<div dir="ltr">I just did the same thing you did and I feel your pain, somewhat. <br><br>I didn't reboot after the package install, since I really hate having to lose my work on my desktop. Instead, I just started the backend setup program and started going through all of the prompts. <br>
<br>One thing that did happen to me: I had to create the database in mysql and setup the mythtv user manually before I could get the backend to talk to the database. The commands are relatively simple and I found them in one of the online howto's. <br>
<br>The mouse issue is quite annoying. Somewhere in the setup, I think it's under the Appearance item in the setup for mythfrontend, there is a checkbox to have it show the mouse cursor all the time. Until I changed that option, I found the interface to be really aggravating, also.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 11:57 AM, paltron <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paltron@sympatico.ca">paltron@sympatico.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">I have a Linux (Ubuntu 8.04 LTS) desktop. Hardware
requirements duly met. MythTV installs (both front and backend), however, when I
fire up the computer I get to the blue config screen, with no mouse control
whatsoever, only the tab key and the enter key works. It starts with a language
preference, then goes into a seemingly preset configuration mode, asking about
ping, mysql, gives a password, then I somehow navigate to finish and the whole
thing freezes there. After a reboot (tried both hot and cold) same scenario,
except it also tells me that no backend was found.</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">It can't be just me (I hope).</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">What am I doing wrong (if anything)?</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Paul</font></div></div>
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