[mythtv-users] Separate Frontend - New Install

DryHeat122 . dryheat122 at gmail.com
Sat Aug 5 19:08:01 UTC 2017


I'm not sure if you have your db issues worked out yet, but if not, set
PingHost to 0 in config.xml.

On Aug 5, 2017 11:49 AM, "Hika van den Hoven" <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hoi John,
>
> Saturday, August 5, 2017, 8:21:08 PM, you wrote:
>
> > On 05/08/17 18:50, Mike Perkins wrote:
> >> On 05/08/17 18:41, Mail wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On Aug 5, 2017, at 12:26 PM, John Pilkington <J.Pilk at tesco.net>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> On 05/08/17 18:13, John Pilkington wrote:
> >>>>>> On 05/08/17 16:39, Roger Siddons wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Ran mythwelcome and then connected gave correct backend IP then
> >>>>>>>> ran mythfrontend -- crashes.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Seems something broke because i can't seem to even start it.
> >>>>>>>> Keeps complaining. Ran it as root - just to see if it's
> >>>>>>>> permissions, nothing
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> https://pastebin.com/nResJiMG
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 2017-08-05 02:25:44.884288 W  MythUIHelper: No theme dir:
> >>>>>> '/usr/share/mythtv/themes/Terra'
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The frontend can't run without any themes. Those dirs should be
> >>>>>> populated by the installation. Reinstall.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> It's clear that the rpmfusion mythfrontend package, at least on el7,
> >>>>> doesn't bring in all that a standalone frontend needs.  I think you
> >>>>> might do better to install 'mythtv' and get the frontend going.
> >>>>> Then you could rpm -e --nodeps the bits that you don't need.
> >>>>> Or installing mythtv-base-themes and mythtv-common, mythffmpeg(?) ...
> >>>>> I find 'yumex' useful.  yum install yumex.
> >>>>
> >>>> I didn't read far enough down the listing; mythtv-base-themes and
> >>>> mythtv-common *are* declared and ought to be brought in.  Sorry.
> >>>>
> >>>> A later build has just been loaded into rpmfusion-free-updates-testing
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks. I am out but will enable testing repo and install from there.
> >>> Hope it won't matter that backend is "regular"
> >>>
> >> There are potential other consequences through installing a backend as
> >> well as a frontend on a remote host.
> >>
> >> Does the install process assume that the backend will be the master, and
> >> that config.xml ought to point to it?
> >>
> >> Will the database password be the wrong one? In fact, will a whole new
> >> database be created on the remote host?
> >>
> >> Is any of this going to cause issues when the frontend is fired up for
> >> the first time?
> >>
>
> > I don't know.  Nor do I know why no themes were found.  Since this is a
> > completely new install there should be no hangovers from the nux repo.
>
> > In my experience there isn't a lot of autoconfig with these packages -
> > but I haven't explored that aspect.
>
> > The 'testing' build appears to be early 28.1, while the 'updates'
> > version was late-ish 28(.0).  It might be safer to stick to the'updates'
> > repo.
>
> > Hmm
>
> > John
>
> If the missing themes is the only problem, why not simply copy over
> the themes directories from the backend?
>
> Tot mails,
>   Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>
> "Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
> Zonder leven is er geen hoop
> Het eeuwige dilemma
> Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"
>
> De lerende Mens
>
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