[mythtv] Adding plugin to frontend

[George Galt]

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 7:01 AM, Zacarias Benta <zbenta at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello you guys,
>
> I've had a lot of problems while trying to compile the myththello plugin and
> i solved it by writiing the ful path to each of the libraries mythhello
> needed.
> Now i have a new problem, I can't seem to be able to add the plugin that
> I've compiled to the frontend.
>
> I've tried to add the following:
>
> <button>
>    <type>HELLO_MYTH</type>
>    <text>Hello Myth</text>
>    <action>PLUGIN mythhello</action>
> </button>
>
> To the "/usr/share/mythtv/themes/defaultmenu/mainmenu.xml"  but whenever i
> launch the frontend i don't see any button there.
>
> Am I altering the right files, Is the tutorial outdated on Building Plugins
> HelloMyth
>
> Best Regards,
> Zacarias Benta
>
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Zacarias:

This seems messed up.  What distribution are you on and how did you
install MythTV?  Can you make sure that your myth installation isn't
finding a copy of mainmenu.xml somewhere else?

Also, I assume that you exited mythfrontend and reloaded after you
changed the file.

George