[mythtv-users] MythTV Install

Tue Sep 9 15:00:46 UTC 2014

On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 7:59 AM, Richard Brook <byronf16 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com> wrote:
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>> 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>
>> > wrote:
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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>
>> >> wrote:
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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
>> >>> is going on.
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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
>> >>> Department)
>> >>> jsbien at uw.edu.pl, jsbien at mimuw.edu.pl,
>> >>> http://fleksem.klf.uw.edu.pl/~jsbien/
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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.
>> >>
>> >> 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>
>> >>
>> >> 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.
>> >>
>> >> 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.
>> >>
>> >> 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.
>> >
>> > 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?
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>> Thanks,
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>> Thomas Mashos
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> Mythbuntu 28.2 from Theme Chooser. This was the default.

You need to update it. 28.10 is the latest. It should offer you an update.

Thanks,

Thomas Mashos