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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My desjtop is permanently connected by broadband to
the Internet and is NOT part of a local network. I installed, de-installed,
re-installed MythTV several times, I even tried this Mythbuntu crap, always
ended up with the screen I described. Setup?What setup?I can't even get that
far.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm very frustrated, because it's most likely a
tiny thing.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At this point I yanked everything and reverted to
my Hauppage WinTV 150 card's ability to watch live TV.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paul</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=jruss@mit.edu href="mailto:jruss@mit.edu">Johnny Russ</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mythtv-users@mythtv.org
href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">Discussion about mythtv</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 29, 2008 1:30
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [mythtv-users] rookie mythtv
prospective user</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Make sure you have a working network connection. Even if you have
the frontend and backend on the same machine, the frontend will complain and
bring up the screens you described if it can't reach the backend over the
network. If your network is funning fine, then you will want to check and make
sure things got done properly with mythtv setup. Make sure the settings for
the backend ip address and the mysql settings are right. There is info on
checking these things on the mythtv wiki.<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 11:57 AM, paltron <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:paltron@sympatico.ca">paltron@sympatico.ca</A>></SPAN>
wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a Linux (Ubuntu 8.04 LTS) desktop.
Hardware requirements duly met. MythTV installs (both front and backend),
however, when I fire up the computer I get to the blue config screen, with
no mouse control whatsoever, only the tab key and the enter key works. It
starts with a language preference, then goes into a seemingly preset
configuration mode, asking about ping, mysql, gives a password, then I
somehow navigate to finish and the whole thing freezes there. After a reboot
(tried both hot and cold) same scenario, except it also tells me that no
backend was found.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It can't be just me (I hope).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What am I doing wrong (if
anything)?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Paul</FONT></DIV></DIV><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>mythtv-users
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