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opustormy at gmail

Nov 26, 2008, 12:41 PM

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Mythfilldatabase runs -- no guide data shows up

Hey all,

Lately i've been having a wierd time with my good old'e mythtv box. I run
mythfilldatabase, it fills the database and whatnot, but nothing appears in
my guides. It also appears that when I schedule a recording, it never starts
recording (it doesn't show up in the upcoming recordings list).
I get the feeling it is partly due to me renaming the hostname from
localhost.localhost to somethingelse.somethingelse2

It seems like after I did that, all my settings went away, as if it lost
access to the /home/mythtv/.mythtv/ directory... It was very strange.
I did reflect my changes in MythTV Setup-- shouldn't that fix it?

I did try optimize_mythdb.pl and it did nothing to fix my problem.
Where should I start in fixing this?

I get the feeling my database is b0rked. :(

Thanks Greatly!

Jonathan S

mtdean at thirdcontact

Nov 26, 2008, 12:58 PM

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Re: Mythfilldatabase runs -- no guide data shows up [In reply to]

On 11/26/2008 03:41 PM, Jonathan Seawright wrote:
> Lately i've been having a wierd time with my good old'e mythtv box. I
> run mythfilldatabase, it fills the database and whatnot, but nothing
> appears in my guides. It also appears that when I schedule a
> recording, it never starts recording (it doesn't show up in the
> upcoming recordings list).
> I get the feeling it is partly due to me renaming the hostname from
> localhost.localhost to somethingelse.somethingelse2
>
> It seems like after I did that, all my settings went away, as if it
> lost access to the /home/mythtv/.mythtv/ directory... It was very
> strange.
> I did reflect my changes in MythTV Setup-- shouldn't that fix it?
>
> I did try optimize_mythdb.pl and it did nothing to fix my problem.
> Where should I start in fixing this?
>
> I get the feeling my database is b0rked. :(

Yep. There are guides for how to properly change the hostname.
http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-23.html#ss23.15 and
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Database_Backup_and_Restore#Change_the_hostname_of_a_MythTV_frontend_or_backend

Both will fail, now, though, since you have the old /and/ the new
hostname in the DB.

My recommendation is a "spring cleaning"
http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-23.html#ss23.7 , though, you
should probably use:
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Database_Backup_and_Restore#Partial_restore_of_a_backup

I.e.:
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Database_Backup_and_Restore (all info)

specifically:
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Database_Backup_and_Restore#Script-based_Database_Backup_and_Restore
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Database_Backup_and_Restore#Quick_Start
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Database_Backup_and_Restore#Backup_database_and_rotate_keeping_the_10-most-recent_backups
(
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Database_Backup_and_Restore#Partial_restore_of_a_backup
or
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Database_Backup_and_Restore#Partial_restore_of_a_backup.2C_including_plugin_data
)
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Database_Backup_and_Restore#Change_the_hostname_of_a_MythTV_frontend_or_backend

Note that you'll have to reconfigure everything (mythtv-setup, then
mythfrontend settings) afterwards, but if you don't, your system will
remain broken (even if you get it to look like it's working).

Mike
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opustormy at gmail

Nov 26, 2008, 2:49 PM

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Re: Mythfilldatabase runs -- no guide data shows up [In reply to]

What if i change it back to localhost.localhost?

I had the guide problem before changing the hostname... oddily enough...

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean [at] thirdcontact>wrote:

> On 11/26/2008 03:41 PM, Jonathan Seawright wrote:
> > Lately i've been having a wierd time with my good old'e mythtv box. I
> > run mythfilldatabase, it fills the database and whatnot, but nothing
> > appears in my guides. It also appears that when I schedule a
> > recording, it never starts recording (it doesn't show up in the
> > upcoming recordings list).
> > I get the feeling it is partly due to me renaming the hostname from
> > localhost.localhost to somethingelse.somethingelse2
> >
> > It seems like after I did that, all my settings went away, as if it
> > lost access to the /home/mythtv/.mythtv/ directory... It was very
> > strange.
> > I did reflect my changes in MythTV Setup-- shouldn't that fix it?
> >
> > I did try optimize_mythdb.pl and it did nothing to fix my problem.
> > Where should I start in fixing this?
> >
> > I get the feeling my database is b0rked. :(
>
> Yep. There are guides for how to properly change the hostname.
> http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-23.html#ss23.15 and
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Database_Backup_and_Restore#Change_the_hostname_of_a_MythTV_frontend_or_backend
>
> Both will fail, now, though, since you have the old /and/ the new
> hostname in the DB.
>
> My recommendation is a "spring cleaning"
> http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-23.html#ss23.7 , though, you
> should probably use:
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Database_Backup_and_Restore#Partial_restore_of_a_backup
>
> I.e.:
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Database_Backup_and_Restore (all
> info)
>
> specifically:
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Database_Backup_and_Restore#Script-based_Database_Backup_and_Restore
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Database_Backup_and_Restore#Quick_Start
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Database_Backup_and_Restore#Backup_database_and_rotate_keeping_the_10-most-recent_backups
> (
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Database_Backup_and_Restore#Partial_restore_of_a_backup
> or
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Database_Backup_and_Restore#Partial_restore_of_a_backup.2C_including_plugin_data
> )
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Database_Backup_and_Restore#Change_the_hostname_of_a_MythTV_frontend_or_backend
>
> Note that you'll have to reconfigure everything (mythtv-setup, then
> mythfrontend settings) afterwards, but if you don't, your system will
> remain broken (even if you get it to look like it's working).
>
> Mike
> _______________________________________________
> mythtv-users mailing list
> mythtv-users [at] mythtv
> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>

