[21:08] hi there. i have mythbuntu control centre installed on ubuntu 15.04 but when i go to install primary backend it freezes at applying changes. can anyone help. thanks [21:10] qwebirc59437: run mythbuntu-control-centre from the command line and pastebin any error messages [21:15] be back in a minute [21:22] hi there. i was on a minute ago abour ubuntu 15.04 and mythbuntu-control-centre. [21:23] yep [21:23] here is a copy of the terminal [21:23] mark@mythtv-backend:~$ mythbuntu-control-centre Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done WARNING: Failed to set from config file. Setting defaults Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3.4/configparser.py", line 1116, in _unify_values sectiondict = self._sections[section] KeyError: 'General' During handling of the above exception, another exc [21:24] File "/usr/share/mythbuntu/plugins/python/mythbuntu-bare.py", line 85, in captureState self.changes['serverip'] = self.config.get("General", "serverip") File "/usr/lib/python3.4/configparser.py", line 754, in get d = self._unify_values(section, vars) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/configparser.py", line 1119, in _unify_values raise NoSectionError(section) configparser.NoSectionError: No section: 'General' debco [21:25] /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied debconf: Unable to initialise frontend: Gnome debconf: (Can't locate Gtk2.pm in @INC (you may need to install the Gtk2 module) (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.20.2 /usr/local/share/perl/5.20.2 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.20 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.20 /usr/share/perl/5.20 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /us [21:25] 1.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Dialog [21:25] !pastebin [21:25] when pasting more than 5 lines of data please use http://mythbuntu.pastebin.com so you don't flood the channel. Then please post the link in the channel. [21:26] qwebirc96668: is this on Ubuntu with Unity? [21:26] yeah [21:27] here is the link http://pastebin.com/v7sgpGGb [21:27] hmm [21:27] qwebirc96668: try this [21:27] close mythbuntu-control-centre [21:28] in a terminal type [21:28] killall mcc-backend [21:29] it is now closed [21:29] and you did the killall command? [21:29] i had already force quit [21:29] mcc-backend is different, you need to run that command [21:30] mcc-backend: no process found [21:30] although I'm wondering if something got broken in the gnome version that ships with 15.04 [21:30] oh, sudo that process [21:30] sudo killall mcc-backend [21:31] mcc-backend: no process found [21:32] ok [21:32] so lets try this again [21:32] mythbuntu-control-centre from the command l ine [21:32] and pastebin any error messages [21:33] its saying that primary backend is installed [21:34] when i click system roles [21:38] ok [21:38] in a terminal, do this [21:38] "dpkg -l | grep myth" [21:38] and pastebin the output [21:40] http://pastebin.com/NYM3YvNq [21:42] qwebirc96668: ok, so the master backend is installed [21:42] I would recommend switching to the update repo [21:42] there are a bunch of fixes in there, the mythtv you are running is pretty old [21:42] almost 1 year of fixes [21:43] i have installed front end and a few other things. i have paste bin those errors http://pastebin.com/X92tdCUy [21:44] ok [21:45] the frontend was also installed, I see it in the previous pastebin [21:45] it's possible all those errors are coming from -bare, but they appear to not stop it from installing [21:45] was it. i have tick all the repositories [21:45] try this [21:46] close mythbuntu-control-centre [21:46] from a terminal do [21:46] 'sudo apt-get remove mythbuntu-bare-client' [21:46] then try opening mythbuntu-control-centre again and seeing if you still get a bunch of errors [21:47] (standard_in) 1: syntax error /var/lib/dpkg/info/mythbuntu-bare-client.postrm: 11: [: Illegal number: [21:48] sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/mythbuntu-bare-client.postrm [21:49] no errors doing that [21:50] ok, lets try this [21:50] sudo apt-get -f install [21:50] and see what it wants to do before you say yes [21:52] 0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 8 not to upgrade. [21:52] ok [21:52] now how about [21:52] sudo apt-get remove mythbuntu-bare-client [21:53] Package 'mythbuntu-bare-client' is not installed, so not removed [21:53] ok cool [21:53] 0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 8 not to upgrade. [21:53] now start mythbuntu-control-centre [21:53] see if you still get a bunch of errors [21:53] from terminal [21:54] yea [21:54] mark@mythtv-backend:~$ mythbuntu-control-centre Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done [21:55] ok, so far so good [21:55] make sure the 0.27 repos are enabled [21:55] that one is [21:55] and the other 2 [21:57] ok [21:57] so to update the packages, you'll need to update as normal. So either update-manager or via apt-get update and apt-get upgrade [22:00] am a gui man so tring to us software updater and it says failed to download repository information [22:01] trying terminal [22:02] error http://pastebin.com/GbWj3qHD [22:06] ok, go ahead and disable the mythbuntu-update ones [22:06] the mythtv updates are what you want anyway [22:10] got no errors just running upgrade [22:11] done [22:16] cool, so you should be good to go then [22:17] cool thanks. so why was it freezing [22:26] anyway thanks again am off to bed :-)