[mythtv] Configuration files

[Brian A. Vance]

I'm still don't understand why the mysql.txt can't be sucked into the
setup, eliminating the need for the file all together.  

The first screen that comes up during setup would be a question asking
about the location/login for the mysql database.  User could enter the
info, a connection would be attempted, and poof, you're on to the
setup.  If you failed to login, alert the user and try again.  After a
successfull connection, mysql info could be written to a local file for
later retrieval.

If I have a few spare cycles I'll prob take a look at making this
happen.

-Beev

On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 09:16, Edward Wildgoose wrote:
> > Is there a reason why the configuration files for Myth aren't put in
> > /etc/mythtv?  It seems like a more standard location that
> > /usr/local/share/mythtv.  Also, naming them <component>.conf or
> > <component>rc (using mythtv or mythfrontend for mysql.txt, since it contains
> > conf data for myth, not mysql) seems more in line with the accepted unix
> > conffile naming scheme.
> 
> If you were to entertain the idea of a few structural changes, my 2p (or cent) would be to suggest defaulting the TV video files location as well.  Perhaps to be something like /var/myth/video, with /var/myth/music, etc being other subdirectories.  
> 
> I can see that most unix people will be setting up a mounted partition to store the video/picture/music files (and for good reason), however, I have always tended to mount these things under /var rather than /mnt (or perhaps under both).  Perhaps my idea on where to mount stuff is wrong of course.
> 
> The motive is that the default location can easily be created on a single partition for users who don't want to set things up (properly?), and no changes to the default .conf files is required.
> 
> In answer to the question below, I guess that Isaac is heading towards having all config info in the mysql db, however, this still leaves the mysql.conf file needing a home.  I think /etc makes sense, but I am not a long time linux admin...
> 
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