Nothing but problems

[m4tth3wv]

The Windows client won't connect cuz of a Java Null exception and the placeshifter errors with a filesystem error:

From the sage server log:

sage.PlaybackException: ERROR (-3,0x0): There was a problem accessing the filesystem for playback.

The Sage server insists on not respecting a mount of /var/media to a specific folder.

Instead it keeps mounting:

/dev/sda1 on /var/media/external/sda1 type reiserfs (rw)

instead of respecting an fstab mount of:

/dev/sda1 /var/media reiserfs defaults 0 0

This occurs on two brand new installs of both.

Tried the setting from Narflex and no luck
http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22275

[ntisdale]

Are you running the standard Gentoo install as per http://www.sage.tv/linuxOEMinstall.html or are you running SageTV on top of a different linux install? Any details of deviations from the standard Gentoo setup may also help...

Neil

[m4tth3wv]

Yes, I am a deviant. I'll post a full list of my installations steps.

[m4tth3wv]

Debian Etch basic install

apt-get install (also tried from source)
libfaad-dev
libfaad0
libmad0
libmad0-dev

lame from source

jre 1.5.0 (tried many versions)

Going off of the MVP error and since the logs show that the server is attempting to mount /var/media/external/sda1, why is the server not apparently able to use the following directory as specified in the config?

seeker/video_storage=/var/media/tv,20000,3;

[_Demo_]

Could you post a complete log with debug enabled.

_Demo_

[m4tth3wv]

videodrome:/opt/sagetv# tail -f sagetv_0.txt
Fri 1/12 11:39:49.137 StorageDeviceDetector started...
Fri 1/12 11:39:49.139 Setup dir for external device mount: /var/media/external/sda1
Fri 1/12 11:39:49.140 Executing process: mount /dev/sda1 /var/media/external/sda1
Fri 1/12 11:39:49.307 Seeker is starting the library import scan...
Fri 1/12 11:39:49.308 Seeker has finished the library import scan.
Fri 1/12 11:39:53.400 Ministry is starting
Fri 1/12 11:39:53.400 Ministry is waiting for 180 sec
Fri 1/12 11:40:00.766 Server got broadcast packet: java.net.DatagramPacket@7f4ec
Fri 1/12 11:40:00.766 Server sent back discovery data:java.net.DatagramPacket@7f4ec
Fri 1/12 11:40:09.683 SageTV received connection from:Socket[addr=/10.32.32.10,port=4377,localport=42024]
Fri 1/12 11:42:10.357 Connection lost from: Socket[addr=/10.32.32.10,port=4377,localport=42024] by:java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out
Fri 1/12 11:42:10.358 Cleaning up c/s connection
Fri 1/12 11:42:10.358 Error w/SageTV client connection:java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.171 SageTV SHUTDOWN is activating!
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.173 Device cleanup, unmounting drives...
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.174 Executing process: umount /var/media/external/sda1/
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.177 Sage.exit() called.
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.178 Cleaning up servers
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.182 Error w/SageTV client connection:java.net.SocketException: Socket closed
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.182 MiniError-2:java.net.SocketException: Socket closed
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.184 MiniError-3:java.net.SocketException: Socket closed
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.184 MiniError-1:java.net.SocketException: Socket closed
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.184 MiniUI ServerSocket died from:java.net.SocketException: Socket closed
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.185 Cleaning up PM
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.185 Killed Carny.
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.185 Killed Scheduler.
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.185 Error calling finishWatch from VF goodbye:java.lang.NullPointerException
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.185 Ministry is shutting down....destroying the converts in progress
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.186 Killed Seeker.
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.186 Saving properties file to Sage.properties
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.197 Killed EPG.
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.198 Freeing ITVTV capture device
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.225 stopEncoding for IVTV capture device
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.225 Killed MMC.
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.225 Killing UIMgr UIManager:localhost@@SAGETV_PROCESS_LOCAL_UI-a39137
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.225 Error calling finishWatch from VF goodbye:java.lang.NullPointerException
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.226 Killed VideoFrame
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.226 Disposed Window
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.226 Killed UIManager.
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.226 Killed Wizard.
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.226 Saving properties file to Sage.properties
Fri 1/12 11:42:51.239 Bye-bye.

[_Demo_]

Please enable debug by adding debug_logging=TRUE to your Sage.properties files. Reproduce the problem you were having, stop the server with the stopsage script then upload the complete log file.

_Demo_

[m4tth3wv]

Done

[_Demo_]

Is the placeshifter running the same version? The problem seems to be on the client side.

_Demo_

[m4tth3wv]

Uninstalled and reinstalled the latest Client. Not using placeshifter.

I had tried an MVP with the error referencing the file system in a previous post.

[m4tth3wv]

Installed placeshifter on the same Windows box and it works... weird.

[m4tth3wv]

Thanks, Demo.

Where can I send you a beer?

I think my problem was that I originally had the Windows server version trial and then bought the Linux version. My Windows client remained the same.

I was having all kinds of problems with the Windows client not interacting with the Linux server. Some mentioned here as well as directory paths being messed up.

The resolution was to uninstall and manually delete all remnants of the client and THEN reinstalling. Simple uninstall and reinstall failed. The only think I can assume is that when the Windows client was connecting to the Windows server that there are some local client files that are specific to the OS server version. These may have caused an issue when connecting to the Linux server later......