<html><head></head><body><span class="viv-signature"></span><div>On Wednesday 26 April 2023 06:31:06 AM (-05:00), James Abernathy wrote:</div><div><br></div><div>> On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 1:52 PM James Abernathy <br></div><div>> wrote:<br></div><div>> <br></div><div>> ><br></div><div>> ><br></div><div>> > On Tue, Apr 25, 2023, 1:46 PM Mike Perkins <br></div><div>> > wrote:<br></div><div>> ><br></div><div>> >> On 25/04/2023 12:24, James Abernathy wrote:<br></div><div>> >> > On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 7:44 PM James Abernathy <br></div><div>> >> > wrote:<br></div><div>> >> ><br></div><div>> >> >><br></div><div>> >> >><br></div><div>> >> >> On Mon, Apr 24, 2023, 7:32 PM Bill Meek wrote:<br></div><div>> >> >><br></div><div>> >> >>><br></div><div>> >> >>> On Monday 24 April 2023 04:27:10 PM (-05:00), James Abernathy wrote:<br></div><div>> >> >>><br></div><div>> >> >>> > I tried to install mythtv on a Ubuntu 23.04 RPI4. Everything went<br></div><div>> >> as<br></div><div>> >> >>> > expected until I tried to set up XMLTV according to the wiki.<br></div><div>> >> Lots of<br></div><div>> >> >>> > problems.<br></div><div>> >> >>> ><br></div><div>> >> >>> > Turns out the new Ubuntu PPA for v33 on Ubuntu for 23.04 install<br></div><div>> >> >>> creates<br></div><div>> >> >>> > the user "mythtv" with a home of /nonexistent as the directory.<br></div><div>> >> This<br></div><div>> >> >>> messes<br></div><div>> >> >>> > everything up. All the current instructions for setting up a<br></div><div>> >> backend<br></div><div>> >> >>> with<br></div><div>> >> >>> > XMLTV have to be changed or do as I did and fix the user mythtv<br></div><div>> >> back to<br></div><div>> >> >>> > /home/mythtv as normal per the documentation.<br></div><div>> >> >>> ><br></div><div>> >> >>> > What am I missing?<br></div><div>> >> >>> ><br></div><div>> >> >>> > Jim A<br></div><div>> >> >>> ><br></div><div>> >> >>><br></div><div>> >> >>> Not a change in the v33 PPA. But it is now.<br></div><div>> >> >>> In 23.04, the adduser command creates system users with /nonexistant<br></div><div>> >> >>> unless<br></div><div>> >> >>> the --home <dir><br></dir></div><div>> >> >>> option is specified (and it wasn't in mythtv-common.postinst).<br></div><div>> >> >>><br></div><div>> >> >>> Just pushed the fix for v33 and master.<br></div><div>> >> >>> --<br></div><div>> >> >>> Bill<br></div><div>> >> >>><br></div><div>> >> >><br></div><div>> >> >> Thanks. I'll retest tomorrow. I'm trying to update my RPI4 instructions<br></div><div>> >> >> for Ubuntu 23.04 and MythTV v33. Should be almost identical to Ubuntu<br></div><div>> >> 22.10.<br></div><div>> >> >><br></div><div>> >> >> Jim A<br></div><div>> >> >><br></div><div>> >> ><br></div><div>> >> > Not sure if I waited long enough? but at 7:20AM EDT this morning I tried<br></div><div>> >> > again on a fresh install of Ubuntu23.04 on my Raspberry Pi 4 and got the<br></div><div>> >> > same /nonexistent/.mythtv directory stuff. When should I try??<br></div><div>> >> ><br></div><div>> >> > Jim A<br></div><div>> >> ><br></div><div>> >> Alternatively you could just create the mythtv user yourself (with<br></div><div>> >> sensible arguments) before<br></div><div>> >> running that step.<br></div><div>> >><br></div><div>> >> --<br></div><div>> >><br></div><div>> >> Mike Perkins<br></div><div>> ><br></div><div>> ><br></div><div>> I think it's been long enough that the updates should have made it out of<br></div><div>> the system. I did a fresh VM of Ubuntu 23.04 and then did:<br></div><div>> <br></div><div>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mythbuntu/33<br></div><div>> <br></div><div>> apt-cache policy mythtv show:<br></div><div>> <br></div><div>> Candidate: 2:33.1+fixes.202304240647.c4b7e4c433~ubuntu23.04.1<br></div><div>> <br></div><div>> I then did:<br></div><div>> <br></div><div>> sudo apt install mythtv<br></div><div>> <br></div><div>> The only question during install was "Will other computers run MythTV?" and<br></div><div>> I said yes.<br></div><div>> <br></div><div>> I ran mythtv-setup next and it asked about adding user to mythv.<br></div><div>> <br></div><div>> After reboot there was no /home/mythtv only /nonexistent/.mythtv<br></div><div>> <br></div><div>> in /etc/passwd:<br></div><div>> <br></div><div>> mythtv:x:125:131 ::/nonexistent:/bin/sh<br></div><div>> <br></div><div>> Obviously, I could have created the user ahead of time, but that's a new<br></div><div>> step to document:<br></div><div>> <br></div><div>> sudo useradd -m -s /bin/bash mythtv<br></div><div>> <br></div><div>> Did this change not really make it out yet??<br></div><div>> <br></div><div>> Jim A<br></div><div>> </div><div><br></div>No, I reverted the patch last night. Builds are failing: https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu/+archive/ubuntu/33/<div>The patch itself is very simple itself. Hang on.<br><span class="viv-signature-below"><br>-- <br>Bill</span></div></body></html>