[Solved] Activating MythWeb

[williamatwood]

I am running MythTV 0.38.2 on Unbuntu 16.04 LTS.
The last time that I tried to puzzle out how to get MythWeb working, I was able to install Apache2, and view the "Apache2 Ubuntu Default Page". However, what little documentation that I could find on MythWeb seemed to be written only for those who were building MythTV from source.

Today, I went searching in the Forum for "MythWeb", but was told that this word was too common. I tried "MythWeb Ubuntu activate", but the search deleted "mythweb" and "ubuntu", so the search did not produce any useful information. Within the User Documentation, I cannot find any trace of the page that I previously viewed.

How do I get MythWeb to work? I am knowledgeable on Linux and Ubuntu and can do command-line stuff. Can someone point me to documentation for getting MythWeb to work, or list me the steps?

If the right answer is "upgrade to version 30", I am willing to do that, of course. I am just hoping to find an easier way to access MythTV without standing in front of my TV...

Thanks a bunch!

Bill

[wesnewell]

What happens when you try http://localhost/mythweb/ in your browser?
In any case, I assume you meant version 0.28 since there is no 0.38. First thing I'd do is backup the sytsem with clonezilla and then upgrade everything to 18.04LTS and mythtv to V30.

[williamatwood]

Yes, that should be 0.28.2, not 0.38.2.

Assuming that "localhost" should be written as the IP address of the computer running MythTV, I get a Fatal Error page, the .txt version of which is shown in the attachment. If you need to see the original web page, please access https://users.encs.concordia.ca/~bill/M ... thweb.html .

Bill

[bill6502]

For any DB access issue, try accessing it directly from the command line:

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mysql --user=mythtv --password=yourPasswordHere --host=localhost mythconverg

Make sure the correct password is in a file in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled. Search there
for setenv db_password yourPasswordHere

Not sure what you want/need to use mythweb for, but note that WebFrontend is
available and requires no setup. Use: yourBackend:6544

[williamatwood]

I have not read much in the Wiki for the past two years. I never knew that WebFrontend existed.

As you say, "WebFrontend requires no setup". I typed in the URL, and there is was.

Thank you!

[Steve Goodey]

Unfortunately I don't think WebFrontend was totally finished. https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/WebFrontend

[williamatwood]

The problem was a letter "l" that was entered as a figure "1" in the mysql password. (The two are indistinguishable in the font used by my terminal emulator.)

Thank you all who offered advice. Mythweb now works properly, and I can browse the schedule without standing in front of the TV...

Bill