[mythtv-users] How do I fix my MythFrontend box?

Michael Williams gberz3 at gmail.com
Mon Jun 4 14:21:13 UTC 2007


> Do you mean that you configured it to connect to a backend through the
> Internet, which doesn't exist now? I believe all the bootstrap
> configuration (mainly how to connect to the MySQL server) is in
> "~/.mythtv/mysql.txt". If you delete or rename that it, mythfrontend
> should give the initial config dialog again. Alternatively, you can  
> try
> editing that file manually.

That was exactly the issue.   A simple delete of my "~/.mythtv/"  
directory was the key.  I'm confused as to why a directory created by  
the install/edit process wasn't automatically removed when checking  
"Mark For Complete Removal" in Synaptic.  *shrug*

Thanks,
Michael
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