KnoppMyth already includes a divx transcoder. If that doesn't fit the build, please suggest or write a script that does.

One last feature request:

"On Screen Backup Status"

Most of the time I'm running the mythbackup script via a VNC connection, and there's no way I can hear Cecil's voice telling me that all is well when the MBE is in the basement.

Is there an (easy) way to popup a dialog box to echo the completed status (sucess or failure)? I thought about the popup used for the 'Version' display, but I would like something to sit on the screen until I can acknowledge it. That would let me be able to walk away then come back and see that the backup completed - can you say bathroom break?

I'd like to see the following feature/program added to R6:
I would like to see Mythweb get automatically set active at setup and for setup to ask you what your Mythweb username and password are.
I imagine the process to look and act as the "/usr/sbin/netcardconfig" script does - with that blue "window".

I think the addition of feature/program would be beneficial because:
It would make it quicker and easier to setup Mythweb - without having to look up the command line commands in my binder of knowledge during each upgrade.

Feature/program X can be found at(please provide a link):
I suspect that the "htdigest -c" call could be added to one of the setup scripts that already exist.

Program X has the following dependencies and can be found(please provide a link):
I suspect that there is no need to add anything to what already exists in KM.

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neutron68
As far as MythWeb goes is has been completely setup and active for at least the last dozen or so releases maybe more. As far as password it is asked for in one of the first questions after program install, first boot setup. I use the same password on all of my machines when ever I do an install. They are bookmarked in my browser and the browser remembers the password. I haven't changed anything in years.

Mythweb User name is always "mythtv"

Are you sure you are not taking about Webmin? There are there command lines needed to setup there.

TVBox

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TVBox
LinHES R8.6.1

I'd like to see the following feature/program added to R6:
a bit torrent client.
I think the addition of feature/program would be beneficial because:
Users could watch torrent published content like such:
http://www.vuze.com/content/FeaturedContent.html

Feature/program X can be found at(please provide a link):
Java based torrent client
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/download.php

Program X has the following dependencies and can be found(please provide a link):
Java JRE
http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp?cid=jdp84244

Is there a page on the wiki where someone has distilled these 7 pages of requests into a list of some sort? Just wondering if there was an easy place to be able to scan just the list of feature requests without all of the rest. Even better would be a list of feature requests along with a marking of some sort to show the probability of actually making it into R6.

Just wondering.

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LinHES 8.4
HDHR3
BioStar A770, AMD X2 4050e, 2GB RAM
GigaByte GeForce 8400, Chaintech AV710
USB-UIRT

Hi TVBox,
My experience says that you are partially right and partially wrong.
Yes, Mythweb is installed during Knoppmyth install, but there are no users active for it.
If you try and log into Mythweb without adding a user and password first, it will NOT let you in, because there are no registered Mythweb users yet.
You must create your own Mythweb username and give it a password to be able to log in to Mythweb. To do this you have to enter command line like this one:

As proof to you that my R5F27 install does not have a 'mythtv' user, I just tried to log into my Mythweb with the username 'mythtv'. I tried all the passwords I have used in this install and none work.
As further proof, I looked in the /etc/htdigest file and there is no 'mythtv' username in there - just the one I entered for my own use. Thus, I am sure there is no 'mythtv' user for Mythweb.
Besides, for security reasons, it is not a smart idea to have a user mythtv for your Mythweb, that is one of the FIRST usernames that a hacker would try and guess after they saw the Mythtv login screen! Security is one of the reasons Cecil banned users root and mythtv from SSH! It doesn't make any sense to let those same users have an account for Mythweb!

So, I would like to have my request be seriously considered.

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tjc has come up with a good idle.sh script which is currently at http://knoppmyth.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=17988.

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Tim

LinHES 8.4
HDHR3
BioStar A770, AMD X2 4050e, 2GB RAM
GigaByte GeForce 8400, Chaintech AV710
USB-UIRT

I agree with TVBox. On my R5D1 fresh install I used "mythtv" and the password I gave during initial setup. Same after an upgrade to R5F27, never touched my htdigest file. It is not included in my savedfiles.tar file, so it didn't carry over from the R5D1 installation. Perhaps you have an htdigest file that was restored from a backup? Was your R5F27 install an upgrade? Just throwing out ideas...

Hi,

mythtv is a default user for mythweb. I add a password as was pointed out earlier during the setup process and when I go to localhost in my firefox, it will ask for and accepts the passwd that I entered during the setup using mythtv as the login.

The setup script maybe should be altered to ask for a mythweb user and a matching password and lockout mythtv?

Mike

Well it's not a GUI screen, but there is a stand alone checker program which you can run after the fact to verify that the backup was good. Running:

will redo the verification steps to give you that warm fuzzy feeling that everything worked as it should.

I've also posted instructions in the past on how to fiddle the menu to run mythbackup and mythrestore in an xterm where you can monitor the full output.

I understand, and I realized about running the script from as ssh session (Doh!), but I've already run into another situation that everyone could use the on screen notification for:

I'm doing laundry, and walk away from the actual TV after starting a backup. Since the washer/dryer is in the basement, I won't know after I change loads and get everything folded up, put away, and get back to the TV.

I also realize that there's only so much functionality that one can program into the Myth screen menus. It's just a request, not a demand.

Nnnn. That was the point of the xterm hack. I wasn't talking about ssh-ing in but rather having the GUI pop up a terminal window where the output would be displayed and stay until you hit Enter.

I agree that a status screen in the GUI would be better, and far less ugly, but any simple approach means that you end up with a worse case of the "backing out" problem than it already has. Clever solutions welcome...

I'd like to see smartmontools added to R6.

I think the addition of smartmontools would be beneficial because it would allow users to know the status(es) of their hard drive(es), and be notified of imminent drive failure.

smartmontools can be found at: http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net.

smartmontools should require no other major depencencies (Aside from things like libc).

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ECS nForce3-A
Sempron 1800+
Hauppauge PVR-350

/myth: 1.4 Tb using LVM

Hi,

I am a little unclear as to your request. Are you asking for an on screen message that shows the results if you run "/usr/local/bin/checkbackup" or a message that shows the "mythbackup" process has started and is doing it thing?

OSD messages are quite easy to make and the whole process can be setup to be a menu button to start.

Mike