[mythtv-users] Theme Trouble

[Josh White]

On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 5:53 AM, Jonatan <mythtv at comhem.se> wrote:

> Josh White wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 10:21 PM, Kevin Kuphal <kkuphal at gmail.com
> > <mailto:kkuphal at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 8:00 PM, Josh White <jaw1959 at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:jaw1959 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >         I just tried to setup the mythbuntu 8.04 theme on my debian
> >         machine, and now mythfrontend will not load.  I simply copied
> >         the Mythbuntu 8.04 folder from a machine that uses it into my
> >         themes folder on my Debian Etch frontend, and chose it from
> >         setup.  When it scaled the theme images as it normally does on a
> >         theme change, it did the normal two steps, but then went to my
> >         desktop.  I'm guessing theres something in the theme my debian
> >         machine doesn't like, but I'm unaware of a way to change that
> >         setting without using the mythfrontend interface.
> >
> >
> >     Two ways:
> >
> >     mythfrontend -O Setting=Value
> >
> >     will let you specify any DB setting and value on the command-line or
> >     use phpmysql or mysql command-line query tool to change the DB
> >     setting for the startup theme in the database.  I would suggest
> >     using phpmysql or mysql command-line to find the setting and use the
> >     mythfrontend option to change it at startup to avoid any possibility
> >     of messing up your DB
> >
> >     Kevin
> >
> > Thanks for the info.  But suppose I don't really understand what I
> > should be using for "Value" in your example, or how to use phpmysql to
> > make the change...any specific advice on where I could learn about this
> > subject?  Google hasn't led me to a solution as of yet...
> >
>
> There are some examples on the wiki:
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Override_settings
>
> /Jonatan
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Thanks, Jonatan, that seemed to work for me.
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