[mythtv-users] Guide Disappeared

[rwk at americom.com]

I checked and I *do* have category-type.

However, I found the problem.  It has nothing to do with my CVS update.
It was simply that the SasQuach theme I had switched to a couple of
weeks ago is not displaying the Program Guide.  When you select the EPG,
it simply displays a blank screen.  I switched back to blue and it
worked.

I only noticed it after updating from CVS and therefore mistakenly
assumed the update was the culprit.

I went to update to the latest SasQuach and noticed that many of the
themes which used to be on the "themes" page are gone.  Only two themes
remain.

I liked SasQuach and was hoping an update would correct the EPG problem.

If anyone else encounters a blank Programming Guide screen, check your
theme.  I found that several of the themes I have fail to display the
EPG.

Thanks for your help in any case...  It was a real good guess!

Dick

> At the CVS version, there is a column (category-type) that has been added to
> the program table.
> 
> If there was any problem executing cvs.sql and that column is not present,
> mythfilldatabase fails when inserting the program listings.
> 
> If not and still fails, run manually the commands within the mysql prompt.
> Take those commands from the database/cvs.sql
> 
> 
> Be sure that the column is there. That will very likely to solve your ·
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Drew Whittle" <drew at lug.net.nz>
> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at snowman.net>
> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 2:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Guide Disappeared
> 
> 
> > On Fri, 2003-06-20 at 20:15, rwk at americom.com wrote:
> >
> > > > >Advice:
> > > > >
> > > > >Don't run CVS versions unless you know what your doing and are
> capable
> > > > >of figuring out what is wrong.
> > >
> > > I didn't say I don't know what I am doing.  Where did you get that idea
> D?
> > >
> >
> > It is a standard answer for any project I have ever been involved in.
> > I'm sure the Myth developers (of which I am not one) do not want to get
> > a bazillion questions like this because people are not able to debug the
> > problem.
> >
> > CVS is a development version and hence the people using it should be
> > using it because they are either developing or bug hunting, and if bug
> > hunting detailed information on any apparent bug should be provided (and
> > probably on the dev list not this one)
> >
> >
> > > I really don't appreciate people with their nose stuck in the air.  I am
> > > likely more capable with Linux than average, but we can't all be experts
> > > on the workings of every program, and I have never understood that this
> >
> > My nose is not stuck in the air, I'm far from being an expert on Myth,
> > I'm just trying to save the devs from wasting their time.
> >
> > > Particularly when there is little (if any) documentation regarding the
> > > design or database structure...  I am just asking where I might start
> > > looking.
> >
> > Yes it is lacking and every time I have wanted to add something I've
> > wished for that sort of info, but like most OSS (and some commercial)
> > efforts there is not a lot of attraction in doing that sort of stuff and
> > so it often ends up being poor or non existent. (I'd gladly try and put
> > something together, but that would mean pestering the devs and I don't
> > want to do that.)
> >
> > > Any suggestions from anyone would be appreciated.
> >
> > turn on debugging, look for errors, failing that add some of your own
> > debugging output and follow it through. (you might also want to check
> > that you did all the DB updates)
> >
> > > BTW, I am also now receiving a screen-fill of "open: No such file or
> > > directory" messages as well, but it does not prevent LiveTV from
> > > working.
> >
> > >From the frontend or the backend? any idea what file (or device) it's
> > trying to find? Does sound still work? etc etc etc
> >
> > :D
> >
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