<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 11:03 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:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class=""><div class="h5">On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 3:58 AM, Richard Brook <<a href="mailto:byronf16@gmail.com">byronf16@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 4:23 AM, Nick Rout <<a href="mailto:nick.rout@gmail.com">nick.rout@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> mythtv is an appliance, it has a volume control.<br>
>><br>
>> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 3:47 AM, Richard Brook <<a href="mailto:byronf16@gmail.com">byronf16@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Mike Perkins<br>
>> > <<a href="mailto:mikep@randomtraveller.org.uk">mikep@randomtraveller.org.uk</a>><br>
>> > wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On 10/09/14 17:35, Thomas Mashos wrote:<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 9:24 AM, Richard Brook <<a href="mailto:byronf16@gmail.com">byronf16@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> >>> wrote:<br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Richard Brook <<a href="mailto:byronf16@gmail.com">byronf16@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> >>>> wrote:<br>
>> >>>>><br>
>> >>>>> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 2:09 AM, Nick Rout <<a href="mailto:nick.rout@gmail.com">nick.rout@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> >>>>> wrote:<br>
>> >>>>>><br>
>> >>>>>><br>
>> >>>>>> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 6:44 AM, Richard Brook <<a href="mailto:byronf16@gmail.com">byronf16@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> >>>>>> wrote:<br>
>> >>>>>>><br>
>> >>>>>>> I recently had my Ubuntu 14.04 system crash. I did a clean install<br>
>> >>>>>>> of<br>
>> >>>>>>> 14.04<br>
>> >>>>>>> again and then a clean install of MythTV. I have installed it<br>
>> >>>>>>> successfully<br>
>> >>>>>>> numerous times, in the past, from Terminal and Software Center,<br>
>> >>>>>>> without<br>
>> >>>>>>> issue.<br>
>> >>>>>>><br>
>> >>>>>>> Now, whenever I try to install it, I run the back end and I get<br>
>> >>>>>>> the<br>
>> >>>>>>> message<br>
>> >>>>>>> cannot connect to database, password not correct. I followed some<br>
>> >>>>>>> advice and<br>
>> >>>>>>> ran an msql command an reset the password to MythTV. I completed<br>
>> >>>>>>> the<br>
>> >>>>>>> back<br>
>> >>>>>>> end config and proceeded to the frontend. There, I get an error<br>
>> >>>>>>> that<br>
>> >>>>>>> the<br>
>> >>>>>>> frontend cannot connect to the back end. May be an IP issue. I<br>
>> >>>>>>> never<br>
>> >>>>>>> saw<br>
>> >>>>>>> that before. I assume it should be 127.0.0.1, as that is the<br>
>> >>>>>>> default.<br>
>> >>>>>>><br>
>> >>>>>>> I did a purge of MythTV and reinstalled it. When it asked for the<br>
>> >>>>>>> d<br>
>> >>>>>>> password, I entered MythTV. When the install finished, I ran the<br>
>> >>>>>>> Back<br>
>> >>>>>>> end,<br>
>> >>>>>>> and was greeted with the same screen asking what language to use,<br>
>> >>>>>>> followed<br>
>> >>>>>>> by the cannot connect to database error.<br>
>> >>>>>>><br>
>> >>>>>>> What am I doing wrong?<br>
>> >>>>>>><br>
>> >>>>>><br>
>> >>>>>> sudo dpkg-reconfigure mythtv-database (answer "yes")<br>
>> >>>>>><br>
>> >>>>>> sudo dpkg-reconfigure mythtv-common (answers: mythconverg, mythtv,<br>
>> >>>>>> mythtv, your eth0 address)<br>
>> >>>>>><br>
>> >>>>>> Yes, I say choose a password that makes sense and you can remember.<br>
>> >>>>>> Your mythtv system isn't accessible from the internet anyway is it?<br>
>> >>>>>><br>
>> >>>>><br>
>> >>>>><br>
>> >>>>> Well - Everything seems to be working well in Mythbuntu. My GUI<br>
>> >>>>> displays<br>
>> >>>>> full screen on my HDTV but the video from LiveTV or Recordings<br>
>> >>>>> display<br>
>> >>>>> in a<br>
>> >>>>> square area in the center of the display. If I go to the Video Setup<br>
>> >>>>> menu<br>
>> >>>>> and choose Separate the GUI and Playback, what should I change the<br>
>> >>>>> parameters to to make use of the rest of my 50" display? I have<br>
>> >>>>> played<br>
>> >>>>> around with this in the past and ended up with the GUI being too<br>
