[mythtv-users] MCC woes

Fri Sep 5 04:45:35 UTC 2014

On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com>
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>> On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com> wrote:
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>>> On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
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>>> > On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com>
>>> > wrote:
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>>> >> 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:
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>>> >> >> > On 3 Sep 2014, at 10:10 am, "Thomas Mashos" <thomas at mashos.com>
>>> >> >> > wrote:
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>>> >> >> >> 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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>>> >> >> >>>> http://www.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
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>>> >> >> >>>> MythTV Forums: https://forum.mythtv.org
>>> >> >> >>>
>>> >> >> >>> The package name should be mythexport
>>> >> >> >>>
>>> >> >> >>>
>>> >> >> >>> Thanks,
>>> >> >> >>>
>>> >> >> >>> Thomas Mashos
>>> >> >> >>> _______________________________________________
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>>> >> >> >>> http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette
>>> >> >> >>> MythTV Forums: https://forum.mythtv.org
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >>
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>>> >> >> >> MythTV Forums: https://forum.mythtv.org
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > Ah ok. The package name for that is mythbuntu-control-centre
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > Thanks,
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > Thomas Mashos
>>> >> >> > _______________________________________________
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>>> >> >> > http://www.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>>> >> >> > http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette
>>> >> >> > MythTV Forums: https://forum.mythtv.org
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> 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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>>> >> >> MythTV Forums: https://forum.mythtv.org
>>> >> >
>>> >> > 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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>>> >> > MythTV Forums: https://forum.mythtv.org
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >> Can you run mythbuntu-control-centre from the command line and post
>>> >> the errors here.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks,
>>> >>
>>> >> Thomas Mashos
>>> >> _______________________________________________
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>>> >> MythTV Forums: https://forum.mythtv.org
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > 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
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>>> sudo rm /etc/default/mythexport-install
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Thomas Mashos
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>> That did it, thanks Thomas, no warning popup or 'cfg' error:
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>> 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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>> I'm having some trouble creating a backup schedule with MCC:
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>  org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.TypeError
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> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/service.py", line 707, in
> _message_cb
>     retval = candidate_method(self, *args, **keywords)
>   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/MythbuntuControlCentre/backend.py",
> line 280, in scriptedchanges
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> plugin_instances[instance].root_scripted_changes(plugin_dictionary[plugin])
>   File "/usr/share/mythbuntu/plugins/python/mythbuntu-bare.py", line 488, in
> root_scripted_changes
>     config.set('Backup', 'db', reconfigure[subitem])
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.4/configparser.py", line 1166, in set
>     self._validate_value_types(option=option, value=value)
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.4/configparser.py", line 1155, in
> _validate_value_types
>     raise TypeError("option values must be strings")
> TypeError: option values must be strings
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> the above message appears after clicking "apply"
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What is the output of 'dpkg -l mythbuntu-common'

Thanks,

Thomas Mashos