[mythtv-users] OS X & MythFrontend 0.18.1 with plugins

Brad DerManouelian myth at dermanouelian.com
Wed Jan 11 01:37:52 UTC 2006


On Jan 10, 2006, at 8:09 PM, Matt Hannan wrote:

> Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>> As much as it pains me to help you after the treatment I received  
>> from
>> you...
> I do hope you are joking.
>>
>> The problem is that you aren't able to connect to the MySQL database.
> Actually, it turns out that the MySQL stuff is fine. It is bombing out
> because it can't find any themes!
>
>> Unfortunately the OS X frontend doesn't fail gracefully in that
>> situation. However, if you launch it from a terminal, you'll see  
>> error
>> messages.
>>
>> PBG4:~/Desktop/MythTV/MythFrontend.app/Contents/MacOS bderman$
>> ~/Desktop/MythTV/MythFrontend.app/Contents/MacOS/mythfrontend
>> 2006-01-10 19:10:27.666 Using runtime prefix =
>> /Users/bderman/Desktop/MythTV/MythFrontend.app/Contents/Resources
>> 2006-01-10 19:10:27.677 New DB connection, total: 1
>> 2006-01-10 19:10:28.130 Total desktop dim: 1280x854, with 1 screen 
>> [s].
>> 2006-01-10 19:10:28.143 Running in a window
>> 2006-01-10 19:10:28.147 Using screen 0, 1280x781 at 0,22
>>
>> etc.
>>
>> If you're only getting the MythFrontend.app application then you  
>> don't
>> have any of the plugins (like you were complaining about before).
>> You'll need to either compile the plugins yourself or download a dmg
>> containing all the plugins like from http://thesniderpad.com
> Yes, yes. I know all that. And I am grabbing the "broken" dmg from
> thesniderpad.com, stable, not SVN.
> What is odd is that the no-plugins version fires up with no problem  
> and
> lets me choose between Blue or G.A.N.T.
> OK, so I just copied the sniderpad MythFrontend to Applications, from
> where Myth was running with the non-plugin version, and it still does
> not work. Bombs looking for themes.
>>
>> I'm assuming you are running backend on a different machine. If you
>> download pre-compiled binaries you need to make sure the protocol
>> versions match up. If they don't, you'll see something like "Protocol
>> version mismatch (frontend=22,backend=15)" when trying to use a  
>> recent
>> SVN frontend with 0.18.1 backend.
> Nope, but good detective work.
>>
>> If you are having problems establishing a connection to the backend,
>> make sure MySQL on your backend is accepting remote connections
>> (search the forums). If you can login from command line on the  
>> machine
>> you're running front end from (search the forums), follow the
>> instructions in the link you referenced to set up the database
>> parameters correctly in FrontEnd.
>>
> All of that is fine. I have 018.1 running on a Suse box as a remote
> frontend. Not noob. Just not a Mac guy. ;-)
> And I think there is an issue with the "stable" build at  
> thesniderpad.com.
> How about the SVN builds? Are they current or this mysterious 0.19  
> that
> folks are talking about?
>
> Thanks for your help, Brad. Seriously. You seem a level headed person.
>
> Matt

I'm using MythTV 0.18.1 Frontend for MacOSX from thesniderpad.com and  
don't have the same issue. What's your error message?

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