[mythtv] Call for testers of release-0-18-fixes branch

Mark Schindel mark at schindel.ca
Thu May 12 16:53:49 UTC 2005


Jarod Wilson wrote:

>In an effort to get a 0.18.1 release out the door, we need more folks to test 
>it for stability/proper functionality, etc. You can check the code out from 
>  
>
<snip>

>I've also built rpm packages that Fedora Core 3 users can grab from here:
>
>http://wilsonet.com/packages/mythtv/
>
>Versioning on the packages should be friendly enough that you can use these to 
>upgrade an ATrpm 0.18 install and then upgrade to an official ATrpms 0.18.1 
>install later.
>  
>
GREAT! So I'll give a run at the FC3 packages. Here's some results

##### What do I have installed now
[root at appleton 18-1]# rpm -qa | grep myth | sort
libmyth-0.18-108.rhfc3.at
mythmusic-0.18-104.rhfc3.at
myththemes-0.18-103.at
mythtv-0.18-108.rhfc3.at
mythtv-backend-0.18-108.rhfc3.at
mythtv-frontend-0.18-108.rhfc3.at
mythtv-setup-0.18-108.rhfc3.at
mythtv-themes-0.18-108.rhfc3.at
mythweather-0.18-104.rhfc3.at
mythweb-0.18-65.at


##### lets get the new rpms, a series of wgets later and.....
[root at appleton 18-1]# ls *.rpm | sort
libmyth-0.18.1-0rc1.jw.i386.rpm
mythmusic-0.18.1-0rc1.jw.i386.rpm
myththemes-0.18.1-0rc1.jw.noarch.rpm
mythtv-0.18.1-0rc1.jw.i386.rpm
mythtv-backend-0.18.1-0rc1.jw.i386.rpm
mythtv-frontend-0.18.1-0rc1.jw.i386.rpm
mythtv-setup-0.18.1-0rc1.jw.i386.rpm
mythtv-themes-0.18.1-0rc1.jw.i386.rpm
mythweather-0.18.1-0rc1.jw.i386.rpm

#### hmmmmm. no mythweb.... Maybe it will be OK with 0.18 Lets try it.
[root at appleton 18-1]# rpm -Uhv *.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
        mythtv-backend = 0.18 is needed by (installed) 
mythweb-0.18-65.at.noarch
[root at appleton 18-1]#

#### Nope! Oh well. I dont really need mythweb on this box anyway
[root at appleton 18-1]# rpm -e mythweb
[root at appleton 18-1]# rpm -Uhv *.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### 
[100%]
   1:libmyth                ########################################### 
[ 10%]
   2:mythtv-themes          ########################################### 
[ 20%]
   3:mythtv                 ########################################### 
[ 30%]
   4:mythtv-frontend        ########################################### 
[ 40%]
   5:mythtv-backend         ########################################### 
[ 50%]
   6:mythmusic              ########################################### 
[ 60%]
   7:mythplugins            ########################################### 
[ 70%]
   8:myththemes             ########################################### 
[ 80%]
   9:mythtv-setup           ########################################### 
[ 90%]
  10:mythweather            ########################################### 
[100%]

#### Excellent! Install is good, Lets fire her up!
[root at appleton 18-1]# mythbackend
2005-05-12 12:32:34 Starting mythbackend
2005-05-12 12:32:36.956 New DB connection, total: 1
Starting up as the master server.
2005-05-12 12:32:37.093 New DB connection, total: 2
2005-05-12 12:32:37.130 New DB connection, total: 3
2005-05-12 12:32:37.646 New DB scheduler connection
2005-05-12 12:32:37.688 mythbackend version: 0.18.1.20050510-1 
www.mythtv.org
2005-05-12 12:32:37.688 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
2005-05-12 12:32:39.675 Reschedule requested for id -1.
2005-05-12 12:32:47.719 New DB connection, total: 4
2005-05-12 12:32:51.897 Scheduled 93 items in 12.2 = 11.34 match + 0.88 
place
2005-05-12 12:32:51.905 Seem to be woken up by USER

#### Looks good to me! Now a local frontend on the PVR-350 tvout
2005-05-12 12:34:59.293 New DB connection, total: 1
2005-05-12 12:34:59.309 Using screen 0, 720x480 at 0,0
2005-05-12 12:34:59.319 mythfrontend version: 0.18.1.20050510-1 
www.mythtv.org
2005-05-12 12:34:59.358 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
2005-05-12 12:35:00.211 Switching to square mode (Titivillus)
2005-05-12 12:35:01.990 Joystick disabled.
2005-05-12 12:35:02.034 New DB connection, total: 2
2005-05-12 12:35:02.275 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2005-05-12 12:35:02.639 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media 
handler

#### Awesome... And some quick functional tests and all seems OK. I'll 
do more testing after work tonight.




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