[mythtv-users] Issue changing themes

[Michael T. Dean]

On 10/25/2011 01:17 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 10/24/2011 08:45 PM, Harry%20Devine wrote:
>> OK, I was able to get it reinstalled using "sudo apt-get --reinstall
>> install mythtv-themes".
> Uninstall mythtv-themes and use the Theme Chooser.  In the Theme
> Chooser, hit MENU (M), then tell it to show the downloadable themes.
>
>>    However,  I still can't get the selected theme to show up.  I go to
>> Theme Choose, and select the Mythbuntu theme.  After that, the screen
>> flashes and I have the Terra theme being used.  I see the following in
>> the frontend logs:
>>
>> 2011-10-24 20:41:31.520 ThemeInfo, Warning: Unable to open
>> themeinfo.xml for /usr/share/mythtv/themes/BlackCurves-OSD/themeinfo.xml
> This theme does not exist.  It's an old one from old versions of MythTV.
>
>> 2011-10-24 20:41:31.520 ThemeInfo, Error: The theme
>> (/usr/share/mythtv/themes/BlackCurves-OSD) is missing a themeinfo.xml
>> file.
> This theme does not exist.  It's an old one from old versions of MythTV.
>
>> 2011-10-24 20:41:31.524 ThemeInfo, Warning: Unable to open
>> themeinfo.xml for /usr/share/mythtv/themes/Gray-OSD/themeinfo.xml
> This theme does not exist.  It's an old one from old versions of MythTV.
>
>> 2011-10-24 20:41:31.525 ThemeInfo, Error: The theme
>> (/usr/share/mythtv/themes/Gray-OSD) is missing a themeinfo.xml file.
> This theme does not exist.  It's an old one from old versions of MythTV.
>
...
> That said, I'm pretty sure if you get rid of all the old/broken themes
> from old MythTV versions, all will work well.

Sorry, just realized this may not be clear.  By that I don't mean to get 
rid of the 4 old themes that are specifically mentioned, above--they're 
just garbage on the file system and the error messages mean nothing 
(except that you have garbage on the file system).  Those errors have 
nothing to do with the problem you're having.

What I did mean was that the existence of old/broken OSD themes on your 
file system indicates you likely have /other/ old/broken themes on your 
file system (possibly/probably including the UI theme you're trying to 
use).  Therefore, get rid of /all/ of the themes except the ones 
installed with mythtv (meaning all but Terra and MythCenter and 
MythCenter-wide) and then use only the Theme Chooser to install new 
themes.  Generally, this means you should uninstall any "mythtv-themes" 
type package from your distro.

Mike