[mythtv-users] MythTV Install

[Richard Brook]

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Richard Brook <byronf16 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 2:09 AM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 6:44 AM, Richard Brook <byronf16 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I recently had my Ubuntu 14.04 system crash. I did a clean install of
>> 14.04
>> > again and then a clean install of MythTV. I have installed it
>> successfully
>> > numerous times, in the past, from Terminal and Software Center, without
>> > issue.
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>> > Now, whenever I try to install it, I run the back end and I get the
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>> > cannot connect to database, password not correct. I followed some
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>> > ran an msql command an reset the password to MythTV. I completed the
>> back
>> > end config and proceeded to the frontend. There, I get an error that the
>> > frontend cannot connect to the back end. May be an IP issue. I never saw
>> > that before. I assume it should be 127.0.0.1, as that is the default.
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>> > I did a purge of MythTV and reinstalled it. When it asked for the d
>> > password, I entered MythTV. When the install finished, I ran the Back
>> end,
>> > and was greeted with the same screen asking what language to use,
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>> > by the cannot connect to database error.
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>> > What am I doing wrong?
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>> sudo dpkg-reconfigure mythtv-database (answer "yes")
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>> sudo dpkg-reconfigure mythtv-common (answers: mythconverg, mythtv,
>> mythtv, your eth0 address)
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>> Yes, I say choose a password that makes sense and you can remember.
>> Your mythtv system isn't accessible from the internet anyway is it?
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> Well - Everything seems to be working well in Mythbuntu. My GUI displays
> full screen on my HDTV but the video from LiveTV or Recordings display in a
> square area in the center of the display. If I go to the Video Setup menu
> and choose Separate the GUI and Playback, what should I change the
> parameters to to make use of the rest of my 50" display? I have played
> around with this in the past and ended up with the GUI being too large and
> cut off on the edges.
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> I normally output to my HDTV at 1080p.
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I was able to go into the Frontend setup, Appearance,  and choose Separate
GUI and Playback. The default was 640x480. I set both to 1920x1080. The GUI
size was still OK. When watching LiveTV, the width is using the entire
width of the TV screen although it is shorter on the top and bottom a
little.

The problem now is that when I hit ESC and exit MythTV, my Desktop
resolution was reset to 640x480. I had to open the Nvidia Control Panel and
change it back to 1920x1080. How do I keep that from happening?
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