MythTV version 0.24 is the last version of MythTV that is supported by deb-multimedia on Debian squeeze. Subsequent releases of MythTV require the inclusion of backports.
System should be prepared as described in Prepare Debian Base Install for MythTV
Modify apt sources
$ sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Add a mirror to deb-multimedia to your apt sources list
/etc/apt/sources.list
...
deb http://<mirror/address> squeeze main
...
$ sudo aptitude update
$ sudo aptitude install deb-multimedia-keyring
$ sudo aptitude update
$ sudo aptitude dist-upgrade
If needed, place channel changer script in /usr/local/bin and test it
Install mythtv-frontend or mythtv; I also install xine, mplayer, and vlc, though you certainly may omit
$ sudo aptitude install <mythtv-frontend mythtv-themes|mythtv mythweb> mythtv-perl xine-ui vlc mplayer-gui
If you only installed mythtv-frontend, install the plugins that you want
$ sudo aptitude install mytharchive mythbrowser mythgallery mythgame mythmusic mythnetvision \
mythnews mythvideo mythweather mythzoneminder
If you want all of the plugins, simply invoke
$ sudo aptitude install mythplugins
For a slave backend, after installing mythtv, you will want to remove the mythconverg database.
$ mysql -u root
mysql> drop database mythconverg;
mysql> exit
Add appropriate users to mythtv group for proper access
$ sudo adduser <user> mythtv
Logout and logon again for group membership to be reflected
Run MythTV Setup (also available from the application menu)
$ mythtv-setup
1. General
2. Capture Cards
3. Video Sources (master backend only)
4. Input Connections
6. Storage Directories
Get listing data and channels for a couple of days
$ mythfilldatabase --max-days 2
Return to mythtv-setup and set starting channel
Start backend
$ sudo /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend restart
Check log file to ensure backend started
$ tail /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log
Install lircrc
$ cd .mythtv
$ cp <location of valid lircrc> ./lircrc
$ cd ..
$ ln -s .mythtv/lircrc .lircrc
Load channel icons
$ channel_icons.pl --find-missing
Start frontend (also available from the application menu)
$ mythfrontend
Setup system
Utilities/Setup -> Setup
Quit mythfrontend
Add key bindings - could run mythwelcome instead of mythfrontend
For lxde:
$ nano ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml
~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml:
...
<keybind key="A-m">
<action name="Execute">
<command>mythfrontend</command>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="A-x">
<action name="Execute">
<command>lxterminal</command>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="C-A-BackSpace">
<action name="Execute">
<command>pkill xinit</command>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="C-A-m">
<action name="Execute">
<command>pkill mythfrontend</command>
</action>
</keybind>
...
For openbox:
$ sudo nano /etx/xdg/openbox/rc.xml
/etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml:
...
<keybind key="A-m">
<action name="Execute">
<command>mythfrontend</command>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="A-x">
<action name="Execute">
<command>roxterm</command>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="C-A-BackSpace">
<action name="Execute">
<command>pkill xinit</command>
</action>
</keybind>
<keybind key="C-A-m">
<action name="Execute">
<command>pkill mythfrontend</command>
</action>
</keybind>
...
Set autostart
For lxde:
$ cd ~/.config
$ mkdir autostart
$ cd autostart
$ ln -s /usr/share/applications/mythtv.desktop
For openbox:
$ nano ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh
~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh:
# Run the system-wide startup script
. $GLOBALAUTOSTART
# launch mythfrontend; could run mythwelcome instead
( sleep 2 && mythfrontend > ~/.mythtv/mythfrontend.log 2>&1 ) &
Logout of X
If running gdm, start gdm config
- Security tab: enable automatic login
If not running gdm, install and configure rungetty, and create .xinitrc and .profile
$ sudo aptitude install rungetty
$ sudo nano /etc/inittab
/etc/inittab:
...
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/rungetty tty1 --autologin <user>
...
You will need to create an xinitrc. Two are provided here: a simple one which uses the X server as configured; the other automatically sets the resolution to 720p.
$ nano ~/.xinitrc
~/.xinitrc:
#!/bin/bash
# Simple xinitrc
xset -dpms
xset s off
exec openbox-session
~/.xinitrc:
#!/bin/bash
# Set resolution to 720p before starting openbox
TEMPFILE=/tmp/xrandr
xrandr --query > $TEMPFILE
XOUTPUT="$( cat $TEMPFILE | grep ' [Cc]onnected' | sed 's/\(.*\) [Cc]onnected.*/\1/' )"
[ -z "$( grep 1280x720 $TEMPFILE )" ] && {
xrandr --newmode "1280x720" 74.50 1280 1344 1472 1664 720 723 728 748 -hsync +vsync
xrandr --addmode $XOUTPUT "1280x720"
}
rm $TEMPFILE
xset -dpms
xset s off
xrandr --size 1280x720
exec openbox-session
$ chmod +x ~/.xinitrc
$ nano ~/.profile
~/.profile:
if [ -z "$DISPLAY" ] && [ $(tty) == /dev/tty1 ]; then
while [ 1 == 1 ]
do
startx
sleep 5
done
fi
Restart gdm or reboot to test