[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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