[mythtv-commits] Ticket #6450: Offer to remove $HOME/.ICEauthority to make mytharchive function properly
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Sat Apr 11 03:40:14 UTC 2009
#6450: Offer to remove $HOME/.ICEauthority to make mytharchive function properly
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Reporter: philip at yhbt.com | Owner: paulh
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: critical | Milestone: 0.21.1
Component: Plugin - MythArchive | Version: 0.21-fixes
Severity: high | Mlocked: 0
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This bug has existed since at least 2007. I just discovered the following
page. I always wondered why mytharchive just stopped working when I
reinstalled my box.
All of my problems went away by simply removing the $HOME/.ICEauthority
file. If this file is not removed mytharchive and the utilities that it
uses simply DO not function properly at all and they error out. See the
logs in here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=610856
Here is what I recommend:
When the GUI first loads the mytharchive screen have the code check for
the existence of this file. If it finds it have the code prompt the user
to delete it with the following dialog:
"On certain Linux distributions the presence of a .ICEauthority file can
interfere with mytharchive functioning properly. Most users do not need a
.ICEauthority file. Would you like MythArchive to remove it for you so
that it will function properly?"
Responses:
No
Yes, this time
Yes, always remove it
If someone wants to dig a little deeper to figure out what the problem is
that's fine. I'm sure removing the .ICEauthority file is something of a
kludge but HEY it FIXES the problem and to the end user that's ALL they
care about!
I'm running 19961 as packaged in Mythbuntu 9.04 Beta.
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Ticket URL: <http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/6450>
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