[mythtv-users] MCC woes

[Daryl McDonald]

On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 12:45 AM, Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 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?
> >>> >> >> >>>>
> >>> >> >> >>>> _______________________________________________
> >>> >> >> >>>> mythtv-users mailing list
> >>> >> >> >>>> mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> >>> >> >> >>>> http://www.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
> >>> >> >> >>>> http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette
> >>> >> >> >>>> MythTV Forums: https://forum.mythtv.org
> >>> >> >> >>>
> >>> >> >> >>> The package name should be mythexport
> >>> >> >> >>>
> >>> >> >> >>>
> >>> >> >> >>> 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
> >>> >> >> >>
> >>> >> >> >>
> >>> >> >> >>
> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________
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> >>> >> >> >> MythTV Forums: https://forum.mythtv.org
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > Ah ok. The package name for that is mythbuntu-control-centre
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > Thanks,
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> > Thomas Mashos
> >>> >> >> > _______________________________________________
> >>> >> >> > mythtv-users mailing list
> >>> >> >> > mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> >>> >> >> > 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-users at mythtv.org
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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-users at mythtv.org
> >>> >> http://www.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
> >>> >> http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette
> >>> >> 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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> >>> > MythTV Forums: https://forum.mythtv.org
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>> 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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> >>> MythTV Forums: https://forum.mythtv.org
> >>
> >>
> >> 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:~$
> >
> >
> >>
> >> I'm having some trouble creating a backup schedule with MCC:
> >
> >  org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.TypeError
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> 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
> >
> > the above message appears after clicking "apply"
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > MythTV Forums: https://forum.mythtv.org
> >
>
> What is the output of 'dpkg -l mythbuntu-common'
>
> Thanks,
>
> Thomas Mashos
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>

daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$ dpkg -l mythbuntu-common
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
|
Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version      Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
ii  mythbuntu-comm 0.74         all          Mythbuntu application support
fun
daryl at daryl-A780L3C:~$
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