[mythtv-users] Problem running mythtv setup

[Andréas Kühne]

Found the problem.

Apparently you can't use VNC to connect to the server and then run
mythtv-setup. You need to be locally connected - then it just works....

Regards,

Andréas

2017-08-09 16:02 GMT+02:00 Andréas Kühne <andreas at kuhne.se>:

> So I checked this today, and I still get a segmentation fault. I used gdb
> to check WHERE the segmentation fault is occurring, and apparently it's
> within the following library:
> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> 0x00007fffdd5067e2 in ?? ()
>    from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so
>
> So I have some sort of problem with the qt5 library. Does anyone have any
> tips / ideas on how to resolve this?
>
> The machine is an upgraded mythbuntu 12.04 - now upgraded to 14.04 running
> mythtv 0.28 (latest versions in the mythbuntu repository).
>
> Any help here would be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Andréas
>
> 2017-08-08 9:29 GMT+02:00 Andréas Kühne <andreas at kuhne.se>:
>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> I'll give that a try tonight.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Andréas
>>
>> 2017-08-08 9:19 GMT+02:00 Stephen Worthington <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz>:
>>
>>> On Mon, 7 Aug 2017 16:34:26 -0400, you wrote:
>>>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >On 08/07/2017 03:50 PM, Andréas Kühne wrote:
>>> >> Hi all,
>>> >>
>>> >> I upgraded my mythbuntu box from 12.04 to 14.04 last year. I also
>>> >> upgraded from 0.27 to 0.28 at the same time. Since then I haven't been
>>> >> able to run mtyhtv-setup. This hasn't been an issue until now. Now my
>>> >> cable provider has released their HD channels so that I am able to
>>> >> view them as well (previously a special type of HD box was required,
>>> >> and I don't think that it is required any more).
>>> >>
>>> >> So now I'd like to be able to run mythtv-setup.
>>> >>
>>> >> I don't get any errors or anything like that, the only thing that
>>> >> happens is I get the dialog boxes for shutting down mythtv-backend and
>>> >> starting it later on. In between the mythtv-backend terminal box pops
>>> >> up, but nothing happens and it shuts down again.
>>> >>
>>> >> Previously I would get a segfault.
>>> >>
>>> >> I have the latest version of 0.28 available from mythbuntu installed.
>>> >>
>>> >> Does anyone have any ideas on how I can troubleshoot this or see what
>>> >> is wrong?
>>> >>
>>> >> Regards,
>>> >>
>>> >> Andréas
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >I suggest first shut down the backend, then open a terminal window and
>>> >run mythtv-setup. See if there are any error messages in the terminal
>>> >window.  If you are running mythbuntu or mythtv installed from the
>>> >ubuntu packages you may need to run mythtv-setupreal or something like
>>> >that as they may have created a script around mythtv-setup and renamed
>>> >the actual mythtv-setup as something with real on the end.
>>>
>>> Yes, the mythtv-setup file is a script that runs mythtv-setup.real. So
>>> shut down mythbackend, then run mythtv-setup.real from your
>>> mythfrontend user, and see what messages it tells you about the
>>> problem.
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>>
>>
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