[mythtv-users] mythtv plugins - can't access functionality - no icons/text is displayed! HELP NEEDED!!!

[Vlad Olenin]

Hi, Michael.

?  You mean DVB support?  Or is this some kind of Ubuntu thing?
>
>
Yes, I believe you are right, it's DVB, not DVR. I followed the instructions
from http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu_Edgy_Installation page.

Using "make install", right?
>
> Yes, correct.

n the process you used to compile/install.  Did you remember to run
> "./configure --prefix=/usr" (plus all other appropriate arguments)?
>
> I'm pretty sure I did - the libraries were output to correct location.

I didn't use SVN snapshot though, but grabbed the tar file from the
'download' page... I'll try to recompile.

Is the location of the 'plugins' directory smth that can be changed / looked
up in the config file?


Thanks,

Vlad

On 4/16/07, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>
> On 04/16/2007 06:02 PM, Vlad Olenin wrote:
> > I am installing MythTV 0.20
>
> Make sure you use 0.20-fixes SVN ( http://svn.mythtv.org/ ).
>
> > on Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy, Server Edition, compiling from source with DVR
> > support disabled.
>
> ?  You mean DVB support?  Or is this some kind of Ubuntu thing?
>
> > I don't have TV Tuner card currently installed and intend to used
> > MythTV for now as a front end to play DVDs, Movies, Music as well as
> > try using the picture gallery.
> >
> > After some trial & errors I finally managed to install MythTV as a
> > combined frontend/backend from source. All installation was done as a
> > root. I got mythtv files under /usr/share/mythtv directory and
> > Frontend seems to be starting up and running (again, as root).
> >
> > My problem is that after installing MythTV plugins (again, compiling
> > from the source as root),
>
> Using "make install", right?
>
> > I can't access any of them from the MythTV interface. I did get the
> > library files output to /usr/share/mythtv/plugins:
> >
> > ----------------
> > vlad at eagle:~$ ls -lFa /usr/share/mythtv/plugins/
> > total 7188
> > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    4096 2007-04-15 01:00 ./
> > drwxr-xr-x 9 root root    4096 2007-04-15 21:21 ../
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  198756 2007-04-15 00:54 libmythcontrols.so*
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  327840 2007-04-15 00:55 libmythdvd.so*
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1780786 2007-04-15 00:55 libmythflix.so*
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  578844 2007-04-15 00:56 libmythgallery.so*
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  613512 2007-04-15 00:57 libmythgame.so*
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1305877 2007-04-15 00:57 libmythnews.so*
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1120260 2007-04-15 00:58 libmythphone.so*
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1181704 2007-04-15 01:00 libmythvideo.so*
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  189732 2007-04-15 01:00 libmythweather.so*
> > ---------------
> >
> > and library.xml and mainmenu.xml files from /usr/share/mythtv
> > directory seemed to be fetched and read by MythTV correctly (tried to
> > modify text for 'Watch TV' button and saw the changed in the
> > interface). The problem is none of the 'plugin' items from library.xml
> > file is displayed in the interface, so I can't access
> > 'TV_WATCH_RECORDINGS', but not 'VIDEO_BROWSER' or 'MUSIC_PLAY' for
> > example. The only way when I see the icon displayed (eg,
> > VIDEO_BROWSER) is when I comment out exiting 'action' and 'depends'
> > tags (with values 'JUMP MythVideo' and 'mythvideo' accordingly) and
> > substitute that with action tag taken from 'TV_WATCH_RECORDINGS'
> > button. I do see different image, which makes me think that interface
> > configuration part is working OK. When I click on it I'm being taken
> > to 'watch tv' menu (naturally).
> >
> > I wonder what I'm doing wrong? Should plugins be specifically enabled
> > somehow in the DB or separate config file?... I had a brief look at
> > 'settings' table, but couldn't find any related info. I also tried to
> > put 'plugins' directory on the path (thinking MythTV just can't find
> > the libraries), but that didn't help either.
> >
> > I hope someone can resolve this mystery.... THANKS IN ADVANCE!
>
> The existence of the plugin binary causes it to appear in the menu.
> Therefore, your plugins aren't being found, meaning there was an error
> in the process you used to compile/install.  Did you remember to run
> "./configure --prefix=/usr" (plus all other appropriate arguments)?
>
> Mike
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