[mythtv-users] Problem running mythtv setup

Andréas Kühne andreas at kuhne.se
Tue Aug 8 07:29:58 UTC 2017


Thanks,

I'll give that a try tonight.

Regards,

Andréas

2017-08-08 9:19 GMT+02:00 Stephen Worthington <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz>:

> On Mon, 7 Aug 2017 16:34:26 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >On 08/07/2017 03:50 PM, Andréas Kühne wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I upgraded my mythbuntu box from 12.04 to 14.04 last year. I also
> >> upgraded from 0.27 to 0.28 at the same time. Since then I haven't been
> >> able to run mtyhtv-setup. This hasn't been an issue until now. Now my
> >> cable provider has released their HD channels so that I am able to
> >> view them as well (previously a special type of HD box was required,
> >> and I don't think that it is required any more).
> >>
> >> So now I'd like to be able to run mythtv-setup.
> >>
> >> I don't get any errors or anything like that, the only thing that
> >> happens is I get the dialog boxes for shutting down mythtv-backend and
> >> starting it later on. In between the mythtv-backend terminal box pops
> >> up, but nothing happens and it shuts down again.
> >>
> >> Previously I would get a segfault.
> >>
> >> I have the latest version of 0.28 available from mythbuntu installed.
> >>
> >> Does anyone have any ideas on how I can troubleshoot this or see what
> >> is wrong?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Andréas
> >>
> >>
> >I suggest first shut down the backend, then open a terminal window and
> >run mythtv-setup. See if there are any error messages in the terminal
> >window.  If you are running mythbuntu or mythtv installed from the
> >ubuntu packages you may need to run mythtv-setupreal or something like
> >that as they may have created a script around mythtv-setup and renamed
> >the actual mythtv-setup as something with real on the end.
>
> Yes, the mythtv-setup file is a script that runs mythtv-setup.real. So
> shut down mythbackend, then run mythtv-setup.real from your
> mythfrontend user, and see what messages it tells you about the
> problem.
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