[mythtv-users] Success! at long last. Thanks

[H P Ladds]

Thanks Chris,


Any user should be able to run the frontend process.  No special
> permissions required.  Hardware-wise, you may have issues with your
> sound card, etc. depending on how your system was initially
> installed.  The best way to deal with that (and give yourself
> better performance) is to make the Myth programs SUID root.
>

I think I get it. In concept, the Myth's backend's performance will benefit
from root's authority: higher priority, Real-Time Scheduling, etc. Therefore
/dev/video0  should be root owned as well. Problem -- how to allow non-root
(running mythtv-setup) acces to /dev/video0? Options: change perms of the
backend and lose performance, or give a user the perms of root -- SUID. I
vote for option 2.


> b. Database -- Mysql
>
> MythTV accesses the MySQL database using the credentials supplied
> in ~/.mythtv/mysql.txt
>
> You don't need to make any changes to the database unless the new
> user is on a remote machine, in which case you will need to
> configure MySQL for remote access.


Man! was my life miserable until I commented the "skip networking" line in
the mysql config file. Just one litte # and poof! I can watch TV in the
kitchen. These were my Knoppmyth days.


> c. Device -- /dev/video0
>
> Access to the hardware is only required by the backend process.
> Users running a frontend don't use the capture card directly.


Accept during mythtv-setup? Nearly every HOWTO says to do this step as a
non-root user.


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