Carlos E. R. wrote:
I'm unsure how to setup mythtv.
I installed:
mythtv-docs-0.28.1+git.20170712.eef6a480b0-1.2.noarch mythtv-common-0.28.1+git.20170712.eef6a480b0-1.2.x86_64 mythtv-frontend-0.28.1+git.20170712.eef6a480b0-1.2.x86_64 mythtv-base-themes-0.28.1+git.20170712.eef6a480b0-1.2.noarch mythtv-setup-0.28.1+git.20170712.eef6a480b0-1.2.x86_64 mythtv-backend-0.28.1+git.20170712.eef6a480b0-1.2.x86_64
MythTV has a backend and a frontend. They can easily run on the same system or on different ones, and you can have multiple backends. Set up the backend by running "mythsetup", the frontend ("mythfrontend") will notice it hasn't been configured and will open the config dialogue automatically when you run it for the first time.
Nest is "Configuring_MythTV". It says:
«This guide assumes you have already installed MythTV, MySQL, created the MySQL user id and set up your backend to automatically start. If you used a Mythbuntu or a package from the Mythbuntu PPA these have already been done.»
MySQL was installed automatically at some point (María*) and I started it - - I did not configure anything on it, everything is at defaults.
You would normally want to set the root password, but it's not mandatory.
Run "/usr/share/mysql-test/suse-test-run" to verify mysql does work.
How do I create the "MySQL user id"? There are no instructions on that.
using the mysql command line interface, for instance. "grant all privileges on <mythdb>.* to '<mythuser>'@'localhost' identified by '<passwd>'" mythdb = name you chose for the database. mythuser = user you chose for accessing the database. passwd = password of your choice. All will go into the backend and frontend config.
Start the backend automatically? It is not configured yet. Sure?
Yes, that doesn't sound right, but it won't hurt.
Next step is <https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Setup_General>
I try run "mythtv-setup" as root. It asks country and language, then tries to access mysql, apparently fails, asks where it is, click finish, and it loops again to the first step, nothing saved despite having clicked "save".
What can I do? Those instructions are not clear at all, and I see no docus for openSUSE. None in our wiki, either.
There is nothing openSUSE specific in mythtv.
Is not the setup program supposed to create and configure the database?
It will need a userid and a password to do that.
Isengard:~ # mythtv-setup 2017-11-30 03:54:03.315318 I Setup Interrupt handler 2017-11-30 03:54:03.315355 I Setup Terminated handler [snip] 2017-11-30 03:54:03.535945 E [DBManager0] Unable to connect to database! 2017-11-30 03:54:03.535987 E Driver error was [1/1045]: QMYSQL: Unable to connect Database error was: Access denied for user 'mythtv'@'localhost' (using password: YES)
Ok, so the default user is 'mythtv'. You just need to grant it access to the database - I think the default database might be 'mythconverg'. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (2.0°C) http://www.cloudsuisse.com/ - your owncloud, hosted in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org