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* plug your tuner into a USB slot, connect the antenna cable and connect power | * plug your tuner into a USB slot, connect the antenna cable and connect power | ||
− | * | + | * kill all processes that block your video device: |
+ | $ lsof | grep video | ||
+ | nautilus 1769 bootstick mem REG 8,34 46824 3691 /usr/lib/libgstvideo-0.10.so.0.24.0 | ||
+ | : ok, there is a process nautilus blocking the video device. Kill it | ||
+ | $ killall nautilus | ||
+ | : verify it is killed | ||
+ | $ killall nautilus | ||
+ | nautilus: no process found | ||
+ | : verify there is no other process | ||
+ | $ lsof | grep video | ||
+ | $ | ||
+ | : good |
Revision as of 12:54, 4 December 2011
To watch TV using my Hauppauge PVR USB 2 tuner and Ubuntu 11.10
- install Ubuntu 11.10
- install vlc
- plug your tuner into a USB slot, connect the antenna cable and connect power
- kill all processes that block your video device:
$ lsof | grep video nautilus 1769 bootstick mem REG 8,34 46824 3691 /usr/lib/libgstvideo-0.10.so.0.24.0
- ok, there is a process nautilus blocking the video device. Kill it
$ killall nautilus
- verify it is killed
$ killall nautilus nautilus: no process found
- verify there is no other process
$ lsof | grep video $
- good