[mythtv-users] Separate Frontend - New Install

[James Linder]

On 7/8/17 7:21 am, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:
>> On Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 7:35 AM, John Pilkington <J.Pilk at tesco.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 06/08/17 13:06, Richard Shaw wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 11:05 AM, Ashu Desai <ashu.desai at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:ashu.desai at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     Did it 3 times - does not install themes - nothing
>>>>     under   themes/ - actually no such folder as themes
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This should not be possible, the mythtv-frontend package clearly
>>>> requires the mythtv-base-themes package...
>>>>
>>>> $ rpm -q --requires mythtv-frontend | grep ^mythtv
>>>> mythtv-base-themes = 0.28.1
>>>> mythtv-common = 0.28.1-5.fc25
>>>>
>>>> Check to see if it's installed, if it isn't, something is broken...
>>>>
>>>> $ rpm -q mythtv-base-themes
>>>> mythtv-base-themes-0.28.1-5.fc25.x86_64
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Richard
>>>>
>>> Could the 'rm -rf  /usr/share/mythtv/*', perhaps as root, reported
>>> earlier,  have prevented installation later?  But I would  expect yum to
>>> report problems in that case, and it sounds as if only the themes folder is
>>> missing.
>>
>> Yup... yum doesn't know the package was effectively removed. The
>> mythtv-base-themes package needs to be reinstalled...
>>
>> $ yum reinstall mythtv-base-themes
>>
> Thank you Richard - that did the themes part
>
> Back to same issue -
>
> https://pastebin.com/A63zybJy
>
> I re-installed mariadb and it connects fine to backend

Trust me! The frontend does NOT need or use mariadb if the backend db is 
remote. Trying to setup mariadb on the frontend is moot provided you 
setup mythtv with the correct remote db.

I have multiple frontends, including a mac book, some have mariadb some 
dont. I have a backend running Suse with a backend I built.

All my frontend do theme correctly by downloading the theme when 
selected in myth.
James