[mythtv-users] Fresh Install From Scratch
Joseph A. Caputo
jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Sat Dec 20 12:39:16 EST 2003
On Saturday 20 December 2003 11:53, Myth Man wrote:
> Hello Myth,
>
> Saturday, December 20, 2003, 11:40:40 AM, you wrote:
>
> MM> Hello mythtv-users,
>
> MM> I am doing a completely virgin install of RH9 and MythTV using
> MM> Jarod's
> MM> http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/tiki-page.php?pageName=rh9pvr250
>
> MM> Ran into a little snafu...
>
> MM> The RH9 install went fine. I created a 'mythtv' user. I then SU'd
> MM> to 'mythtv' to continue the rest of install.
>
> MM> Well, I couldn't go any further as mythtv, so I continued as root
> MM> until such time as I would switch back to mythtv user. I figured
> MM> right before I did the apt-get mythtv-suite.
>
> MM> Well, suffice it to say, I forgot. :^(
>
> MM> I have gone past that part as root. And now I am at the spot where
> MM> I am configuring the ivtv drivers and it's not working.
>
> MM> As 'mythtv' I do a '/sbin/depmod -a' and I get
>
> MM> depmod: Can't open
> MM> /lib/modules/2.4.20-24_31.rh9.at/modules.dep for writing
>
> MM> So, I am guessing that I have to be at 'mythtv' user from the get
> MM> go, just like it said in Jarod's docs. Imagine that! :^(
>
> MM> My question is, how can I get back to that point, w/o having to
> MM> whack everything and start over. Or would that be the best course
> MM> of action? Simply to whack the drive and start over.
>
> MM> Thanx...
>
>
> UPDATE:
>
> This is what happened when I tried to proceed as 'mythtv' user at
> STEP #6:
>
> [root at myth root]# su mythtv
> [mythtv at myth root]$ cd /
> [mythtv at myth /]$ rpm -ivh
http://atrpms.physik.fu-berlin.de/dist/rh9/atrpms-kickstart/atrpms-kickstart-19-1.rh9.at.i386.rpm
> Retrieving
http://atrpms.physik.fu-berlin.de/dist/rh9/atrpms-kickstart/atrpms-kickstart-19-1.rh9.at.i386.rpm
> error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1)
> error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
> [mythtv at myth /]$
You typically need to be root to install or update packages with rpm.
-JAC
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