[mythtv-users] schedules direct issue

[Carl Johnson]

On Tue, 2012-09-25 at 15:29 -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 09/25/2012 01:55 PM, Mike Perkins wrote:
> > On 25/09/12 18:42, Carl Johnson wrote:
> >> On Tue, 2012-09-25 at 13:03 -0400, Jim Morton wrote:
> >>> Please don't top post.
> >>>
> >>> On 9/25/2012 12:58 PM, Carl Johnson wrote:
> >>>> is there any other way i can troubleshoot it? say like use wget or
> >>>> something to pull down my schedule and open it with openoffice calc or
> >>>> something?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Didn't you say it works if you run it manually?
> >>> If that is the case then could it be you are running it as root?
> >>> If so then it's likely a permissions issue otherwise it would be some
> >>> environment difference. Try comparing the output of env from both 
> >>> users.
> >>>
> >> in truth it seems to run correctly, when i do it manually, outside of
> >> the GUI. i mean, when i run it manually isn't that supposed to
> >> workaround my issue with the retrieve lineups button?
> >>
> >> what i've done is....
> >> 1. go to the gui, and hit retrieve lineups. the data direct field never
> >> fills.
> >> 2. exit the GUI, manually run the fill.
> >> 3. go back into the GUI and data direct should be filled right?
> >>
> > "Retrieve Lineups" is you pulling the list of channels you made in 
> > SchedulesDirect down to your PC so that Myth knows which channels you 
> > want.
> 
> More specifically, it's pulling the list of lineups, where the lineups 
> are just names for a group of channels.  It doesn't actually pull any 
> channel information until you do the "Fetch channels from listings 
> provider" button.  But you can't do that until you've got an actual lineup.
> 
> > If you don't do this, mythfilldatabase won't know which channels you 
> > want data for, so it won't do anything.
> >
> 
> Exactly--you can't get the listings data until you have channels, which 
> you can't get until you configure the lineup.
> 
> Mike
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i've just downloaded the latest as well as a couple older version of
mythbuntu in iso format. i was installing this via usb up 'till now.
i'll try a couple of these disks and report back. (fingers/toes
crossed).