[mythtv-users] MythTV Install

[Richard Brook]

Thanks! I will try to remember not to top post. I use Gmail on my Android
phone when I am away from the house.
On Sep 7, 2014 6:57 PM, "Hika van den Hoven" <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hoi Richard,
>
> Monday, September 8, 2014, 12:31:21 AM, you wrote:
>
> > Thanks. I am learning.
> > Do I need to create a password for the db when installing MythTV or
> should I leave it blank?
> > How do I reconnect the frontend to the back end if the error pops up
> again?
> > On Sep 7, 2014 5:51 PM, "Hika van den Hoven" <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hoi Richard,
> >
> >  Sunday, September 7, 2014, 11:42:47 PM, you wrote:
> >
>  >> When I purge MythTV, does it leave files like that behind? Is the
> database purged, as well?
>  >> When I did a clean install if Ubuntu and then MythTV, it would ask
>  >> me to create a db password or leave it blank. Should I leave it blank
> or enter mythtv?
>  >> I will get you the info when I return home.
>  >> On Sep 7, 2014 4:36 PM, "Mike Perkins"
>  >> <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> wrote:
> >
>  >> On 07/09/14 20:57, Richard Brook wrote:
>  >>
>  >>  I did this At my home yesterday and today. I do not need to preserve
> any
>  >>  directories since I only watch live TV or record, watch once, and
> erase.
>  >>
>  >>  The install used to inform me that I needed to be added to a group. I
> ran a
>  >>  grep command to see if I was listed in the group. I was.
>  >>
>  >>  I read online that it as a good idea to create the db password MythTV,
>  >>  during install.
>  >>
>  >>
> >   (Please don't top post.)
>  >>
>  >>  Debian and Ubuntu have a quirk that when you install mythtv, the
>  >> database 'mythconverg' is created with a randomised password. This
>  >> is supposed to be a security measure.
>  >>
>  >>  To find out what password was created, go to the home directory of
>  >> the mythtv user (usually 'mythtv') and look at the
>  >> /home/mythtv/.mythtv/config.xml file. You should find out what
> password was created in there.
>  >>
>  >>  It used to be the case that you would have to grant extra
>  >> permissions on the database to get things to function. If you are
>  >> using Debian or Unbuntu flavours, that should no longer be necessary.
>  >>
>  >>  --
>  >>
>  >>  Mike Perkins
>  >>
>  >>
> >
> >  If you don't have any other mysql databases you could purge that too
> >  and reinstall or simpler dump the mythconverg database. You possibly
> >  now still have the database from your first install together with your
> >  second myth install.
> >
> >  Tot mails,
> >    Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
> >
> Please put your replies at the bottom!
>
> According to Mike a randomised password is automatically generated,
> but you say it asks you for one.
> I would suggest that you give a password when asked and that you both
> in ~/.mythtv/config.xml and in mysql check if it is actually that
> password BEFORE running mythtv-setup or mythbackend. If you start
> mythbackend the default way, it IS run under the user mythtv.
> Mike named /home/mythtv/.mythtv/config.xml assuming you run as user
> mythtv. If you run as another user make sure that .mythtv/config.xml
> is present in that home directory and contains the right information.
> If you run both back and frontend on the same machine and do not plan
> to run a frontend on another machine you can use localhost as hostname
> else use the ip-adress or, if you have a stable dns, the hostname.
>
> Tot mails,
>   Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>
> "Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
> Zonder leven is er geen hoop
> Het eeuwige dilemma
> Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"
>
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