[mythtv-users] Mytharchive error on 0.26

[Jos Hoekstra]

Op 28-10-2012 12:53, John Pilkington schreef:
> On 28/10/12 11:11, Mike Perkins wrote:
>> On 28/10/12 11:01, Jos Hoekstra wrote:
>>>
>>> Hmmmm, you're on to something here, they do differ(excluding my own
>>> edits) and I
>>> read further down that by default these are linked to
>>> /etc/mythtv/config.xml.
>>> However, both differ quite a lot from /etc/mythtv/config.xml and it
>>> seems that
>>> they're supposed to be different, added the LocalHostName to all and
>>> will have
>>> to see how that goes.
>>> After reboot it doesn't seem to improve the double filename-issue.
>>> Here's my edited ~/.mythtv/config.xml:
>>> <Configuration>
>>>    <UPnP>
>>>      <UDN>
>>>        <MediaRenderer>obscured</MediaRenderer>
>>>      </UDN>
>>>    </UPnP>
>>>    <LocalHostName>frontend</LocalHostName>
>>>    <Database>
>>>      <PingHost>1</PingHost>
>>>      <Host>192.168.1.5</Host>
>>>      <UserName>mythtv</UserName>
>>>      <Password>passwd</Password>
>>>      <DatabaseName>mythconverg</DatabaseName>
>>>      <Port>3306</Port>
>>>    </Database>
>>>    <WakeOnLAN>
>>>      <Enabled>0</Enabled>
>>> <SQLReconnectWaitTime>0</SQLReconnectWaitTime>
>>>      <SQLConnectRetry>5</SQLConnectRetry>
>>>      <Command>echo 'WOLsqlServerCommand not set'</Command>
>>>    </WakeOnLAN>
>>> </Configuration>
>>>
>>> and /etc/mythtv/config.xml:
>>> <Configuration>
>>>    <UPnP>
>>>      <MythFrontend>
>>>        <DefaultBackend>
>>>          <!--
>>> Set the <LocalHostName> hostname override below only if you want to use
>>> something other than the machine's real hostname for identifying 
>>> settings
>>> in the database.  This is useful if your hostname changes often, as
>>> otherwise you'll need to reconfigure mythtv every time.
>>>
>>> NO TWO HOSTS MAY USE THE SAME VALUE
>>> -->
>>>          <LocalHostName>frontend</LocalHostName>
>>>          <DBHostName>192.168.1.5</DBHostName>
>>>          <DBUserName>mythtv</DBUserName>
>>>          <DBPassword>password</DBPassword>
>>>          <DBName>mythconverg</DBName>
>>>          <DBPort>3306</DBPort>
>>>        </DefaultBackend>
>>>      </MythFrontend>
>>>    </UPnP>
>>> </Configuration>
>>>
>>> If anyone sees anything wrong here, I'd like to know ;)
>>>
>> In the first one, the UPnP section stands alone. In the second, the UPnP
>> section wraps the database section. This might mean it *never* gets
>> parsed properly where it is needed.
>>
>> This may be your problem. You also mention above:
>>
>> "However, both differ quite a lot from /etc/mythtv/config.xml and it
>> seems that
>> they're supposed to be different"
>>
>> No, I don't think they are. These describe the *machine* to the backend.
>> The only time you would ever want these to be different is when you are
>> doing some special testing and need another host identifier or database
>> username/password. Make all ~/.mythtv be links to /etc/mythtv and this
>> will ensure that your config is consistent wherever you run from.
>>
>
> But the LocalHostName has to be just that, and just where the comment is.
>
> Does *buntu have separate users,  eg Jos and mythtv?  I would suppose 
> they are both on the same frontend  and should share the same 
> config.xml, but on another frontend that would be different?
>

I have a user frontend which runs the frontend and a user mythtv(which 
might have been the user running a slave backend which has been removed).