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

[Rodney D. Myers]

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
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