User:Zavex/Setup

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This is a page I am using to document setting up Mythbuntu 8.04

  1. Install mythbuntu from live CD
  2. Database
    1. restore database backup
    2. drop upnp table that is preventing database from upgrading successfully
    3. upgrade database using mythtv-setup
  3. Fix permissions on /myth directories
  4. Build and install packages
    • Apply User:Zavex/patches to source packages from apt
    • time dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc -b
    • install patched packages
  5. update sudoers file
    • add line
      %mythtv ALL=(root)NOPASSWD:/myth/scripts/setwakeuptime.sh,/sbin/halt,/usr/sbin/ntpdate,/etc/init.d/mythtv-backend,/usr/bin/ionice
  6. Fix startup and shutdown ACPI_Wakeup
    • Fix hwclock update for fussy bios, modify /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh
  7. update lircrc file
  8. modify /usr/bin/mythfrontend to configure mythwelcome to start
    • MYTHWELCOME=true