[mythtv-users] MythTV Install

Tue Sep 9 14:45:57 UTC 2014

On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 7:12 AM, Richard Brook <byronf16 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 6:02 PM, Mark Perkins <perkins1724 at hotmail.com>
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>> On 8 Sep 2014, at 11:41 pm, "Richard Brook" <byronf16 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 6:04 AM, Janusz S. Bien <jsbien at mimuw.edu.pl>
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>>> Quote/Cytat - Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> (Mon 08 Sep
>>> 2014 11:49:23 AM CEST):
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>>>> You do know that backports /is/ testing? Just a thought.
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>>> So in theory they should behave in the same way...
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>>> Next week I try to make a fresh install get a better understanding what
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>>> Regards
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>>> Janusz
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>>> Prof. dr hab. Janusz S. Bień -  Uniwersytet Warszawski (Katedra
>>> Lingwistyki Formalnej)
>>> Prof. Janusz S. Bień - University of Warsaw (Formal Linguistics
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>> This is becoming very frustrating. I just did a clean install of Ubuntu
>> 14.04, again. I go to the Software Center to do a clean install of MythTV. I
>> select MythTV Backend and the install begins. About half way through the
>> install, the Software Center window darkens to a grey and freezes. I wait
>> and finally I click on the X and I get an error message that the app has
>> stopped working and Close or Wait. I close and then rerun Software Center. I
>> see the status bars for MythTV Frontend and Backend are about half finished.
>> I wait until they are finished. I run MythTV Backend. It informs me that I
>> need to be in the MythTV group and I indicate OK. I am informed that I must
>> Logout and Login. I do so. Once I Login, I run MythTV Backend, again and I
>> am taken to the window where it asks me what language I want. I choose
>> English and hit Save. The next screen indicates that it cannot connect to
>> the Database. Asterisk indicates the fields that need to be changed.
>> Hostname has the Asterisk before it.
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>> The other fields are Ping Test - It is checked. Port: 3306. Database Name
>> mythconverg. User mythtv. Password mythtv.
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>> If I click on Next it takes me to Database screen 2. I click on Finish and
>> it takes me right back to the Select Language screen. I have to cancel out
>> as I am in a loop. I checked the Config.xml file and here are the contents;
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>> <Configuration>
>>   <LocalHostName>my-unique-identifier-goes-here</LocalHostName>
>>   <Database>
>>     <PingHost>1</PingHost>
>>     <Host>localhost</Host>
>>     <UserName>mythtv</UserName>
>>     <Password>mythtv</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>
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>> This has happened to me before, this week where I did a Clean install of
>> both OS and MythTV with the same scenario. When I first installed 14.04 and
>> MythTV, a month ago, I had no problems with the install. Could there be
>> changes in the Ubuntu Updates or in the MythTV Install that are causing
>> these issues? By the way, I did the Clean install today. I was never asked
>> to create an Admin password for the database.
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>> This is very frustrating
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>> How are you doing the clean install? If you are not getting asked for root
>> password for MySQL at creation it sounds to me like configuration is
>> persisting between installs.
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>> Have you considered using Mythbuntu instead of Ubuntu? It takes care of a
>> lot of this type of setup and is a good choice if primary usage is just
>> MythTV (you can still use as desktop however).
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> I did a clean install of Mythbuntu on another HDD. I have it configured for
> Desktop use as well as MythTV. For a number of years I have been using an
> Nvidia 9800gtx video card and a 50"Sony HDTV as the monitor. I have it
> connected using a DVI to HDMI cable at 1080p. I am currently running the
> proprietary 331 drivers.
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> One problem I am having is getting the LiveTV to display at the proper size.
> It appears not to be using the 16x9 Aspect Ratio. When I ran the Frontend on
> my other Ubuntu setups, I was able to see a configuration screen that
> allowed me to set the GUI to one resolution and the Playback to another. I
> have gone through all the menus in the Frontend setup but I cannot find that
> config screen. I can access all of the menu choices except Screen Setup
> Wizard. When I click on that menu choice I am taken to a grey textured
> screen that is blank (no text). If I hit ESC, it takes me to a much lighter
> blank screen. I cannot seem to back out of this screen without powering the
> PC Off and On..
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What version of the Mythbuntu theme are you using?

Thanks,

Thomas Mashos