[mythtv-users] Ubuntu restore & unable to get past "select your preferred language" screen

[Rodney D. Myers]

On Mar 29, 2009, at 1:55 PM, Rodney D. Myers wrote:

> On Mar 29, 2009, at 10:35 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>
>> On 03/29/2009 01:18 PM, Rodney D. Myers wrote:
>>> On Mar 29, 2009, at 1:09 AM, Jan Ceuleers wrote:
>>>
>>>> Rodney D. Myers wrote:
>>>>> I'm still having problems getting the mythtv account working.
>>>>> Everytime I boot or log back in, I get the "Select your preferred
>>>>> language" screen. I do as asked, but makes no difference.
>>>>> I have checked all permissions in the ~/mythtv directory, and they
>>>>> are owned by mythtv.
>>>>> Is there somewhere else that this may be a problem?
>>>>
>>>> Make sure that the file that contains your database settings  
>>>> (usually
>>>> /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt) is owned by user mythtv and group mythtv,  
>>>> and
>>>> has 660 permissions.
>>>
>>> Just looked, and it is owned by mythtv:mythtv, and double-checked  
>>> the
>>> permissions. also correct.
>>
>> Add a line to your mysql.txt (either in ~/.mythtv/mysql.txt or
>> /usr/{,local/}share/mythtv/mysql.txt --or possibly somewhere else,  
>> but
>> your best bet is to get rid of all of them but one to make sure  
>> you're
>> using the one you think you're using) that says:
>>
>> LocalHostName=<some identifier>
>>
>> The identifier should probably be the hostname that your system is  
>> using
>> (with or without domain, as determined by your system config--use
>> whatever the `hostname` command without arguments gives).  It's not a
>> fix, but it may just prevent the symptom of the problem from  
>> occurring
>> (i.e. you won't see the issue).
>>
>> Mike
>
> Thanks.
>
> I did find a typo in one of the mysql.txt. corrected, and rebooting  
> now to see if that makes a difference.
>
> 2 reboots later, same symptom.
>
> "select your preferred language" screen

Finally getting around to creating a test account.

No matter what I do, I keep getting the Preferences window popping up  
with;

Select your preferences
	English (US)

Database configuration 1/2
hostname:	localhost
database:	mythconverg
user:		mythtv
password:	<password>
database type:	mysql

Database configuration 2/2
Use custom identifier for frontend preferences	(unchecked)
Use Wake-On-Lan to wake database		(unchecked)

My .mysql info is this;

DBHostName=localhost
DBUserName=mythtv
DBPassword=<password>
DBName=mythconverg
DBType=QMYSQL3


So far, I can do everything other than watch 'Live TV"
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