[mythtv-users] Mytharchive error on 0.26
John Pilkington
J.Pilk at tesco.net
Sun Oct 28 11:53:15 UTC 2012
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?
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