[mythtv-users] Mythfrontend fails if mythtv installed after user mythtv created

[James Abernathy]

On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 7:09 AM James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Not sure where I went wrong. On Debian 12 Bookworm, if I create the mythtv
> group and user before I install the .deb packages I can get mythtv setup
> using Web App, but with some extra steps.  The backend works correctly. The
> problem shows up running mythfrontend as a mythtv user permission issue.
>
> If I don't create user mythtv and just install the deb packages, Web App
> starts showing mythconverg already setup completely.  In this case
> mythfrontend works.
>
> Jim A
>

As a further test case I created a system on Kubuntu 24.04 LTS and
installed maradb-server.

Next I created the mythtv group id 200 and mythtv user id 200.  I then
added my user, jim, to group mythtv.

Then I installed mythtv using the ppa:mythbuntu/34.  After installation, I
rebooted.

At this point the Web app came up with no issues. The database was already
set up without further messing around.

So maybe the Debian mythtv packaging does something funny if the user and
group mythtv is created before installing the mythtv packages.  I use the
Debian 12 packages for mythtv that I build regularly on a VM and store in a
repo on my NAS.

JIm A
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