[mythtv-users] Theme question

[Mike Carron]

On 12/20/2014 10:53 PM, John P Poet wrote:
>
> On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 10:55 PM, Mike Carron <jmcarron at starstream.net 
> <mailto:jmcarron at starstream.net>> wrote:
>
>     Is there a reason why I should expect that installing the same
>     version of Mythbuntu (12.04 and promptly upgrading Myth to 27.4)
>     from the same USB stick onto two different machines would product
>     a different selection of available themes in Setup -> Theme Chooser?
>
>     On one machine, a Zotac ID36, I get what is apparently the full
>     catalog of themes, including MythCenter, MythCenter-Wide,
>     Arclight, Mythbuntu, Terra and several others. On the other
>     machine, a Zotac AD03, I get Mythbuntu, MythCenter,
>     Mythcenter-Wide and Terra, none of the others. I can re-install on
>     the AD03 and get exactly the same result so it shouldn't be a
>     matter of a botched install. Is there something in the install
>     process that prevents certain themes from being installed on
>     certain hardware?
>
>     Incidentally, prior to upgrading the MythTV from 0.25 to 0.27 all
>     front ends presented the same themes in Theme Chooser.
>
>
> It is probably a permission issue.   Make sure that the ~/.mythtv 
> directory (and all of it sub-directories) are writable by whatever 
> user(s) is running mythbackend and mythfrontend.
>
> John
>
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Different themes can have different permissions?

mike