[mythtv] Loss of "This server is the Master Backend" configuration in fixes/32
Stephen Worthington
stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz
Sun Feb 6 14:32:59 UTC 2022
On Sun, 6 Feb 2022 14:43:35 +0100, you wrote:
>On Sun, 6 Feb 2022 at 12:36, John Pilkington <johnpilk222 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 06/02/2022 10:40, Klaas de Waal wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I have now on two different systems that the checkbox for "This server
>> > is the Master Backend" is unexpectedly unchecked. This is with testing
>> > the fixes/32. It could just be that I did something wrong but if others
>> > also experience this issue it might be a bug.
>> >
>> > Klaas.
>>
>> I have mythtv-setup problems too, but thought they were caused by
>> unwanted interaction between boxes intended to be independent. At
>> present I have switched off the problem box and am wondering if I need a
>> DB restore. I dislike the full-screen arrogance of the default setup,
>> and that it finds several servers with no obvious way of knowing which
>> is which. Fortunately, once set up, it usually works. And I know I'm
>> supposed to use the 'ten foot interface' model with a single syatem...
>>
>> My problems did start after trying to test an updated Dutch translation on
>my laptop.
>It looks like starting mythfrontend with the -p command line option, as
>recommended in the Wiki page
>https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Translation#Do_the_translation, is what causes
>the problems.
>I did expect the "mythfrontend -p" to ask for the language; instead it
>comes up with a backend selection page.
>There are two backends shown with completely identical descriptions.
>Selecting the first one gives a popup box with a prompt for a PIN code.
>Entering 0000 fails, the box remains.
>Selecting the second one works OK without a PIN code. This happens to be
>the production backend in my attic and this is not what I wanted so I just
>exited after clicking around for a while.
>Now on BOTH systems, my laptop and the one in the attic, the "This server
>is the Master Backend" is unchecked.
>I have been able to reproduce this once but not twice.
>
>Looks like there are the following issues:
>
>- The "mythfrontend -p" command is expected to ask for country and language
>but instead it does something completely different. It could be that the
>documentation in https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Translation#Do_the_translation
>is not correct.
>- The backend configuration is clobbered by "mythfrontend -p". This should
>never happen and is the most serious issue.
>- I can NOT start mythfrontend when I select the backend via the backend
>selection page; it then asks for a PIN code which is not accepted. I can
>however just start mythfrontend without the "-p" option and then it starts
>OK. This is inconsistent.
>- The two backends presented in the backend selection page have a 100%
>identical description. This makes selecting the correct backend a lottery.
If you copy /usr/share/mythtv/devicemaster.xml to
/home/mythtv/.mythtv/devicemaster.xml and edit it there, that should
allow you to change the names that show up when selecting backends.
>I also think that the default for mythtv-setup should be to appear in a
>window and not full screen. Typical use for mythtv-setup, at least for me,
>to run it via ssh on a computer screen and not on the TV. The annoying
>thing is that this can only be changed in mythfrontend.
I believe that it is possible to use -O to override settings that are
in the settings table if the program does not have a native way of
changing them. So something like this might work:
-O RunFrontendInWindow=1
>Klaas.
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