[gentoo-user] Hints on setting up mythweb?

[gentoo-user] Hints on setting up mythweb?

[Grant Edwards]

Does anybody know of any up-to-date instructions on how to set
up mythweb on Gentoo?

I've tried following the instructions at 
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/MythWeb but they appear to be
obsolete.  Mythweb doesn't install in the location mentioned in
the instructions and commands it says to add to the lighttpd
config file aren't recognized:

2009-09-22 20:57:13: (log.c.157) server started 
2009-09-22 20:57:13: (server.c.920) WARNING: unknown config-key: setenv.add-environment (ignored) 

-- 
Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] Hints on setting up mythweb?

[Mark Knecht]

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Grant Edwards
<grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:
> Does anybody know of any up-to-date instructions on how to set
> up mythweb on Gentoo?
>
> I've tried following the instructions at
> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/MythWeb but they appear to be
> obsolete.  Mythweb doesn't install in the location mentioned in
> the instructions and commands it says to add to the lighttpd
> config file aren't recognized:
>
> 2009-09-22 20:57:13: (log.c.157) server started
> 2009-09-22 20:57:13: (server.c.920) WARNING: unknown config-key: setenv.add-environment (ignored)
>
> --
> Grant
>

Grant,
   I have it installed and running, although it's been a while since I
installed it. There were a number of problems with all of the
instructions I found, but I eventually found answers.

   What happens in your case if you attempt to access MythWeb? In my case I do

http://192.168.1.61/mythweb/

from my Windows desktop and I get the app.

Cheers,
Mark

[gentoo-user] Re: Hints on setting up mythweb?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2009-09-23, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Grant Edwards
><grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Does anybody know of any up-to-date instructions on how to set
>> up mythweb on Gentoo?
>>
>> I've tried following the instructions at
>> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/MythWeb but they appear to be
>> obsolete.  Mythweb doesn't install in the location mentioned in
>> the instructions and commands it says to add to the lighttpd
>> config file aren't recognized:
>>
>> 2009-09-22 20:57:13: (log.c.157) server started
>> 2009-09-22 20:57:13: (server.c.920) WARNING: unknown config-key: setenv.add-environment (ignored)

There were a couple steps missing from the instructions on the
wiki page above: including mod_setenv in the lighttpd config
and making the mythweb data directory writable.

I've updated the page and it should now be current.

The other problem was that I botched one of the steps and put
some PHP commands in the wrong include file.

> I have it installed and running, although it's been a while
> since I installed it. There were a number of problems with all
> of the instructions I found, but I eventually found answers.
>
>    What happens in your case if you attempt to access MythWeb?
>    In my case I do
>
> http://192.168.1.61/mythweb/
>
> from my Windows desktop and I get the app.

It's working now. :)

Now all that's left to do is set up my Mac Mini "diskless"
frontend [It's actually got a hard drive in it, but it's not
used and will be spun down] and pulling some network cables. To
get the frontend and backend any further apart you'd have to
move one of them to a neighbors house, so the cable pulling is
going to be a bit of work.

It should start recording any second...

And it failed.  Mythbackend doesn't seem to know where to put
the recorded files...

-- 
Grant

[gentoo-user] Re: Hints on setting up mythweb?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2009-09-23, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:

> It's working now. :)
>
> Now all that's left to do is set up my Mac Mini "diskless"
> frontend [It's actually got a hard drive in it, but it's not
> used and will be spun down] and pulling some network cables. To
> get the frontend and backend any further apart you'd have to
> move one of them to a neighbors house, so the cable pulling is
> going to be a bit of work.
>
> It should start recording any second...
>
> And it failed.  Mythbackend doesn't seem to know where to put
> the recorded files...

Bitten again by permissions.  I forgot to set the ownership of
the /myth directory to be the mythtv user.  I'm happily
recording after making sure that mythbackend could write to the
directory where I told it to store recordings.

