[mythtv-users] Theme question

[John P Poet]

On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 10:55 PM, Mike Carron <jmcarron at starstream.net>
wrote:

> Is there a reason why I should expect that installing the same version of
> Mythbuntu (12.04 and promptly upgrading Myth to 27.4) from the same USB
> stick onto two different machines would product a different selection of
> available themes in Setup -> Theme Chooser?
>
> On one machine, a Zotac ID36, I get what is apparently the full catalog of
> themes, including MythCenter, MythCenter-Wide, Arclight, Mythbuntu, Terra
> and several others. On the other machine, a Zotac AD03, I get Mythbuntu,
> MythCenter, Mythcenter-Wide and Terra, none of the others. I can re-install
> on the AD03 and get exactly the same result so it shouldn't be a matter of
> a botched install. Is there something in the install process that prevents
> certain themes from being installed on certain hardware?
>
> Incidentally, prior to upgrading the MythTV from 0.25 to 0.27 all front
> ends presented the same themes in Theme Chooser.


It is probably a permission issue.   Make sure that the ~/.mythtv directory
(and all of it sub-directories) are writable by whatever user(s) is running
mythbackend and mythfrontend.

John
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