[mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase not updating since last week's boot

Barry Martin barry3martin at gmail.com
Thu Nov 23 14:41:51 UTC 2017


Good Morning and Happy Thanksgiving!

Well, by my time and location! <g>

>>>>> Do this for ALL Video Sources that use Schedules Direct.
>>>> Above is via mythtv-setup -- will have to do that after the soaps record -- and I don't watch but.....? (So will get back on that later this
>>>> afternoon.)? Have checked one or two sources prior and the user name is correct, password is hidden but typed in manually and appears to be the
>>>> same length.? There is an issue where a few entries from the bottom of that page the "pc:52722" blanks after the password updating.? The field
>>>> has to do with SchedulesDirect and should be an auto-fill by them.
>>> You can get the information from the Services API too, using a browser:
>>>
>>>        yourBackend:6544/Channel/GetVideoSourceList
>>>
>>> The password(s) will be in clear text.
>> Very clear!!? Always nice to check to be sure the system is sending out
>> what I think it is -- years ago managed to get an unseen character in a
>> password.? I did see something a little odd (I blanked out my username
>> and password):
>>
>> This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated
>> with it. The document tree is shown below.
>>
>> -<VideoSourceList version="1.0" serializerVersion="1.1">
>> ? <AsOf>2017-11-22T22:02:29Z</AsOf>
>> ? <Version>0.28.20161120-1</Version>
>> ? <ProtoVer>88</ProtoVer>
>> ?-<VideoSources>
>> ?? -<VideoSource>
>> ????? <Id>1</Id>
>> ????? <SourceName>Antenna</SourceName>
>> ????? <Grabber>schedulesdirect1</Grabber>
>> ????? <UserId>barryxxxxx</UserId>
>> ????? <FreqTable>default</FreqTable>
>> ????? <LineupId>PC:52722</LineupId>
>> ????? <Password>xxxxxxxxxxxxx</Password>
>> ????? <UseEIT>false</UseEIT>
>> ????? <ConfigPath/> /*<== ??*/
Bill: Darn! I was hoping that pointed to the problem I'm having! Yes, I 
was guessing 'no path'.
>> ????? <NITId>-1</NITId>
>> ??? </VideoSource>
>> ? </VideoSources>
>> ?</VideoSourceList>
>>
>> Think I have the indentations correct -- copied in as one long line.?
>> Shouldn't make any difference for what we want to verify.
>>
>> I added the "??":? that ConfigPath statement doesn't look right even to
>> this amateur!
>>
>>
>> ...I need to check out Mike's suggestions for the "com.ubuntu.Upstart
>> does not exist".
> Shutting down mythbackend when running mythtv-setup is not necessary
> if all you want to do is read the settings.  So if that is what I am
> doing, I normally run mythtv-setup.real (the actual mythtv-setup
> program on Ubuntu systems), and tell it not to shut down mythbackend.
>
> If the UserId and Password above match what the Schedules Direct site
> says are the correct values, then we need to delve deeper into the
> Internet traffic to see what the problem is.  So I would recommend
> installing Wireshark and running it while you run mythfilldatabase
> manually, and looking at the traffic to the Schedules Direct site. You
> should then be able to see the exact traffic and the error reply. When
> installing Wireshark, it will ask if you want to allow non-root users
> to use it, as this is a security risk.  Allowing any user to run
> Wireshark allows them to see all the network traffic, which can
> contain passwords and other sensitive information.  Since I am the
> only person who uses my PCs, I allow all users to run Wireshark, but
> you may not want that if your situation is different.

Installed and trying to figure out Wireshark.  Two potential issues: it 
doesn't seem to be seeing any interfaces -- LIS in a previous message 
when I click for interfaces at the upper right that also doesn't find 
anything but ifconfig tells me its enp0s7, then all the other 
parameters.  ...Obviously working as I can get to the outside world with 
Firefox, etc., and the Frontends are connecting.

Also seem to be getting an error: on Wireshark's GUI just under the 
"Capture ...using this filter" it says "Couldn't run /usr/bin/dumpcap in 
child process.  Permission denied."  I did configure Wireshark to allow 
all users.

OK, sending this off - hopefully the break reset my mind to figure out 
the configuration.

Barry


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