[mythtv] Ticket #8679: mythfrontend deletes settings when db connection is "weak" (was Re: Please unlock ticket)

[Kevin Kuphal]

On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 2:35 AM, Thomas Börkel <thomas at boerkel.de> wrote:

> HI!
>
> On 25.07.2010 04:40, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>
> > In other words, the list is the best place to have a discussion and to
> > brainstorm on what my be causing the issue you're seeing.  We try to
> > keep the bug reports in the bug database as small as possible so that
> > the developer reviewing the ticket isn't bogged down in "extra"
> > information.  And, developers do use Gossamer Threads to look up on-list
> > threads about the ticket, so with an appropriate subject (as we now
> > have--see above), any relevant discussion will be noticed.
>
> That's good. Still I don't see why the ticket should be closed as
> invalid and locked. It was closed and locked because of a wrong
> configuration and I proofed that this is not the case.
>
> > Also, since there's no code at all in MythTV that will ever delete all
> > settings for a host, there's likely something else going on (i.e.
> > hostname/IP address change or similar) that makes it /seem/ like
> > settings are being deleted.  It will be much easier to figure out
> > everything that's happening in a discussion, here on the list.
>
> You are right. It did not delete ALL settings. You can see in
> http://www.boerkel.de/mythfrontend.log which settings it deleted.
>
> After the incident, at least the displayprofiles were all gone and the
> mythgallery path was reset to default.
>
> Other settings (like the theme) where still there. Then I restored the
> settings from the backup.
>

That log was not with "-v database".  Would be helpful if you could post one
that does.

Kevin
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