[mythtv-users] KnoppMythR5.5 out, sigh...

Gary Dawes gary.dawes at gmail.com
Sat Jul 19 13:26:07 UTC 2008


2008/7/19 Colin McGregor <colin.mc151 at gmail.com>:

> Just to note, KnoppMyth R5.5 is out, and well, from what little I have
> seen of it, ... not so good...
>
> Last evening I downloaded the new KnoppMyth, and attempted to upgrade
> my current KnoppMyth R5F27 (last release) box. The upgrade program
> appeared to run correctly. Once the upgrade program completed, I
> removed the CD and rebooted the machine.
>
> The machine would freeze during the boot process. Watching the
> messages displayed during the boot process I saw references to a
> Hauppage digital tuner card, which I don't have, though I do have a
> pcHDTV-5500 card. Removal of the pcHDTV-5500 card allowed the machine
> to boot.
>
> Once booted the machine seemed to convert the back-up of database to
> the new Myth 0.21 format, but this was followed by a large series of
> database error messages showing up on the terminal window...
>
> For now I have reverted back to KnoppMythR5F27, and my advice would be
> to avoid going to R5.5... Sigh...
>
> I also upgraded to R5.5 this morning and it was the most painless yet.

I did get some database error messages during the second stage of install
after the first reboot, but it was soon cleared by inserting a line in the
system my.cnf to bind the real IP as well as 127.0.0.1.

I'd suggest having a look at the knoppmyth forums for assistance.

Gary
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