[mythtv-users] mythtv setup problem

[Mercury Morris]

On 8/6/06, mike <bristol406 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have just gone through the process of installing MythTV under
> Ubuntu 6.06. I have a Hauppauge Nova-T pci installed. All seemed to
> go well during installation until I did:
> mythtv -setup
>
> This is what I get:
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> mike at MythTV:~$ mythtv -setup
> X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
>   Major opcode:  147
>   Minor opcode:  3
>   Resource id:  0x0
> Failed to open device
> X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169
>   Major opcode:  147
>   Minor opcode:  3
>   Resource id:  0x0
> Failed to open device
> 2006-08-06 20:46:50.875 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2006-08-06 20:46:50.890 Unable to read configuration file mysql.txt
> 2006-08-06 20:46:50.896 Trying to create a basic mysql.txt file
> 2006-08-06 20:46:50.897 Failed to init MythContext, exiting.
> mike at MythTV:~$
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Can anyone suggest what's wrong or how to diagnose the problem. Any
> help appreciated.

Did you actually type

  mythtv (blank) -setup   ?

If so, that probably won't get you the desired results.

On many MythTV installations, the command is mythtv-setup.

There are other possible problems, judging from the short log you
provided.   But let's start with a simple problem first.

-- 
MM