[mythtv-users] MythTV Install

Tue Sep 9 14:59:57 UTC 2014

On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 7:12 AM, Richard Brook <byronf16 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > 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>
> >> wrote:
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> >>> Quote/Cytat - Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> (Mon 08 Sep
> >>> 2014 11:49:23 AM CEST):
> >>>
> >>>> You do know that backports /is/ testing? Just a thought.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> So in theory they should behave in the same way...
> >>>
> >>> Next week I try to make a fresh install get a better understanding what
> >>> is going on.
> >>>
> >>> Regards
> >>>
> >>> Janusz
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> 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/~jsbien/
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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.
> >>
> >> The other fields are Ping Test - It is checked. Port: 3306. Database
> Name
> >> mythconverg. User mythtv. Password mythtv.
> >>
> >> 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;
> >>
> >> <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>
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> This is very frustrating
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >>
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> 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).
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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>
> What version of the Mythbuntu theme are you using?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Thomas Mashos
>

Mythbuntu 28.2 from Theme Chooser. This was the default.
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