[mythtv-users] Help running mythtv-setup

[James Klaas]

On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 1:50 PM, Kenni Lund <kenni at kelu.dk> wrote:
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> Den 09/03/2012 14.57 skrev "James Klaas" <jklaas at appalachian.dyndns.org>:
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>> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 7:47 PM, James Linder <jam at tigger.ws> wrote:
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>> > On 09/03/2012, at 2:16 AM, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:
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>> >> Hi.  My upgrade/reinstallation of MythTV seems to be going backwards.
>> >> I'm a little frustrated at this point.
>> >> I keep getting sidetracked by apparently irrelevant errors.
>> >>
>> >> I removed all the database files, I removed all the packages and tried
>> >> starting over from scratch.  I reinstalled the Ubuntu packages from
>> >> the mythbuntu packages using 0.25 since I've got a Ceton.
>> >>
>> >> When I run mythtv-setup, I get the Country/Language dialog, but
>> >> there's no Language list.  Looking in the kern.log I see lots of
>> >> errors about libQtCore.so.4.6.2 segfaulting.
>> >> Can anyone help.  This should be as clean an install as installing from
>> >> scratch.
>> >
>> > >From your postings it would seem that you are not a wizz that can
>> > install a myth system with his eyes closed so why would you be playing with
>> > the 0.25-beta?
>> > Standard (say 10.04 cause I've done that) ubuntu JustWorks when you
>> > install the myth packages.
>> > I've not tried but am confident that mythbuntu makes it very easy too.
>> >
>> > Once you have a working 0.24 system THEN get bold and play
>> > Using your ProductionSystem as a play ground will cause scratched knees
>> > YMMV
>> >
>> > James
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>> I am actually quite experienced with Myth, I just haven't had an
>> active system for a few years.  Why take a condescending attitude
>> James, if you're not going to offer a constructive suggestion?  It's
>> very irritating.
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>> I'll be trying what Michael Watson said:
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>> > ... setting up a Backend only (No Frontend).  I found that I needed to
>> > install the frontend package
>> > before I could set the Country/Language properly.)
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>> Unfortunately it's things like this that also irritate me, I shouldn't
>> have to install the frontend to configure a backend only.  You can't
>> have mythweather without the front end either.  Why would I need to do
>> that at all on a backend-only system with mythweather on the web
>> interface.  I'm willing to deal with quirks like this, but if I don't
>> know about them, it's pointless.  This essentially a bare install.
>> Whether the software is "beta" or not (the language issue happened in
>> the 0.24 packages too), it shouldn't happen on a bare install.
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> You can't really call it a clean install if you're running with an old (and
> partly broken) database and haven't cleaned out your ~/.mythtv directories.
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> Best regards
> Kenni
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Right, but if you read some of my other posts in this thread, I've
also tried it with no database at all to start with.

James