mtdean at thirdcontact

Nov 26, 2008, 3:06 PM

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Re: Mythfilldatabase runs -- no guide data shows up [In reply to]

On 11/26/2008 05:49 PM, Jonathan Seawright wrote:
> What if i change it back to localhost.localhost?

Then it will work, but only as a single combined frontend/backend. If
you don't mind just choosing a completely different hostname, you can
use the script (
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Database_Backup_and_Restore#Change_the_hostname_of_a_MythTV_frontend_or_backend
) to just change localhost.localhost (or localhost.localdomain?) to the
new (never-been-used-in-your-Myth-system) hostname. I.e. if you changed
it from localhost.localhost to mymythbox, then use the script to change
the hostname from localhost.localhost to someothername and /never/ use
mymythbox as a hostname on any Myth system.

So, it comes down to a question of how important that current hostname
is to you (enough to reconfigure Myth after a spring cleaning or would
you happily give it up to get things working).

> I had the guide problem before changing the hostname... oddily enough...

Then the guide problem is probably
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034 . But,
do the name change thing first, then try to fix the guide/input
connections. And, because of the hostname issues, you should /really/
do both the Delete all capture cards /and/ the Delete all video sources
portions of that post.

Mike

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opustormy at gmail

Nov 26, 2008, 6:20 PM

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Re: Mythfilldatabase runs -- no guide data shows up [In reply to]

hmm okay... So it turns out that I do not have mythconverg_restore.pl on my
mythbox...
I"m not sure where to get it. Any ideas?

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean [at] thirdcontact>wrote:

> On 11/26/2008 05:49 PM, Jonathan Seawright wrote:
> > What if i change it back to localhost.localhost?
>
> Then it will work, but only as a single combined frontend/backend. If
> you don't mind just choosing a completely different hostname, you can
> use the script (
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Database_Backup_and_Restore#Change_the_hostname_of_a_MythTV_frontend_or_backend
> ) to just change localhost.localhost (or localhost.localdomain?) to the
> new (never-been-used-in-your-Myth-system) hostname. I.e. if you changed
> it from localhost.localhost to mymythbox, then use the script to change
> the hostname from localhost.localhost to someothername and /never/ use
> mymythbox as a hostname on any Myth system.
>
> So, it comes down to a question of how important that current hostname
> is to you (enough to reconfigure Myth after a spring cleaning or would
> you happily give it up to get things working).
>
> > I had the guide problem before changing the hostname... oddily enough...
>
> Then the guide problem is probably
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034 . But,
> do the name change thing first, then try to fix the guide/input
> connections. And, because of the hostname issues, you should /really/
> do both the Delete all capture cards /and/ the Delete all video sources
> portions of that post.
>
> Mike
>
> _______________________________________________
> mythtv-users mailing list
> mythtv-users [at] mythtv
> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>

mtdean at thirdcontact

Nov 26, 2008, 7:14 PM

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Re: Mythfilldatabase runs -- no guide data shows up [In reply to]

On 11/26/2008 09:20 PM, Jonathan Seawright wrote:
> hmm okay... So it turns out that I do not have mythconverg_restore.pl
> on my mythbox...
> I"m not sure where to get it. Any ideas?

Scroll up. http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Database_Backup_and_Restore

Mike
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opustormy at gmail

Nov 26, 2008, 8:30 PM

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Re: Mythfilldatabase runs -- no guide data shows up [In reply to]

Wow I feel stupid. Thanks!!
Not sure why i didn't find that.

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 9:14 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean [at] thirdcontact>wrote:

> On 11/26/2008 09:20 PM, Jonathan Seawright wrote:
> > hmm okay... So it turns out that I do not have mythconverg_restore.pl
> > on my mythbox...
> > I"m not sure where to get it. Any ideas?
>
> Scroll up.
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Database_Backup_and_Restore
>
> Mike
> _______________________________________________
> mythtv-users mailing list
> mythtv-users [at] mythtv
> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>

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