[mythtv-users] Problem running mythtv setup

[Andréas Kühne]

2017-08-09 16:31 GMT+02:00 Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk>:

> On 09/08/17 15:24, Andréas Kühne wrote:
>
>> 2017-08-09 16:02 GMT+02:00 Andréas Kühne <andreas at kuhne.se>:
>>
>> So I checked this today, and I still get a segmentation fault. I used gdb
>>> to check WHERE the segmentation fault is occurring, and apparently it's
>>> within the following library:
>>> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
>>> 0x00007fffdd5067e2 in ?? ()
>>>    from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so
>>>
>>> So I have some sort of problem with the qt5 library. Does anyone have any
>>> tips / ideas on how to resolve this?
>>>
>>> The machine is an upgraded mythbuntu 12.04 - now upgraded to 14.04
>>> running
>>> mythtv 0.28 (latest versions in the mythbuntu repository).
>>>
>>> Any help here would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Andréas
>>>
>>> 2017-08-08 9:29 GMT+02:00 Andréas Kühne <andreas at kuhne.se>:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> Found the problem.
>>
>> Apparently you can't use VNC to connect to the server and then run
>> mythtv-setup. You need to be locally connected - then it just works....
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Andréas
>>
>> (Fixed top posting)
>
> You can run mythtv-setup remotely, and it is necessary if your server is a
> VM or otherwise headless. It can be run over SSH, the way that I do it, and
> others here do use VNC successfully.
>
> In fact, you can run the front-end remotely as well, provided you don't
> try and play media. I have used this on occasion since it is the only way
> to select which theme mythtv-setup runs under.
>
> 1. Configure enough of the backend using mythtv-setup to get a basic
> backend running
> 2. Briefly run a frontend on the backend machine to select your preferred
> theme
> 3. Run mythtv-setup once more to complete configuration
>
> - and all through an SSH terminal session using X forwarding.
>
> Perhaps you can tell I don't like the default theme?
>
>
Ok - I should probably have said, that MY machine can't run mythtv-setup
from NoMachine (which I am running to login to the server remotely). I
haven't configured SSH to run it remotely, because everything else that I
do on the machine I do via NoMachine. But at least I now know that I can
run mythtv-setup - as long as I'm on the console.

Regards,

Andréas
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