[mythtv-users] SOLVED - deleting channels (was: UPC Poland ...)

Tue Jul 22 18:50:05 UTC 2014

Thank you very much to all of you for your helpful answers.

Best regards

Janusz

Quote/Cytat - mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org (Tue 22 Jul 2014  
08:18:17 PM CEST)
> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 15:11:11 +0200
> From: "Janusz S. Bien" <jsbien at mimuw.edu.pl>

>> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 07:06:20 -0600
>> From: jacek burghardt <jaceksburghardt at gmail.com>
>
> Thank you for your answer.
>
>
>> Well under mythtv-setup there i channel editor that will let you delete tv
>> channels.
>
> I've checked the channel editor but I don't see any way to delete a
> specific channel. I can only edit its properties or remove all the
> channels.
>
> Moreover I've checked the Channel Info tab in mythweb. Here I can mark
> a channel for deletion, but can't actually delete it (nothing happens
> when I click on Save).
>
>> There is option under input to change starting channel.
>
> It was set correctly, but it didn't work in the circumstances
> described in my previous mail.
>
> I've solved the problem by removing the appropriate row in the channel
> table in the database, but I still would like to know the proper way
> to remove channels.
>
> Best regards
>
> Janusz
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 09:16:38 -0400
> From: "Michael T. Dean" <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>
> To: Discussion about MythTV <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] deleting channels
> Message-ID: <53CE6436.7090503 at thirdcontact.com>
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>
> On 07/22/2014 09:11 AM, Janusz S. Bien wrote:
>> From: jacek burghardt
>>
>>> Well under mythtv-setup there i channel editor that will let you
>>> delete tv
>>> channels.
>>
>> I've checked the channel editor but I don't see any way to delete a
>> specific channel. I can only edit its properties or remove all the
>> channels.
>
> As anywhere else in MythTV, hit DELETE (by default, "D").
>
>>
>> Moreover I've checked the Channel Info tab in mythweb. Here I can mark
>> a channel for deletion, but can't actually delete it (nothing happens
>> when I click on Save).
>
> That means that your MythWeb/Apache isn't configured to allow
> sufficiently-large requests to handle the number of channels you have.
>
> Mike
>
>

> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 11:08:24 -0500
> From: Karl Newman <newmank1 at asme.org>
> To: Discussion about MythTV <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] deleting channels (was: UPC Poland ,
> 	mythfrontend hangs on a "Connection test" channel)
> Message-ID:
> 	<CAOOwNt+V-sVRU8pk8LE3rCPpP4h9F9p4TFoj2yEKMmt38GcUCw at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 8:11 AM, Janusz S. Bien <jsbien at mimuw.edu.pl> wrote:
>
>> Quote/Cytat - mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org (Tue 22 Jul 2014 02:00:01
>> PM CEST):
>>
>>> Message: 2
>>> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 07:06:20 -0600
>>> From: jacek burghardt <jaceksburghardt at gmail.com>
>>>
>>
>> Thank you for your answer.
>>
>>
>>  Well under mythtv-setup there i channel editor that will let you delete tv
>>> channels.
>>>
>>
>> I've checked the channel editor but I don't see any way to delete a
>> specific channel. I can only edit its properties or remove all the
>> channels.
>>
>> Moreover I've checked the Channel Info tab in mythweb. Here I can mark
>> a channel for deletion, but can't actually delete it (nothing happens
>> when I click on Save).
>>
>>
> You're probably running into a variable limitation in your php install
> (because there are so many fields on the mythweb channel editor page). The
> fix is simple (although finding the correct php.ini file to put it in may
> be tricky because there tends to be a number of them). Here's the variable
> you need to change:
> max_input_vars = 10000
> In my setup the default is 1000, but I changed it to 10000. You may also
> need to change the memory_limit setting, although mine appears to be at the
> default 128M and it's working fine. Check your web server error logs if
> it's still not working after making this change and restarting it.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Karl

> Message: 9
> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 12:47:00 -0400
> From: Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com>
> To: Discussion about MythTV <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] deleting channels (was: UPC Poland ,
> 	mythfrontend hangs on a "Connection test" channel)
> Message-ID:
> 	<CAMwtTBDigXq3XUtG3dwr1F7ZFo+rfShGdG0ZRwPd_nmX19jZzA at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> On Jul 22, 2014 12:09 PM, "Karl Newman" <newmank1 at asme.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 8:11 AM, Janusz S. Bien <jsbien at mimuw.edu.pl>
> wrote:
>>>
>>> Quote/Cytat - mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org (Tue 22 Jul 2014 02:00:01
> PM CEST):
>>>>
>>>> Message: 2
>>>> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 07:06:20 -0600
>>>> From: jacek burghardt <jaceksburghardt at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you for your answer.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Well under mythtv-setup there i channel editor that will let you delete
> tv
>>>> channels.
>>>
>>>
>>> I've checked the channel editor but I don't see any way to delete a
>>> specific channel. I can only edit its properties or remove all the
>>> channels.
>>>
>>> Moreover I've checked the Channel Info tab in mythweb. Here I can mark
>>> a channel for deletion, but can't actually delete it (nothing happens
>>> when I click on Save).
>>>
>>
>> You're probably running into a variable limitation in your php install
> (because there are so many fields on the mythweb channel editor page). The
> fix is simple (although finding the correct php.ini file to put it in may
> be tricky because there tends to be a number of them). Here's the variable
> you need to change:
>> max_input_vars = 10000
>> In my setup the default is 1000, but I changed it to 10000. You may also
> need to change the memory_limit setting, although mine appears to be at the
> default 128M and it's working fine. Check your web server error logs if
> it's still not working after making this change and restarting it.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Karl

-- 
Prof. dr hab. Janusz S. Bień -  Uniwersytet Warszawski (Katedra  
Lingwistyki Formalnej)
Prof. Janusz S. Bień - University of Warsaw (Formal Linguistics Department)
jsbien at uw.edu.pl, jsbien at mimuw.edu.pl, http://fleksem.klf.uw.edu.pl/~jsbien/