MythTV installation

[freddy_boy]

I'm trying to get MythTv up and running, and am running into problems. The tutorial shows two phases - the backend setup and then running the frontend application. I was able to successfully get my tuner card identified, and I believe that I have my channels programmed properly. When finished with the backend setup, you're prompted to run 'mythfilldatabase'. A lot of messages go by quickly, so I can't tell if things were done correctly.

My problem is that when I run the frontend application, I can't see any video (Watch TV). Under the System Status screen, I see the following:

* the last mythfilldatabase update start time, end time (same exact date and time for both)
* the result is blank
* Msg 1: There's no guide data available!
* Msg 2: Have you run mythfilldatabase?
* Msg 3: WARNING: is mythfilldatabase running?

I ran 'mythfilldatabase' from a different emulator and captured the messages (attached). I suspect that it might have something to do with file permissions, but I don't know where to start looking. I would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks!

[Ian]

Hi freddy_boy

Nothing seems to be attached to your post. Can you try again please?

Just curious but what "other emulator" did you use to enable you to capture the output?

[freddy_boy]

I attempted to attach the text file, but got an error message that .txt extension is not allowed. I changed it to .log, and again, not allowed. I removed the extension altogether and got the same error message.

[freddy_boy]

Oh yeah, the emulator I used was TeraTerm. It's freeware and you can find it here:
http://ttssh2.sourceforge.jp/

[Ian]

Hi,

Please try the attachment again. sorry about this.

[freddy_boy]

I ran the backend again and this time I am getting what appears like normal results for the System Status. I see that the guide data is there with a DataDirect status indicating the subscription expiry date. However my 'Watch TV' still does not work. I just get "Please Wait..." message. The attachment from 'mythfilldatabase' should be attached...

[Ian]

Hi,

You seem to be making good progress all by yourself!

Have a look in the backend and frontend logs for clues as to what might be causing the "please wait….." messages. These logs should be stored in /var/log/mythtv. So, type something like more /var/log/mythtv/mythfrontend.log or cat /var/log/mythtv/mythfrontend.log in a putty session or a Terminal session to see the logs. The backend log should be called mythbackend.log and can be found in the same folder. Please feel free to post them here.

[freddy_boy]

Here are the frontend and backend logs. Appreciate it if you could point to the problem. Thanks.

[Ian]

Go into the MythTV front-end and then into Utilities/Setup -> Setup -> General and double-check the Hostname, Database Name, User and Password match the settings in the /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt file.

Also, make sure in the /etc/mysql/my.cnf file that the bind-address is set to 127.0.0.1

Any help?

[freddy_boy]

Everything looks correct. No problems there.