I still need to hook up the second tuner in my HDHomerun.  I
swear there must be at least a half-dozen 2-way RF splitters in
the house, but can I _find_ one when I need one....

-- 
Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Hints on setting up mythweb?

[Mark Knecht]

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Grant Edwards
<grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2009-09-23, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:
<SNIP>
>>
>> And it failed.  Mythbackend doesn't seem to know where to put
>> the recorded files...
>
> Bitten again by permissions.  I forgot to set the ownership of
> the /myth directory to be the mythtv user.  I'm happily
> recording after making sure that mythbackend could write to the
> directory where I told it to store recordings.
>
> I still need to hook up the second tuner in my HDHomerun.  I
> swear there must be at least a half-dozen 2-way RF splitters in
> the house, but can I _find_ one when I need one....
>

I have my permissions on the video storage directory set to
mythtv:video IIRC. Ghat was straight out of the Gentoo Wiki stuff
somewhere. I got burned by it this week when my USB storage drive
failed and I had to replace it with an old 1394 drive.

- Mark

[gentoo-user] Re: Hints on setting up mythweb?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2009-09-23, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Grant Edwards
><grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 2009-09-23, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:
><SNIP>
>>>
>>> And it failed. ??Mythbackend doesn't seem to know where to put
>>> the recorded files...
>>
>> Bitten again by permissions. ??I forgot to set the ownership of
>> the /myth directory to be the mythtv user. ??I'm happily
>> recording after making sure that mythbackend could write to the
>> directory where I told it to store recordings.
>>
>> I still need to hook up the second tuner in my HDHomerun. ??I
>> swear there must be at least a half-dozen 2-way RF splitters in
>> the house, but can I _find_ one when I need one....
>
> I have my permissions on the video storage directory set to
> mythtv:video IIRC.

That's what I decided on.

> That was straight out of the Gentoo Wiki stuff somewhere.

Yup -- except that it says to use mythtv:mythtv, instead of
mythtv:video. I missed that step somehow.

> I got burned by it this week when my USB storage drive failed
> and I had to replace it with an old 1394 drive.

The error message you see in the backend log is truely cryptic.
Instead of saying it didn't have permission to create file
/myth/tv/<whatever>.mpg, you get some bizarre message about a
very long, apparently unrelated URL not being local or not be
found or something like that.

-- 
Grant Edwards                   grante             Yow! Are we THERE yet?
                                  at               My MIND is a SUBMARINE!!
                               visi.com            

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Hints on setting up mythweb?

[Mark Knecht]

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 7:37 AM, Grant Edwards
<grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2009-09-23, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Grant Edwards
>><grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 2009-09-23, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:
>><SNIP>
>>>>
>>>> And it failed. ??Mythbackend doesn't seem to know where to put
>>>> the recorded files...
>>>
>>> Bitten again by permissions. ??I forgot to set the ownership of
>>> the /myth directory to be the mythtv user. ??I'm happily
>>> recording after making sure that mythbackend could write to the
>>> directory where I told it to store recordings.
>>>
>>> I still need to hook up the second tuner in my HDHomerun. ??I
>>> swear there must be at least a half-dozen 2-way RF splitters in
>>> the house, but can I _find_ one when I need one....
>>
>> I have my permissions on the video storage directory set to
>> mythtv:video IIRC.
>
> That's what I decided on.
>
>> That was straight out of the Gentoo Wiki stuff somewhere.
>
> Yup -- except that it says to use mythtv:mythtv, instead of
> mythtv:video. I missed that step somehow.

I suspect this might have been on the MythTV site but I don't really
remember now.

>
>> I got burned by it this week when my USB storage drive failed
>> and I had to replace it with an old 1394 drive.
>
> The error message you see in the backend log is truely cryptic.
> Instead of saying it didn't have permission to create file
> /myth/tv/<whatever>.mpg, you get some bizarre message about a
> very long, apparently unrelated URL not being local or not be
> found or something like that.

Sounds familiar. Glad you got it all running.

cheers,
Mark