[mythtv-commits] Ticket #12735: Regression: MythFrontend fails when config.xml is not set up

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#12735: Regression: MythFrontend fails when config.xml is not set up
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     Reporter:  Peter Bennett <pgbennett@…>  |      Owner:
         Type:  Bug Report - Crash           |     Status:  new
     Priority:  minor                        |  Milestone:  unknown
    Component:  MythTV - General             |    Version:  0.28.0
     Severity:  medium                       |   Keywords:
Ticket locked:  0                            |
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 This worked in 0.27 but fails in 0.28.

 If you start mythfrontend and either the config.xml does not exist, or the
 database server is down, the program prompts for Language and Country,
 then ends with a failure (sometimes segfault, sometimes just ends). In the
 case of a new remote frontend installation, a user will not know what to
 do.

 In version 0.27 in these cases it would proceed to the prompt for database
 details, and after entering those, the frontend could start.

 The user can work around this by either of the following methods:
 1. Copy the config.xml from the master backend to .mythtv directory in the
 remote frontend user home directory.
 or
 2. Run mythtv-setup on the remote frontend. This prompts for database
 settings and creates the config.xml. The user must exit out of mythtv-
 setup after configuring those, and not go into any other setup options.

 After doing one of these workarounds they can start the frontend.

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Ticket URL: <https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/12735>
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