[mythtv-users] XMLTV setup can't run mythtv-setup as user mythtv

[DryHeat122]

On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 1:21 PM Bill Meek <keemllib at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 7/25/20 2:18 PM, DryHeat122 wrote:
> > Trying to get XMLTV set up on a new install of Myth 31.  I have xmltv
> compiled and installed, now trying to get it linked to the input sources.
> > The wiki <https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/XMLTV> is pretty insistent that
> that I run mythtv-setup as user mythtv for this step, but when I sudo
> > --login --user=mythtv and enter mythtv-setup it exits without running
> setup or giving any error messages.  I have already run it as myself, if
> > that makes a difference.  The wiki is a little confusing because it says
> "If you do not want to logon to that id or you cannot, you can run the
> > mythtv-setup from another id on the same backend."  But above that it
> admonishes "Warning: It seems users are missing the step that says run the
> > setup as the user that will run mythfilldatabase (which is frequently
> user mythtv.)"  How can I get setup to run under user mythtv?  If I can't,
> > will moving/linking the .xmltv contents to /home/mythtv do the trick (as
> suggested in the wiki)?
>
> Actually, the instruction says:
>
> If user mythtv is allowed to login and start the window manager, XMLTV can
> be configured through the Video Sources Setup page in mythtv-setup.
> Otherwise, follow the steps below and do the configuration from the
> command line.
>
> I know that because I just changed the Wiki. Thanks for pointing this out.
>
> --
> Bill
>
> My pleasure.  Unfortunately I'm having a nightmare getting xmltv
configured.  I still can't get mythtv-setup to run from user mythtv.  It
just exits, doing nothing.  So I went through the procedure of running the
command line configuration  for tv_grab_zz_sdjson and selecting all the
channels (not a fun job, terrible interface). It produced a config file in
/home/mythtv/.mythtv but mythfilldatabase was looking for it in
/home/steve/.mythtv So I created a symlink for it there. Now when I run
mythfilldatabase I get the output below. It says unexpected end of file. I
looked at the file. It has info in it like username and pw for schedules
direct, and a bunch of channel items. Not sure what it was looking for that
it didn't get.

2020-07-25 16:08:01.887565 N  Using configuration directory =
/home/steve/.mythtv
2020-07-25 16:08:01.887593 I  Assumed character encoding: en_US.UTF-8
2020-07-25 16:08:01.887818 I  Empty LocalHostName. This is typical.
2020-07-25 16:08:01.887825 I  Using a profile name of: 'steve-EP45-UD3P'
(Usually the same as this host's name.)
2020-07-25 16:08:01.887874 I  Start up testing connections. DB localhost,
BE , attempt 0, status dbAwake, Delay: 2000
2020-07-25 16:08:02.901952 N  Setting QT default locale to en_US
2020-07-25 16:08:02.901966 I  Current locale en_US
2020-07-25 16:08:02.902017 N  Reading locale defaults from
/usr/share/mythtv//locales/en_us.xml
2020-07-25 16:08:02.920887 I  PowerDBus: Added UPower.Device
'/org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/mouse_hidpp_battery_0'
2020-07-25 16:08:02.921152 I  Power: On AC power
2020-07-25 16:08:02.950791 I  Power: Supported actions:
Suspend,Restart,Shutdown
2020-07-25 16:08:02.951693 I  Loading en_us translation for module
mythfrontend
2020-07-25 16:08:02.953200 I  Current MythTV Schema Version (DBSchemaVer):
1361
2020-07-25 16:08:02.955403 I  MythCoreContext::ConnectCommandSocket():
Connecting to backend server: 192.168.1.200:6543 (try 1 of 1)
2020-07-25 16:08:02.956691 I  MythCoreContext::CheckProtoVersion(): Using
protocol version 91 BuzzOff
2020-07-25 16:08:02.956948 I  Opening blocking connection to master backend
2020-07-25 16:08:02.957546 I  Updating source #1 (sdjson) with grabber
tv_grab_zz_sdjson
2020-07-25 16:08:02.959422 I  Found 302 channels for source 1 which use
grabber
2020-07-25 16:08:02.959572 I  Starting process manager
2020-07-25 16:08:02.959642 I  Starting IO manager (read)
2020-07-25 16:08:02.961686 I  Starting IO manager (write)
2020-07-25 16:08:02.961712 I  Starting process signal handler
2020-07-25 16:08:03.813955 I  Grabber has capabilities: baseline
manualconfig preferredmethod
2020-07-25 16:08:04.464771 I  Grabber prefers method: allatonce
2020-07-25 16:08:04.465395 I  XMLTV config file is:
/home/steve/.mythtv/sdjson.xmltv
^C2020-07-25 16:09:34.229722 E  Error in 577881:15: unexpected end of file
2020-07-25 16:09:35.033778 I  No programs found in data.
2020-07-25 16:09:35.038900 E  Failed to fetch some program info
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