<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Thomas Mashos <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thomas@mashos.com" target="_blank">thomas@mashos.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 7:12 AM, Richard Brook <<a href="mailto:byronf16@gmail.com">byronf16@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 6:02 PM, Mark Perkins <<a href="mailto:perkins1724@hotmail.com">perkins1724@hotmail.com</a>><br>
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>> On 8 Sep 2014, at 11:41 pm, "Richard Brook" <<a href="mailto:byronf16@gmail.com">byronf16@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 6:04 AM, Janusz S. Bien <<a href="mailto:jsbien@mimuw.edu.pl">jsbien@mimuw.edu.pl</a>><br>
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>>> Quote/Cytat - Mike Perkins <<a href="mailto:mikep@randomtraveller.org.uk">mikep@randomtraveller.org.uk</a>> (Mon 08 Sep<br>
>>> 2014 11:49:23 AM CEST):<br>
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>>>> You do know that backports /is/ testing? Just a thought.<br>
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>>> So in theory they should behave in the same way...<br>
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>>> Next week I try to make a fresh install get a better understanding what<br>
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>>> Regards<br>
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>>> Janusz<br>
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>>> Prof. dr hab. Janusz S. Bień - Uniwersytet Warszawski (Katedra<br>
>>> Lingwistyki Formalnej)<br>
>>> Prof. Janusz S. Bień - University of Warsaw (Formal Linguistics<br>
>>> Department)<br>
>>> <a href="mailto:jsbien@uw.edu.pl">jsbien@uw.edu.pl</a>, <a href="mailto:jsbien@mimuw.edu.pl">jsbien@mimuw.edu.pl</a>,<br>
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>> This is becoming very frustrating. I just did a clean install of Ubuntu<br>
>> 14.04, again. I go to the Software Center to do a clean install of MythTV. I<br>
>> select MythTV Backend and the install begins. About half way through the<br>
>> install, the Software Center window darkens to a grey and freezes. I wait<br>
>> and finally I click on the X and I get an error message that the app has<br>
>> stopped working and Close or Wait. I close and then rerun Software Center. I<br>
>> see the status bars for MythTV Frontend and Backend are about half finished.<br>
>> I wait until they are finished. I run MythTV Backend. It informs me that I<br>
>> need to be in the MythTV group and I indicate OK. I am informed that I must<br>
>> Logout and Login. I do so. Once I Login, I run MythTV Backend, again and I<br>
>> am taken to the window where it asks me what language I want. I choose<br>
>> English and hit Save. The next screen indicates that it cannot connect to<br>
>> the Database. Asterisk indicates the fields that need to be changed.<br>
>> Hostname has the Asterisk before it.<br>
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>> The other fields are Ping Test - It is checked. Port: 3306. Database Name<br>
>> mythconverg. User mythtv. Password mythtv.<br>
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>> If I click on Next it takes me to Database screen 2. I click on Finish and<br>
>> it takes me right back to the Select Language screen. I have to cancel out<br>
>> as I am in a loop. I checked the Config.xml file and here are the contents;<br>
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>> <Configuration><br>
>> <LocalHostName>my-unique-identifier-goes-here</LocalHostName><br>
>> <Database><br>
>> <PingHost>1</PingHost><br>
>> <Host>localhost</Host><br>
>> <UserName>mythtv</UserName><br>
>> <Password>mythtv</Password><br>
>> <DatabaseName>mythconverg</DatabaseName><br>
>> <Port>3306</Port><br>
>> </Database><br>
>> <WakeOnLAN><br>
>> <Enabled>0</Enabled><br>
>> <SQLReconnectWaitTime>0</SQLReconnectWaitTime><br>
>> <SQLConnectRetry>5</SQLConnectRetry><br>
>> <Command>echo 'WOLsqlServerCommand not set'</Command><br>
>> </WakeOnLAN><br>
>> </Configuration><br>
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>> This has happened to me before, this week where I did a Clean install of<br>
>> both OS and MythTV with the same scenario. When I first installed 14.04 and<br>
>> MythTV, a month ago, I had no problems with the install. Could there be<br>
>> changes in the Ubuntu Updates or in the MythTV Install that are causing<br>
>> these issues? By the way, I did the Clean install today. I was never asked<br>
>> to create an Admin password for the database.<br>
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>> This is very frustrating<br>
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>> How are you doing the clean install? If you are not getting asked for root<br>
>> password for MySQL at creation it sounds to me like configuration is<br>
>> persisting between installs.<br>
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>> Have you considered using Mythbuntu instead of Ubuntu? It takes care of a<br>
>> lot of this type of setup and is a good choice if primary usage is just<br>
>> MythTV (you can still use as desktop however).<br>
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> I did a clean install of Mythbuntu on another HDD. I have it configured for<br>
> Desktop use as well as MythTV. For a number of years I have been using an<br>
> Nvidia 9800gtx video card and a 50"Sony HDTV as the monitor. I have it<br>
> connected using a DVI to HDMI cable at 1080p. I am currently running the<br>
> proprietary 331 drivers.<br>
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> One problem I am having is getting the LiveTV to display at the proper size.<br>
> It appears not to be using the 16x9 Aspect Ratio. When I ran the Frontend on<br>
> my other Ubuntu setups, I was able to see a configuration screen that<br>
> allowed me to set the GUI to one resolution and the Playback to another. I<br>
> have gone through all the menus in the Frontend setup but I cannot find that<br>
> config screen. I can access all of the menu choices except Screen Setup<br>
> Wizard. When I click on that menu choice I am taken to a grey textured<br>
> screen that is blank (no text). If I hit ESC, it takes me to a much lighter<br>
> blank screen. I cannot seem to back out of this screen without powering the<br>
> PC Off and On..<br>
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</div></div>What version of the Mythbuntu theme are you using?<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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Thomas Mashos<br>
</blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Mythbuntu 28.2 from Theme Chooser. This was the default.<br></div></div>