<br><font size=2><tt>> On 6/5/07, Ryan B Elliott <rbelliott@raytheon.com>
wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > I'm new to Linux, First try at setting up MythTV, etc. etc.<br>
> ><br>
> > I was following the instructions to install a frontend and backend
on my<br>
> > Ubuntu 7.04 box at<br>
> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MythTV_Feisty_Backend_Frontend_Desktop_O<br>
> ><br>
> > However, at the part where I need to setup the tuner in the backend<br>
> > configuration screens,<br>
> > it doesn't seem to be saving the settings. I hit "new
capture card", set<br>
> > the values, clicked "Finish",<br>
> > but nothing appears in the "Capture Cards" screen except
the original three<br>
> > options (New Card,<br>
> > Delete all capture cards on mythbox, Delete all capture cards).
I was<br>
> > poking around the<br>
> > archives for this (mythtv-users) mailing list and found threads
talking<br>
> > about things not being<br>
> > saved to a database, but nothing about the configuration settings.
Are<br>
> > these kinds of setting<br>
> > saved in the MySQL database, or are they stored in some files
somewhere?<br>
> <br>
> I think the only info saved in files is 1) how to find the database,<br>
> and 2) cached resized icons. The card info is definitely saved in
the<br>
> database.<br>
> <br>
> If you enter "video sources" info, does that get saved in
the database?<br>
> <br>
> If yes, then login to the database (using the mysql client) and verify<br>
> that the "capturecard" table is present.<br>
> <br>
> If not, then you may have some problem with the mysql connection.<br>
> <br>
> Calvin</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>Thanks for the response Calvin.</tt></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>The Video Sources info is not being saved either.
It must be a problem with the database.</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>I know that my user account is supposed to be in a
special group, so I'll check that, then</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>I'll go figure out how to access the mysql database
(I dutifully wrote down the generated</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>password, so it shouldn't be too hard). Can
I assume that the database is running on the</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>standard port 3350? Once I get in, I'm not sure
what I should look for that may be wrong</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>with it. If the database structure is documented
somewhere, I'll compare it to the spec, </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>otherwise, I'll just post back here tomorrow with
anything that looks different than I </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>would expect.</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>Ryan</tt></font>
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