[mythtv-users] Myth Ology wilsonnet.com HowTo-- Updates if using Fedora 7 and ATRpms without the mythtv-suite choice
Larry
larry at foxgulch.com
Sun Oct 21 21:03:32 UTC 2007
Larry wrote:
> Being the adventurous type, I decided to reinstall Myth from the ATRpms
> following Jarod Wilson's guide. http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php
> Here are a couple clarifications that I hope are helpful for those
> installing mythtv from ATRpms on top of Fedora 7. If you've never
> installed mythtv before, I highly recommend MythDora 4.0.
>
> In section 12. Set up MySQL
>
>> # mysql -u root mysql
>> mysql> UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('ROOT_PWD') WHERE user='root';
>> mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
>> mysql> quit
>>
>
> needs to be
>
> # mysql -u root mysql
> mysql> UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('ROOT_PWD') WHERE user='root';
> mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
> mysql> quit;
>
> (I added semi colon after quit. mysql won't exit by pressing "Enter"
> without the semicolon.)
>
> Also
>
>> $ mysql -u root -p < /usr/share/doc/mythtv-0.20/database/mc.sql
>>
>
> now needs to be
>
> $ mysql -u root -p < /usr/share/doc/mythtv-0.20.2/database/mc.sql
>
> (BTW, If you didn't change your mysql root password as suggested, it's
> set to ROOT_PWD !!)
>
> Finally, the storage location for recordings in mythtv-setup defaults
> to /mnt/store which doesn't exist. But /home/myth/Videos was created
> by the Fedora 7. (Note the capital V) Consequently, in Mythtv-Setup I
> arbitrarily decided to use this as the storage location specified in the
> General section of mythtv-setup. The important thing is that the current
> (Oct 2007) ATRpms do not create the video storage location suggested by
> Jarod nor does it create the video storage location created by a
> MythDora 4.0 install.
>
> Finally, unlike a MythDora 4.0 install, you must manually start and
> restart mythbackend as shown in Jarod's HowTo. For example, after you
> complete entering all info into mythtv-setup, mythfrontend, will not run
> until you start mythbackend. So open up a terminal as user "myth" and
> enter "mythbackend". system-config-services brings up the services gui
> where you can cause mythbackend to start when your PC is booted.
>
> And remember not to scan for channels using your card. Get the channel
> list from schedules direct by "Fetch Channels"
>
> (Progress report: MythTV on Fedora 7 is up and running! Amazing for a
> beginner such as me ... many thanks to Axel and Jarod!)
>
> Larry
>
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As pointed out on this list shortly after my post, in Fedora the
mythbackend can be controlled by
/sbin/service mythbackend status
/sbin/service mythbackend start
/sbin/service mythbackend stop
Larry
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