[mythtv-users] pcHDTV analog on 0.21 ?

Brad DerManouelian myth at dermanouelian.com
Tue Sep 16 14:20:11 UTC 2008


On Sep 16, 2008, at 7:10 AM, Mike Perkins wrote:

> Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>> On Sep 15, 2008, at 9:02 PM, Harry Devine wrote:
>>
>>> Kevin Bailey wrote:
>>>> I bought another PC to bring up 0.21 on (so I'd still have
>>>> the old 0.20 one running) and popped in a spare pcHDTV 3000.
>>>> (Actually I swapped cards because I knew the old one
>>>> worked.) But I'm having trouble getting it all configured.
>>>>
>>>> After much wrangling, I finally got it so 'mythtv' could log
>>>> into mysql. The distros really need to work on that. Hasn't
>>>> changed since 0.18...
>>
>> Oh, and this is a security feature. It's always better to make the
>> system secure and make the user change it so it's not as secure so
>> they know they are doing something that may compromise the security  
>> of
>> their system. Bottom line is don't expect that to change.
>>
> I went off Ubuntu when they installed the 'mythtv' user with a  
> strange made-up
> password that they didn't tell the installer, and that didn't work  
> with the
> mythtv package that was provided in the very same install.  
> 'security' shouldn't
> mean preventing the user from using the features they install from  
> the distro on
> their own system.
>
> (Ubuntu may have changed that 'feature' by now. I don't care, they  
> lost my
> interest already.)

Oh, I thought you were talking about the fact that security is tight  
on mysql so your mythtv user can't log in. I agree - it's completely  
stupid for a packager to make up a mysql password for you.


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