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On 2009-06-28, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:03:35 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: |
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>> > But anyone running a MythTV backend will have plenty of disk |
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>> > space anyway, so an extra few MB of libs that are unused after |
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>> > initial setup is hardly the end of the world :) |
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>> It still grates on the engineering nerve a bit. ;) |
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> A curses setup program should please the frugal engineers, or would you |
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> prefer to alter the MySQL table files with a hex editor? ;-) |
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I usually do one of three things: |
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1) Type SQL commands. |
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2) Use Mythweb. |
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3) Run the setup program so that it displays on a different |
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machine. |
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That last option is clumsy, since it takes forever to start up, |
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is sluggish once it is running, and I find the UI used by the |
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setup programs to be obtuse: arrow, and enter keys never do |
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what I expect them to (and I've been using Myth for 6+ years |
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now). |
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I think running the setup programs on the server is the wrong |
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approach entirely. |
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If I want a GUI setup program, I'd rather run it on a "normal" |
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desktop/latpop machine with a decent resolution and a mouse. |
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They've invented this thing called a "network" that lets a UI |
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program on one computer talk to a database on another. It's |
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pretty cool. |
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Trying to do a GUI on a machine with a "desktop" that's 500x350 |
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pixels and has no mouse/keyboard is always going to produce |
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miserable results with widgets ending up completely off screen, |
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unreadable fonts, and strings clipped to the point of being |
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unintelligible. And indeed that's what you get get when you |
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install MythTv an NTSC display with a normal amount of |
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overscan. |
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There was another MySQL table-editor UI that I tried |
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once-upon-a-time, but it was pretty hard to get up and running, |
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and not much easier than using 1) and 2). |
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Grant |