[mythtv-users] Mytharchive error on 0.26

[John Pilkington]

On 28/10/12 11:11, Mike Perkins wrote:
> On 28/10/12 11:01, Jos Hoekstra wrote:
>>
>> Hmmmm, you're on to something here, they do differ(excluding my own
>> edits) and I
>> read further down that by default these are linked to
>> /etc/mythtv/config.xml.
>> However, both differ quite a lot from /etc/mythtv/config.xml and it
>> seems that
>> they're supposed to be different, added the LocalHostName to all and
>> will have
>> to see how that goes.
>> After reboot it doesn't seem to improve the double filename-issue.
>> Here's my edited ~/.mythtv/config.xml:
>> <Configuration>
>>    <UPnP>
>>      <UDN>
>>        <MediaRenderer>obscured</MediaRenderer>
>>      </UDN>
>>    </UPnP>
>>    <LocalHostName>frontend</LocalHostName>
>>    <Database>
>>      <PingHost>1</PingHost>
>>      <Host>192.168.1.5</Host>
>>      <UserName>mythtv</UserName>
>>      <Password>passwd</Password>
>>      <DatabaseName>mythconverg</DatabaseName>
>>      <Port>3306</Port>
>>    </Database>
>>    <WakeOnLAN>
>>      <Enabled>0</Enabled>
>>      <SQLReconnectWaitTime>0</SQLReconnectWaitTime>
>>      <SQLConnectRetry>5</SQLConnectRetry>
>>      <Command>echo 'WOLsqlServerCommand not set'</Command>
>>    </WakeOnLAN>
>> </Configuration>
>>
>> and /etc/mythtv/config.xml:
>> <Configuration>
>>    <UPnP>
>>      <MythFrontend>
>>        <DefaultBackend>
>>          <!--
>> Set the <LocalHostName> hostname override below only if you want to use
>> something other than the machine's real hostname for identifying settings
>> in the database.  This is useful if your hostname changes often, as
>> otherwise you'll need to reconfigure mythtv every time.
>>
>> NO TWO HOSTS MAY USE THE SAME VALUE
>> -->
>>          <LocalHostName>frontend</LocalHostName>
>>          <DBHostName>192.168.1.5</DBHostName>
>>          <DBUserName>mythtv</DBUserName>
>>          <DBPassword>password</DBPassword>
>>          <DBName>mythconverg</DBName>
>>          <DBPort>3306</DBPort>
>>        </DefaultBackend>
>>      </MythFrontend>
>>    </UPnP>
>> </Configuration>
>>
>> If anyone sees anything wrong here, I'd like to know ;)
>>
> In the first one, the UPnP section stands alone. In the second, the UPnP
> section wraps the database section. This might mean it *never* gets
> parsed properly where it is needed.
>
> This may be your problem. You also mention above:
>
> "However, both differ quite a lot from /etc/mythtv/config.xml and it
> seems that
> they're supposed to be different"
>
> No, I don't think they are. These describe the *machine* to the backend.
> The only time you would ever want these to be different is when you are
> doing some special testing and need another host identifier or database
> username/password. Make all ~/.mythtv be links to /etc/mythtv and this
> will ensure that your config is consistent wherever you run from.
>

But the LocalHostName has to be just that, and just where the comment is.

Does *buntu have separate users,  eg Jos and mythtv?  I would suppose 
they are both on the same frontend  and should share the same 
config.xml, but on another frontend that would be different?