[mythtv-users] Myth Ology wilsonnet.com HowTo-- Updates if using Fedora 7 and ATRpms without the mythtv-suite choice

[Larry]

Being the adventurous type,  I decided to reinstall Myth from the ATRpms 
  following Jarod Wilson's guide.  http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php
Here are a couple clarifications  that I hope are helpful for those 
installing mythtv from ATRpms on top of Fedora 7.  If you've never 
installed mythtv before,  I highly recommend  MythDora 4.0.

In section 12.  Set up MySQL
> # mysql -u root mysql
> mysql> UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('ROOT_PWD') WHERE user='root';
> mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
> mysql> quit 

needs to be

# mysql -u root mysql
mysql> UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('ROOT_PWD') WHERE user='root';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> quit;

(I added semi colon after quit.  mysql won't exit by pressing "Enter" 
without the semicolon.)

Also
> $ mysql -u root -p < /usr/share/doc/mythtv-0.20/database/mc.sql

now needs to be

$ mysql -u root -p < /usr/share/doc/mythtv-0.20.2/database/mc.sql

(BTW, If you didn't change your mysql root password as suggested, it's 
set to ROOT_PWD !!)

Finally,  the  storage location for recordings in mythtv-setup defaults 
to /mnt/store which doesn't exist.   But  /home/myth/Videos was created 
by the Fedora 7. (Note the capital V)   Consequently, in Mythtv-Setup I 
arbitrarily decided to use this as the storage location specified in the 
General section of mythtv-setup. The important thing is that the current 
(Oct 2007) ATRpms do not create the video storage location suggested by 
Jarod  nor does it create the video storage location created by a 
MythDora 4.0 install.

Finally,  unlike a MythDora 4.0 install,  you must manually start and 
restart mythbackend  as shown in Jarod's HowTo.  For example, after you 
complete entering all info into mythtv-setup, mythfrontend, will not run 
until you start mythbackend.  So open up a terminal as user "myth" and 
enter "mythbackend". system-config-services brings up the services gui 
where you can cause mythbackend to start when your PC is booted.

And remember not to scan for channels using your card.  Get the channel 
list from schedules direct by "Fetch Channels"

(Progress report:  MythTV on Fedora 7 is up and running!  Amazing for a 
beginner such as me ... many thanks to Axel and Jarod!)

Larry