[mythtv-users] MCC woes

Wed Sep 3 20:16:06 UTC 2014

On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 6:16 AM, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > On Sep 3, 2014 12:19 AM, "Mark Perkins" <perkins1724 at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> > On 3 Sep 2014, at 10:10 am, "Thomas Mashos" <thomas at mashos.com>
> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Daryl McDonald
> >> >> >> <darylangela at gmail.com>
> >> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >> Are you suggesting that I "sudo rm -r mythexport"?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Actually, my question was about the name of Mythbuntu Control
> >> >> >> Center.
> >> >> >> It is
> >> >> >> only found in Software Center by typing "Mythbuntu Configutation
> >> >> >> Application"  and I don't know what it is called within "apt-get".
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Thanks Daryl
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 5:04 PM, Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com
> >
> >> >> >>> wrote:
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Daryl McDonald
> >> >> >>> <darylangela at gmail.com>
> >> >> >>> wrote:
> >> >> >>>> Hey Thomas, I just reinstalled MCC, via software center, and
> when
> >> >> >>>> I
> >> >> >>>> try
> >> >> >>>> to
> >> >> >>>> open it from the dash I get the Error "Exception in captureState
> >> >> >>>> of
> >> >> >>>> plugin
> >> >> >>>> MythExport"
> >> >> >>>> "Disabling Plugin." I'm guessing removing it a few weeks back
> >> >> >>>> didn't
> >> >> >>>> completely take everything. If I close the warning, MCC GUI
> comes
> >> >> >>>> up,
> >> >> >>>> what
> >> >> >>>> should I do to correct this?  I couldn't find the package with
> >> >> >>>> "apt-get", I
> >> >> >>>> don't know what it is called. I tried different combos of MCC
> and
> >> >> >>>> MCA
> >> >> >>>> with
> >> >> >>>> quotes and spaces or hyphens?
> >> >> >>>>
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> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> The package name should be mythexport
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> Thanks,
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> Thomas Mashos
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> >> >> >>
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> >> >> >
> >> >> > Ah ok. The package name for that is mythbuntu-control-centre
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thanks,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thomas Mashos
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> >> >>
> >> >> Daryl have you tried the Synaptic package manager? It has a GUI
> >> >> interface
> >> >> and seems to be well regarded and may be able to more simply help
> >> >> repair
> >> >> broken packages and the like.
> >> >>
> >> >> It should turn up in a search of the ubuntu software centre for easy
> >> >> installation.
> >> >>
> >> >> It is essentially a graphical front end to apt.
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> >> >
> >> > No I haven't, but I will scope it out. I did try removing "mythexport"
> >> > only
> >> > to be told it was not installed, yet still the "disabling plugin"
> >> > warning
> >> > pops up.
> >> >
> >> >
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> >> >
> >>
> >> Can you run mythbuntu-control-centre from the command line and post
> >> the errors here.
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Thomas Mashos
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> >
> >
> > daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$ mythbuntu-control-centre
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree
> > Reading state information... Done
> >
> > below is a GUI popup:
> >
> >  Exception in captureState of plugin MythExport
> >
> > and then after closing the popup:
> >
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "/usr/lib/python3.4/configparser.py", line 1116, in _unify_values
> >     sectiondict = self._sections[section]
> > KeyError: 'cfg'
> >
> > During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
> >
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "/usr/bin/mythbuntu-control-centre", line 377, in refreshState
> >     plugin.captureState()
> >   File "/usr/share/mythbuntu/plugins/python/mythexport.py", line 53, in
> > captureState
> >     self.changes['dir'] = self.config.get("cfg", "dir")
> >   File "/usr/lib/python3.4/configparser.py", line 754, in get
> >     d = self._unify_values(section, vars)
> >   File "/usr/lib/python3.4/configparser.py", line 1119, in _unify_values
> >     raise NoSectionError(section)
> > configparser.NoSectionError: No section: 'cfg'
> >
> >
> >
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>
> Looks like it's caused by an invalid config file (probably caused by
> another mythexport bug.). You can workaround this issue by removing
> the conf file by doing
>
> sudo rm /etc/default/mythexport-install
>
> Thanks,
>
> Thomas Mashos
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That did it, thanks Thomas, no warning popup or 'cfg' error:

daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$ sudo rm /etc/default/mythexport-install
[sudo] password for daryl:
daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$ mythbuntu-control-centre
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$
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