc:
>
>   http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1745368
>
> _______________________________________________

Thanks Stephen that may come in useful in the future.

As it happens this crash prompted me to install 64 bit Mythbuntu 12.04
I have the HDHR tuners operating now as well as the HVR-2200 tuners.
I will start a new thread to address that 2 remaining difficulties I am
experiencing

Paul