[mythtv-users] Upgrade to Mint 21 broke mythweb

[James Abernathy]

On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 5:28 PM Douglas Peale <Douglas_Peale at comcast.net>
wrote:

> On 4/10/23 14:16, James Abernathy wrote:
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 5:08 PM Douglas Peale <Douglas_Peale at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> On 4/10/23 13:42, Jay Harbeston wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Apr 10, 2023, at 3:28 PM, Douglas Peale <Douglas_Peale at Comcast.net>
>> <Douglas_Peale at Comcast.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I have upgraded my computer to Mint 21
>> >>
>> >> MythTV front end and back end are working
>> >>
>> >> Browser says "Unable to connect" when trying to access
>> https://localhost/mythweb/
>> > Sounds like apache service is not running. That would be the first step.
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>> You appear to be correct.
>>
>> systemctl status apache2.service
>>
>> × apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server
>>       Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled;
>> vendor preset: enabled)
>>       Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2023-04-10 14:01:41
>> PDT; 22s ago
>>         Docs: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/
>>      Process: 29420 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/apachectl start (code=exited,
>> status=1/FAILURE)
>>          CPU: 11ms
>>
>> Apr 10 14:01:41 BlackBox systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP Server...
>> Apr 10 14:01:41 BlackBox apachectl[29424]: apache2: Syntax error on line
>> 146 of /etc/apache2/apache2.conf: Syntax error on line
>> 3 of /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php7.4.load: Cannot load
>> /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp7.4.so into server:
>> /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp7.4.so: cannot open shared object file:
>> No such file or directory
>> Apr 10 14:01:41 BlackBox apachectl[29420]: Action 'start' failed.
>> Apr 10 14:01:41 BlackBox apachectl[29420]: The Apache error log may have
>> more information.
>> Apr 10 14:01:41 BlackBox systemd[1]: apache2.service: Control process
>> exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
>> Apr 10 14:01:41 BlackBox systemd[1]: apache2.service: Failed with result
>> 'exit-code'.
>> Apr 10 14:01:41 BlackBox systemd[1]: Failed to start The Apache HTTP
>> Server.
>>
>>
>> Seems I am missing a file. What would be the best approach to fixing
>> this? Should I try uninstalling, then re-installing
>> Apache2? or would that make my problems worse.
>>
>> I think LM21 is up to php8.1?
>
> Jim A
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> I attempted to uninstall Apache2 and re-install which also forced an
> uninstall of MythWeb. This did not change anything.
>
> Is this a case of Mythweb requiring an older version of PHP that is not
> supported by Apache2?
>
> Is there no way forward here?
>

You can find this some problem with solutions by search for mythweb at the
mailing-list archive at:
https://lists.archive.carbon60.com/mythtv/users/

Stephen Worthington has posted fixes to similar problems in some of the
posts in December of last year. I can't say I understand them but they
seemed to have fixed the problems, even on LM21.

Jim A
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