[mythtv-users] 14.04 install bug

Thomas Mashos thomas at mashos.com
Thu May 15 04:14:40 UTC 2014


On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 8:56 PM, Stephen P. Villano
<stephen.p.villano at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 5/14/14, 11:13 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
>> On 15 May 2014 12:28, Stephen P. Villano <stephen.p.villano at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Again, it blew up and I recorded the bug upwards as 1318817, which is a
>>> duplicate of 1290460.
>>>
>>> Mythbuntu Installer Crashes: File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mythbuntu_common/vnc.py", line 58, in create_password ValueError: Password should be passed as bytes
>>
>> for the time being, don't check Enable VNC when running the live CD installation
>> _______________________________________________
>>
> Note for future reference.  :P
>
> Has the Wiki been updated to that effect to save potential new users?
>
> Want to know the  *really* annoying thing? I *normally* don't enable VNC
> on new install. I did it this time for the first time.
> Largely due to issues I still am annoyed with from my 64 bit server
> install of 12.04, which still cannot initiate a VNC session. Lacking
> documentation on how mythbuntu initiates Xvnc, I'm rather left in a
> really time consuming attempt to figure out what went sideways.
> Leaving me going downstairs to work on a server in an otherwise lights
> out environment.
>
> _______________________________________________

You mean like here?

http://www.mythbuntu.org/home/news/mythbuntu1404releasedbetterlatethanneveredition

Thanks,

Thomas Mashos


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