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> Bill thanks for all the advice. I'm really
grateful. I have started over just to get back to
square one and undo anything I have screwed up. <br>
> I have two questions about xmltv I will post on
the other thread. Re installation: Should I run
everything--i.e. mythtv-setup, xmltv <br>
> config--as user mythtv rather than as user
steve? I'm thinking the answer is yes and this is
where I started developing problems before.<br>
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mythtv-setup is always to be run as user mythtv, but
in reality, it probably isn't. In the past, that meant
that<br>
things like Storage Directories can't be read and the
tests for them fail (if proper 'normal' permissions
were<br>
used.)<br>
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XMLTV adds a new reason for that. But I didn't use it,
rather did the configuration from the command line.<br>
And in that case also ran it as user mythtv.<br>
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Being practical, or perhaps lazy/forgetful, I added a
line in my .bashrc so I can run mythfilldatabase<br>
without thinking too hard:<br>
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alias mfdbrun='sudo --login --user=mythtv
mythfilldatabase'<br>
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-- <br>
Bill<br>
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<div>Here's my problem with trying to run mythtv-setup
as user 'mythtv'. I just confirmed this on a fresh
Ubuntu 20.04 system. When the Ubuntu system was
installed the initial user was 'jim'. The mythtv
install created the 'mythtv' user but it is not a
normal login user so to run mythtv-setup as 'mythtv' I
had to give user 'mythtv' a password. If I do that I
have to logout and back in as user 'mythtv' and run
mythtv-setup otherwise I get some xhost error. </div>
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<div>When you exit. mythtv-setup, it asks to start the
backend and if you say yes, it asks for a password
which will not work with user 'mythtv' unless you've
added mythtv to the sudo group.</div>
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<div>To avoid all these issues, while user jim, I just
sudo su mythtv and create the recordings directory
with mkdir /home/mythtv/recordings and then it has the
right permissions. While I'm there I set up XMLTV
since I'm user mythtv. Once that's done I exit back to
user jim and run mythtv-setup.</div>
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<div>Never had a problem. However if I have to run
mythfilldatabase manually, I sudo su mythtv and then
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<div>OK so, just to make sure I understand the advice and I am
getting consistent advice....do run xmltv config as mythtv,
but run mythtv-setup as steve, not mythtv. Right? And also
I should make sure the permissions on my video storage
directory permit mythtv as well.</div>
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<p>First let me say that we all have ways that work for us. I'm no
developer and I don't play one on TV. However, I've been using
mythtv for a really long time and have developed a process that
works for me. First since I observe Ubuntu as the Linux of choice
for mythtv, that's what I use. When I install I create the
initial user as me, 'jim'.</p>
<p>After mythtv is installed I know the backend will run as user
'mythtv' and since the backend kicks off mythfilldatabase
everyday then it will be run as user 'mythtv'. So I need my
directories that the backend uses for recordings, etc. to have the
right permissions. Hence the sudo su mythtv before I do the mkdirs
for the backend files. <br>
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<p>As to XMLTV. the wiki says to run it as user 'mythtv' and that
is what I do. And by doing this I don't need a bunch of links to
keep it working a user 'jim' <br>
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<p>As to mythtv-setup, since it needs to run with 'X' because of
it's gui, the easiest why is to run it as the initial user; 'jim'
for me. mythtv-setup also needs to be run by a user that is a part
of the sudo group (definitely in v31). Again easiest way is to run
as initial user; 'jim' for me.</p>
<p>As to mythfilldatabase, it needs to be run as user 'mythtv' if
run manually. However, during installation, after I complete
mythtv-setup and XMLTV, I just reboot. That starts up
mythtv-backend and after a few minutes, mythfilldatabase seems to
start on it's own. If nothing populates in the EPG after 10
minutes, I "sudo su mythtv" and then run mythfilldatabase.</p>
<p>Jim A<br>
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