[mythtv-users] upgrade & restore

[Angela McDonald]

On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM Bill Meek <keemllib at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Saturday 22 February 2025 02:47:18 PM (-06:00), Angela McDonald wrote:
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> > On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM Klaas de Waal <klaas.de.waal at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
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> > > On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 at 18:54, Angela McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
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> > >> I have a 120Gb ssd that is split for two OS partitions. I finally
> decided
> > >> to upgrade to 24.04, so I backed up my database on the functional
> 22.04
> > >> Ubuntu and started the upgrade to 24.04 on the other (22.04) half of
> the
> > >> ssd. Everything seems fine, so I, according to the backup and restore
> > >> instructions, I dropped the database and restored my current backup,
> which
> > >> gave a report of "successful  database restore". Then when I open the
> > >> backend, I'm told the BE is deprecated, go to "
> > >> http://localhost:6544/setupwizzard"  no joy. The functional system
> has
> > >> Ubuntu 22.04 mythtv 32 fixes and the upgraded system has Ubuntu 24.04
> > >> mythtv 34. Maybe because the BE was running on the attempted restore?
> So I
> > >> shut down the BE and tried again, still no joy. Any suggestions?
> TIA  Daryl
> > >>
> > >
> > > It is not a good idea to have the backed running while restoring the
> > > database at the same time but I understand that you fixed that.
> > > When the backend is running you should be able to access
> > > http://localhost:6544 or http://localhost:6744 with a browser running
> on
> > > the same machine. Then select "Backend Setup" which is the cogwheel
> icon
> > > somewhere in the left/top area.
> > > When you start classic mythtv-setup you do get the "Deprecated" splash
> > > screen but you can click through that and then it still works like it
> > > always did.
> > >
> > > Hope this helps,
> > > Klaas.
> > >
> > >
> > The first time I clicked through and set up the backend, as normal when
> > that didn't work I used the browser and localjost etc. but it still
> insists
> > the BE is deprecated.
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> Are you really seeing a BE deprecated message?
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> Or something like this:
>
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>         mythtv-setup is deprecated.
>         "To set up MythTV, start mythbackend and use:
>         "http://localhost:6544/setupwizard
>
> Please post the exact text of the message.
> --
> Bill
> _______________________________________________
>
> My bad, yes it said setup is deprecated. Is there a remedy?
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