[mythtv-users] Upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10 disasters - please help; (

[Ben Edwards]

2010/1/25 Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>

> On 01/24/2010 05:50 PM, Ben Edwards wrote:
> > I recently upgraded my Ubuntu box that runs myth from 9.04 to 9.10, A lot
> of
> > things not don't work. Changing from the default (hideous)
>
> This /really/ motivates me to help you.  You should realize that someone
> who has spent a huge portion of his free time over the last few years
> working on Myth built that theme.  It may not be your preferred theme
> and you may be a little frustrated, but please remember that although
> MythTV didn't cost you a thing (not even a moment of your time making
> it), some people have put their heart and soul (and a /lot/ of time)
> into making it (and, no, time you spend setting it up doesn't count
> because that doesn't help anyone else/is only for your gain and is only
> required because you chose to use Myth rather than buy a TiVo or rent a
> cable-/satellite-company DVR).
>
> >  theme does not
> > work
>
> Because you have specified a broken theme, you need to start
> mythfrontend, change the theme /to a valid theme/, exit mythfrontend,
> then start mythfrontend.
>
> Best way to do this is to get rid of all the 0.21-fixes garbage
> (including old, broken themes)...
>

OK, I changed to the mythubuntu theme and the I now get a different one.
Blue and Retro both don't work, are these also discontinued.

Not sure how to get rid of 0.21-fixes garbage and broken themes.  I have
found a bunch of *myth*0.21* files and moved them to a backup directory.  I
did have some problems with apt-get and folowed a howto that included
deleting some what I thought were cashe files.  I get this type of thing a
lot:

dpkg: warning: files list file for package `libgnutls13' missing, assuming
package has no files currently installed.

dpkg: warning: files list file for package `libhttp-cache-transparent-perl'
missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.

dpkg: warning: files list file for package `libwrap0' missing, assuming
package has no files currently installed.

dpkg: warning: files list file for package `netcat' missing, assuming
package has no files currently installed.


I know I said I had compiled from source but this was years ago.  0.21-0.21
was a apt-get type upgrade.

Regards,
Ben


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