[mythtv-users] mythtv-setup without UPNP searching for backend?

[Mike Hodson]

On Sun, Jan 9, 2022, 10:03 James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com> wrote:

> When I'm working on building a test mythtv BE/FE combo to test something,
> I have mythtv-setup fail due to it finding another backend like my
> production one. The only way I've found to recover from this is reformat
> the HD and start over with O/S install.  I know that you could spend a year
> or so digging into what files need to be removed, but I can't find them all
> so in the interest of time, I just start over.
>

/var/lib/mysql even for Maria DB is the canonical place for database files.
If you wipe out that directory, and reinstall the database package from
your distribution, it should perform the setup steps again (creating the
database root user password etc) and you would save about 95% of the
reinstallation steps.


> What I'd like is a way to tell mythtv-setup to not go looking for
> anything, just stay on localhost and make all assumptions as localhost.
> Does that exist??
>

I would just unplug the network cable..


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