[mythtv-users] How to restore mythfrontend default appearance settings?
Jason
fearthepenguin at jasonandjessi.com
Tue Oct 24 01:12:47 UTC 2006
works just fine. Had to use it when I went from a 2880x900 desktop to a
800x600 one.
Jason
The place where you made your stand never mattered,
only that you were there... and still on your feet
Dwayne B. wrote:
> On 18:35 Mon 23 Oct , jack snodgrass wrote:
>
>> On 10/23/06, RParr <RParr at temporalarts.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I tried to change mythfrontend -> setup -> appearance to run mythtv in
>>> a 1200x900 window on my 1600x1200 KDE desktop.
>>>
>>> When mythfrontend restarted after making the above changes, or now when
>>> started, my LCD monitor is reset and displays a message about "that mode
>>> is not supported". I am assuming is trying to reset to a 1200x900 mode
>>> and there isn't one. It is supposed to be running in a 1200x900 window
>>> and NOT resetting the X mode at all.
>>>
>>> 1) How do I reset/restore the mythfrontend settings; I am assuming I
>>> need to use mysql to change some settings but need to know which ones.
>>>
>>> 2) Should setting "run in window" and setting x / y to 1200x900 work?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> R.Parr, RHCE, Temporal Arts
>>>
>>>
>> figure out what your hostname setting should be and send this to
>> your mysql server: ( thie example assumes your front end is called
>> larry )
>>
>> delete FROM settings where value like '%Resolution%' and hostname = 'larry';
>>
>> ... before running this, maybe do
>> select * from settings where value like '%Resolution%';
>> so you can see what is set up already.
>>
>> Once these are gone and you re-start mythfrontend, the settings will
>> be re-populated.
>>
>> jack
>>
>
> Or you could try to use the -r or --reset command line options to
> mythfrontend. Taken from the output of mythfrontend --help:
>
> Valid options are:
> -r or --reset Resets frontend appearance settings and language
>
> I have not ever used this though, YMMV.
>
> --Dwayne
>
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