[mythtv-users] mythtv-setup gksu not found

James Abernathy jfabernathy at gmail.com
Fri Nov 2 14:58:02 UTC 2018


> I do not recommend trying to add gksu back in.
> 
> This how I handle the situation on  *Ubuntu 16.04,16.10,18.04,18.10 etc.
> 
> After installing mythtv, run "sudo adduser $USER mythtv" and then either logout or reboot for it to take effect.
> 
> Always use terminal session to stop mythtv-backend  "sudo systemctl stop mythtv-backend" before using mythtv-setup
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> Always use terminal session for  mythtv-setup, do not allow mythfilldatabase or start mythbackend when exiting mythtv-setup.
> 
> Always use terminal session to start mythtv-backend "sudo systemctl start mythtv-backend"
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> I use ssh -X ... when connecting to mythtv-backend machine from another *Ubuntu system.
> 
> If you need to run mythfilldatabase  manually, there are two ways :
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> Tip you can give user mythtv a bash shell to make life easier in a terminal session "sudo chsh -s /bin/bash mythtv"
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> 1. open a terminal session "sudo su mythtv" then mythfilldatabase, exit from session when finished back to the original user.
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> 2. Just run "sudo -u mythtv mythfilldatabase”
> 
If I do option #2 I notice that it must not set the $USER variable to ‘mythtv’ because if I look at the console log I see:

“<date and time>” I XMLTV config file is :/home/jim/,mythtv/SD.xmltv
 
If I run it doing option #1 it shows XMLTV config file is : /home/mythtv/.mythtv/SD.xmltv

Jim A

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