[mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase not updating since last week's boot

[Stephen Worthington]

On Thu, 23 Nov 2017 08:41:51 -0600, you wrote:

>
>Good Morning and Happy Thanksgiving!
>
>Well, by my time and location! <g>
>
>>>>>> Do this for ALL Video Sources that use Schedules Direct.
>>>>> Above is via mythtv-setup -- will have to do that after the soaps record -- and I don't watch but.....? (So will get back on that later this
>>>>> afternoon.)? Have checked one or two sources prior and the user name is correct, password is hidden but typed in manually and appears to be the
>>>>> same length.? There is an issue where a few entries from the bottom of that page the "pc:52722" blanks after the password updating.? The field
>>>>> has to do with SchedulesDirect and should be an auto-fill by them.
>>>> You can get the information from the Services API too, using a browser:
>>>>
>>>>        yourBackend:6544/Channel/GetVideoSourceList
>>>>
>>>> The password(s) will be in clear text.
>>> Very clear!!? Always nice to check to be sure the system is sending out
>>> what I think it is -- years ago managed to get an unseen character in a
>>> password.? I did see something a little odd (I blanked out my username
>>> and password):
>>>
>>> This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated
>>> with it. The document tree is shown below.
>>>
>>> -<VideoSourceList version="1.0" serializerVersion="1.1">
>>> ? <AsOf>2017-11-22T22:02:29Z</AsOf>
>>> ? <Version>0.28.20161120-1</Version>
>>> ? <ProtoVer>88</ProtoVer>
>>> ?-<VideoSources>
>>> ?? -<VideoSource>
>>> ????? <Id>1</Id>
>>> ????? <SourceName>Antenna</SourceName>
>>> ????? <Grabber>schedulesdirect1</Grabber>
>>> ????? <UserId>barryxxxxx</UserId>
>>> ????? <FreqTable>default</FreqTable>
>>> ????? <LineupId>PC:52722</LineupId>
>>> ????? <Password>xxxxxxxxxxxxx</Password>
>>> ????? <UseEIT>false</UseEIT>
>>> ????? <ConfigPath/> /*<== ??*/
>Bill: Darn! I was hoping that pointed to the problem I'm having! Yes, I 
>was guessing 'no path'.
>>> ????? <NITId>-1</NITId>
>>> ??? </VideoSource>
>>> ? </VideoSources>
>>> ?</VideoSourceList>
>>>
>>> Think I have the indentations correct -- copied in as one long line.?
>>> Shouldn't make any difference for what we want to verify.
>>>
>>> I added the "??":? that ConfigPath statement doesn't look right even to
>>> this amateur!
>>>
>>>
>>> ...I need to check out Mike's suggestions for the "com.ubuntu.Upstart
>>> does not exist".
>> Shutting down mythbackend when running mythtv-setup is not necessary
>> if all you want to do is read the settings.  So if that is what I am
>> doing, I normally run mythtv-setup.real (the actual mythtv-setup
>> program on Ubuntu systems), and tell it not to shut down mythbackend.
>>
>> If the UserId and Password above match what the Schedules Direct site
>> says are the correct values, then we need to delve deeper into the
>> Internet traffic to see what the problem is.  So I would recommend
>> installing Wireshark and running it while you run mythfilldatabase
>> manually, and looking at the traffic to the Schedules Direct site. You
>> should then be able to see the exact traffic and the error reply. When
>> installing Wireshark, it will ask if you want to allow non-root users
>> to use it, as this is a security risk.  Allowing any user to run
>> Wireshark allows them to see all the network traffic, which can
>> contain passwords and other sensitive information.  Since I am the
>> only person who uses my PCs, I allow all users to run Wireshark, but
>> you may not want that if your situation is different.
>
>Installed and trying to figure out Wireshark.  Two potential issues: it 
>doesn't seem to be seeing any interfaces -- LIS in a previous message 
>when I click for interfaces at the upper right that also doesn't find 
>anything but ifconfig tells me its enp0s7, then all the other 
>parameters.  ...Obviously working as I can get to the outside world with 
>Firefox, etc., and the Frontends are connecting.
>
>Also seem to be getting an error: on Wireshark's GUI just under the 
>"Capture ...using this filter" it says "Couldn't run /usr/bin/dumpcap in 
>child process.  Permission denied."  I did configure Wireshark to allow 
>all users.
>
>OK, sending this off - hopefully the break reset my mind to figure out 
>the configuration.
>
>Barry

Run Wireshark as sudo or from root.