[mythtv-users] setting up mythtv without GUI

Reza Naima reza at reza.net
Wed Sep 17 16:49:00 EDT 2003


if you run setup on a seperate box,  you should be able to copy the
database entries over -- along with the ~/.mythtv directory.

-r


On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 02:05:41PM -0700, Jason Fayre sent me this...
> 
> Hello everyone,
> I have an interesting situation here.
> I am trying to set up mythtv 0.11 on my linux box.  The problem is that I
> am totally blind and am unable to use the GUI under linux.  I am
> restricted to the command-line.
> If I am understanding the documentation correctly, I should be able to run
> the backend without X running.  HOwever, the setup program is X-based.
> I am wondering if there is a way of doing the setup process without a GUI.
> If I knew what goes into the settings table I could probably do it
> manually.
> Is the settings table the only thing that gets populated during the setup
> process?  I am guessing that the filldatabase program does not require X
> either.
> If I am on the right track here, could someone let me know what goes into
> the settings table, or possibly just send me a dump of that table?
> My plan is to use the web interface for scheduling programs once this is
> set up.
> 
> Any help would be greatly apreciated.
> 
> 
> 

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