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

[Mike Hodson]

On Fri, Jun 21, 2024, 16:06 James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> The Security Pin defaults in the browser setup to 0000 and I leave it
> alone.
>

However, by creating the broken symlink you made your user unable to write
any changes to config.xml - the file the link pointed to could not be
accessed by 'jim' due to aforementioned umask on new user homedir defaults.
Removing step 7 altogether would allow the default pin of 0000 and
mythfrontend to create a new config.xml entirely separate from the mythtv
user's.

>
> As to rebooting.  That comes from 40 years of knowing that it fixes things
> that it shouldn't but does. This was true on the IBM 360 mainframe, the GE
> 4020, and the Windows PC.  So if all else fails reboot.
>

Rebooting leaves one to suspect that default processes upon boot somehow
alter the state beneficially, but not entirely understand what the changes
are.

In some cases, operating systems with bugs like DOS-era Windows leave the
system intrinsically unstable after a period of leaking resources etc.
Bugs you cannot fix require a reboot.

In other cases, like here, there is likely either nothing needed or
something very simple needed to get the system to a state which you expect,

Starting by clearly defining your expectations and observing the results of
testing what is needed to achieve them, may remove the reflex of a reboot
once the underlying processes involved become clearer as the expectations
are brought out in the open, perhaps overriding some preconceptions in the
process.

Mike
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