[mythtv-users] Separate Frontend - New Install

[John Pilkington]

On 05/08/17 18:13, John Pilkington wrote:
> On 05/08/17 16:39, Roger Siddons wrote:
>>
>>>> Ran mythwelcome and then connected gave correct backend IP then ran 
>>>> mythfrontend -- crashes.
>>>>
>>>> Seems something broke because i can't seem to even start it. Keeps 
>>>> complaining. Ran it as root - just to see if it's permissions, nothing
>>>>
>>>> https://pastebin.com/nResJiMG
>>
>> 2017-08-05 02:25:44.884288 W  MythUIHelper: No theme dir: 
>> '/usr/share/mythtv/themes/Terra'
>>
>> The frontend can't run without any themes. Those dirs should be 
>> populated by the installation. Reinstall.
>>
> 
> It's clear that the rpmfusion mythfrontend package, at least on el7, 
> doesn't bring in all that a standalone frontend needs.  I think you 
> might do better to install 'mythtv' and get the frontend going.  Then 
> you could rpm -e --nodeps the bits that you don't need.
> 
> Or installing mythtv-base-themes and mythtv-common, mythffmpeg(?) ...
> 
> I find 'yumex' useful.  yum install yumex.

I didn't read far enough down the listing; mythtv-base-themes and 
mythtv-common *are* declared and ought to be brought in.  Sorry.

A later build has just been loaded into rpmfusion-free-updates-testing

John