[mythtv-users] MythTV Install

[Richard Brook]

On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 6:02 PM, Mark Perkins <perkins1724 at hotmail.com>
wrote:

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> On 8 Sep 2014, at 11:41 pm, "Richard Brook" <byronf16 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 6:04 AM, Janusz S. Bien <jsbien at mimuw.edu.pl>
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>> Quote/Cytat - Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> (Mon 08 Sep
>> 2014 11:49:23 AM CEST):
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>>  You do know that backports /is/ testing? Just a thought.
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>> So in theory they should behave in the same way...
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>> Next week I try to make a fresh install get a better understanding what
>> is going on.
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>> Regards
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>> Janusz
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>> Prof. dr hab. Janusz S. Bień -  Uniwersytet Warszawski (Katedra
>> Lingwistyki Formalnej)
>> Prof. Janusz S. Bień - University of Warsaw (Formal Linguistics
>> Department)
>> jsbien at uw.edu.pl, jsbien at mimuw.edu.pl, http://fleksem.klf.uw.edu.pl/~
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> This is becoming very frustrating. I just did a clean install of Ubuntu
> 14.04, again. I go to the Software Center to do a clean install of MythTV.
> I select MythTV Backend and the install begins. About half way through the
> install, the Software Center window darkens to a grey and freezes. I wait
> and finally I click on the X and I get an error message that the app has
> stopped working and Close or Wait. I close and then rerun Software Center.
> I see the status bars for MythTV Frontend and Backend are about half
> finished. I wait until they are finished. I run MythTV Backend. It informs
> me that I need to be in the MythTV group and I indicate OK. I am informed
> that I must Logout and Login. I do so. Once I Login, I run MythTV Backend,
> again and I am taken to the window where it asks me what language I want. I
> choose English and hit Save. The next screen indicates that it cannot
> connect to the Database. Asterisk indicates the fields that need to be
> changed. Hostname has the Asterisk before it.
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> The other fields are Ping Test - It is checked. Port: 3306. Database Name
> mythconverg. User mythtv. Password mythtv.
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> If I click on Next it takes me to Database screen 2. I click on Finish and
> it takes me right back to the Select Language screen. I have to cancel out
> as I am in a loop. I checked the Config.xml file and here are the contents;
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> <Configuration>
>   <LocalHostName>my-unique-identifier-goes-here</LocalHostName>
>   <Database>
>     <PingHost>1</PingHost>
>     <Host>localhost</Host>
>     <UserName>mythtv</UserName>
>     <Password>mythtv</Password>
>     <DatabaseName>mythconverg</DatabaseName>
>     <Port>3306</Port>
>   </Database>
>   <WakeOnLAN>
>     <Enabled>0</Enabled>
>     <SQLReconnectWaitTime>0</SQLReconnectWaitTime>
>     <SQLConnectRetry>5</SQLConnectRetry>
>     <Command>echo 'WOLsqlServerCommand not set'</Command>
>   </WakeOnLAN>
> </Configuration>
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> This has happened to me before, this week where I did a Clean install of
> both OS and MythTV with the same scenario. When I first installed 14.04 and
> MythTV, a month ago, I had no problems with the install. Could there be
> changes in the Ubuntu Updates or in the MythTV Install that are causing
> these issues? By the way, I did the Clean install today. I was never asked
> to create an Admin password for the database.
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> This is very frustrating
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> How are you doing the clean install? If you are not getting asked for root
> password for MySQL at creation it sounds to me like configuration is
> persisting between installs.
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> Have you considered using Mythbuntu instead of Ubuntu? It takes care of a
> lot of this type of setup and is a good choice if primary usage is just
> MythTV (you can still use as desktop however).
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I did a clean install of Mythbuntu on another HDD. I have it configured for
Desktop use as well as MythTV. For a number of years I have been using an
Nvidia 9800gtx video card and a 50"Sony HDTV as the monitor. I have it
connected using a DVI to HDMI cable at 1080p. I am currently running the
proprietary 331 drivers.

One problem I am having is getting the LiveTV to display at the proper
size. It appears not to be using the 16x9 Aspect Ratio. When I ran the
Frontend on my other Ubuntu setups, I was able to see a configuration
screen that allowed me to set the GUI to one resolution and the Playback to
another. I have gone through all the menus in the Frontend setup but I
cannot find that config screen. I can access all of the menu choices except
Screen Setup Wizard. When I click on that menu choice I am taken to a grey
textured screen that is blank (no text). If I hit ESC, it takes me to a
much lighter blank screen. I cannot seem to back out of this screen without
powering the PC Off and On..
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