<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><style type="text/css">body { font-family:'DejaVu Sans'; font-size:13px}</style></head><body><div>Vague "It doesn't work" queries don't generally solicit much response as there's too little context/information to go on.<br>Specific queries in separate threads (with logs) will generally get you much more help.<br><br>So I'm guessing you're setting up fresh 0.27 installs for a separate backend (somewhere) and a remote frontend (on your "main PC"). Do you also have a frontend on the backend machine (aka combined frontend/backend) ? That would be useful for diagnosing where your problem lies. If so, is that working properly ?<br><br>I haven't configured the stock Mythbuntu for some time and haven't yet updated to 0.27 but hopefully can help you decompose your problems to get the answers you need.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br>On Sun, 01 Dec 2013 23:07:15 -0000, Jason Ward <JasonFWard@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br>> So, despite 3 years more experience of Linux under my belt, I still find<br>> MythTV bizarrely hard to setup.<br>><br>> I won't go into the trials and tribulations I've been through to get<br>> where I currently am, but it has been a long and frustrating road.<br>><br>> Right now, as best as I can tell my back end is not downloading<br>> schedules from The Radio Times, no idea why, I just see that "error 2"<br>> was reported. Although schedules off the air appear to be working fine.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br>Where is this error from? The mythfilldatabase log would be useful. But searching "mythfilldatabase error 2" led me to <a href="http://lists.ourshack.com/pipermail/mythtvnz/2012-June/012849.html">http://lists.ourshack.com/pipermail/mythtvnz/2012-June/012849.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Are you sure xmltv is configured properly ? <a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Uk_xmltv">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Uk_xmltv</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>><br>> I have questions about DVB-T and DVB-T2 tuners in the same backend, does<br>> the fact that one of the turners sees more channels than the other mean<br>> that I need to have 2 separate video sources, one for each type of<br>> tuner?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Many answers lie in the archives once you've figured out the right terminology. I don't use HD myself but found this</div><div><a href="http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/548763?do=post_view_threaded#548763">http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/548763?do=post_view_threaded#548763</a></div><div><br></div><div><br>><br>> Having installed the back end via fresh downloaded Mythbuntu ISO and use<br>> Myth-Control-Centre to switch to v0.27 is there a reason that Ubuntu<br>> Update Manager refuses to do the upgrade needed and I have install<br>> aptitude and manually force the upgrade to happen?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>AFAIU Update Manager only does 'updates' and not 'upgrades', which are potentially much more destructive. Having MCC start an upgrade is probably undesirable. It's only necessary when changing Myth versions - I'm mildly surprised there isn't a 0.27 ISO out yet.</div><div><br></div><div>FWIW I agree with Zig. Selectively upgrading a single package (as in the Askubuntu link you posted) is a solution when you don't wish to change an otherwise stable system. But if you're doing a fresh install then a full upgrade won't break anything; is safer; and may prevent future trouble/frustration later on.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>><br>> I've installed the frontend on my main PC, but it kept installing the<br>> backend as well, I had to go into Myth-Control-Centre to explicitly<br>> switch to Frontend only,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>More details on your installation method needed. I thought the Mythbuntu ISO explicitly asks for the requested configuration. The frontend packages from aptitude also shouldn't drag in the backend AFAIU. MCC suggests it thought you wanted a combined frontend/backend (the default)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>> I can apparently connect to the backend with<br>> credentials asked for when the front end first runs, but I can see no<br>> data from the backend and I keep getting a an error overlay telling me<br>> that "mythcontext" could not contact the master backend.<br>><br>> I have no idea what mythcontext is, how its setup or what it does, and<br>> Googling for information just led me to source code.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The answer will lie in your logs, once you know how to interpret them. Post the mythbackend.log and the remote FE's mythfrontend.log in a new thread using pastebinit and someone will quickly diagnose the problem.</div><div><a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Posting_Logs"></a><a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Posting_Logs#Posting_Logs_to_the_Mailing_List_or_IRC">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Posting_Logs#Posting_Logs_to_the_Mailing_List_or_IRC</a><a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Posting_Logs"></a></div><div><br></div><div><br>><br>> All I want is have a frontend that I point at the backend and have just<br>> work, can someone give me any help with this task?<br>><br>> Sorry guys and gals that I'm sure work hard and invest much time into<br>> MythTV, much as I know its a great system when it works, but I'm very<br>> frustrated after many hours of trying to make MythTV work it seems to me<br>> to be temperamental (it seems to work then it doesn't), needlessly<br>> delicate (little changes cause unrelated parts to fall over) and<br>> unrelentingly complex to setup. If I had the skills myself, or the<br>> money to pay for someone else’s skills, I would I would be investing<br>> into the "just make it work" category.<br>><br>> Jason<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> mythtv-users mailing list<br>> mythtv-users@mythtv.org<br>> <a href="http://www.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users">http://www.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br><br><br></div></body></html>