[mythtv-users] [mythtv] MythTV Raspberry Pi2 frontend testers

[John Pilkington]

On 18/11/15 20:15, Jerry wrote:
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> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 3:04 PM, Joseph Fry <joe at thefrys.com
> <mailto:joe at thefrys.com>> wrote:
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>     On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Jerry <mythtv at hambone.e4ward.com
>     <mailto:mythtv at hambone.e4ward.com>> wrote:
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>         On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Joseph Fry <joe at thefrys.com
>         <mailto:joe at thefrys.com>> wrote:
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>             So, got it installed on Raspbian Wheezy, when I run it I get
>             the DB configuration window, then it restarts and gives me a
>             black screen with a mouse cursor (if I move the mouse).
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>             Really cool that this appears to be running in directfb, no
>             need for X!  Even cooler if I could get the frontend to
>             display.
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>             Am I missing something?  If I could switch to the console
>             and see the output I may be able to figure out where its
>             failing, but I don't know how to kill it without a reboot
>             (ctrl-alt-del).
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>         Thanks to your tip for using Wheezy, I think I'm at the same
>         place as you are.
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>         If you redirect the output of mythfrontend to a text file,
>         you'll see the problem.  Mine can't find the backend, and it
>         looks like the reason is that the mysql libraries aren't loading.
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>         Here is what I see in the terminal:
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>         2015-11-18 14:33:23.796232 E  MSqlDatabase::OpenDatabase(), db
>         object is not valid!
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>         and from (I think) stderr:
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>         QSqlDatabase: QMYSQL driver not loaded
>         QSqlDatabase: available drivers: QMYSQL QMYSQL3
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>         But it is close!
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>
>     for some reason pressing esc a couple of times finally cleared the
>     blank window... maybe I waited long enough for something to timeout.
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>     for some reason mine keeps trying to connect to backed on
>     localhost... suggesting that it failed to use the configuration I
>     specified... the config.xml is correct.
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>     But I do also see the "QMYSQL driver not loaded" message.
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> Yeah, mine keeps trying localhost also, even though I dropped a
> config.xml in ~/.mythtv.  I believe it tries my backend once, then
> hammers localhost for an answer.  I have a bunch of errors that are
> repeats of the first error line I mentioned (db object is not valid).
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> I think I'll take a break now and try again later.
>

Some of this looks very similar to

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/592396#592396

with this contribution at the end from stuarta:

> The key package here is qt-mysql, which provides Qt
> with the mysql driver. It is only used at runtime, not at build
> time so needs to be specifically installed.

..but I don't know how this would fit with the RPi packaging.