>> >>>>> large<br>
>> >>>>> and<br>
>> >>>>> cut off on the edges.<br>
>> >>>>><br>
>> >>>>> I normally output to my HDTV at 1080p.<br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> I was able to go into the Frontend setup, Appearance, and choose<br>
>> >>>> Separate<br>
>> >>>> GUI and Playback. The default was 640x480. I set both to 1920x1080.<br>
>> >>>> The<br>
>> >>>> GUI<br>
>> >>>> size was still OK. When watching LiveTV, the width is using the<br>
>> >>>> entire<br>
>> >>>> width<br>
>> >>>> of the TV screen although it is shorter on the top and bottom a<br>
>> >>>> little.<br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> The problem now is that when I hit ESC and exit MythTV, my Desktop<br>
>> >>>> resolution was reset to 640x480. I had to open the Nvidia Control<br>
>> >>>> Panel<br>
>> >>>> and<br>
>> >>>> change it back to 1920x1080. How do I keep that from happening?<br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> Just dug into the settings a bit further. I would check the video<br>
>> >>> playback settings "Setup > Video > Playback", particularly screen 2 of<br>
>> >>> 8. Check your scaling, displacement and aspect override settings.<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >> Don't forget your TV in all this. It may have a setup option, something<br>
>> >> like "Game Mode" or "Exact PC Size" or something like that. That can<br>
>> >> make<br>
>> >> the difference if you are either losing pixels round the edge or have a<br>
>> >> border that ought not be there.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> --<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Mike Perkins<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
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>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > How do I install the Volume/Sound indicator in the Panel?<br>
>> > How do I install the Sound Settings in the System Menu?<br>
>> ><br>
>> > I have to run the Alsamixer from Terminal. I have searched Google but<br>
>> > have<br>
>> > not found a solution.<br>
>> ><br>
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>> > MythTV Forums: <a href="https://forum.mythtv.org" target="_blank">https://forum.mythtv.org</a><br>
>> ><br>
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> MythTV has a Volume Control, but when I back out to the Desktop, there is no<br>
> sound, no Sound controls in the Settings menu and no Volume control icon in<br>
> Panel at the top of the Desktop. During the initial Mythbuntu 14.04 install,<br>
> only MythTV had Sound control. I had no sound when running VLC or other apps<br>
> with audio output.<br>
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> I have done Google searches trying to find the proper way to add sound. I<br>
> can launch Alsamixer from Terminal, but there are more convenient ways to<br>
> have control over sound. It is there, by default, when Ubuntu 14.04 is<br>
> installed. I just need to know how to add it in to my Mythbuntu install.<br>
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> By the way, I was able to go to Setup, Video, Playback, and enable Video<br>
> Aspect Override. I set it to 16x9. MythTV not displays properly on my HDTV<br>
> using the full screen.<br>
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</div></div>I don't think you should have had to do that if your resolution was<br>
set correctly. What is the output of 'xrandr'<br>
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Thomas Mashos<br>
</font></span></blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Here is the output you asked for:<br><br>rich@byronf16:~$ xrandr<br>Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192<br>DVI-I-0 disconnected primary (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)<br>DVI-I-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)<br>TV-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)<br>DVI-I-2 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 735mm x 420mm<br> 1920x1080 60.0*+ 59.9 60.1 60.0 <br> 1440x480 60.1 <br> 1280x720 60.0 59.9 <br> 720x480 59.9 60.1 <br> 640x480 59.9 <br>DVI-I-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)<br><br></div></div>