On 13/10/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 09:48:03PM -0400, Steve Adeff wrote: > > I just got myth compiled on my laptop to use as a frontend and I'm noticing > > that its using the same settings as the frontend on my backend. is this > > supposed to happen? > > It's optional. > > Go to "Utilities/Setup", "Setup", "General", and on page 2 check the > option to "Use custom identifier for frontend preferences" and specify a > unique name for the machine.
You can also specify a fixed identifier for machines in case your hostname is changed on a regular basis (e.g. DHCP) to ensure you don't lose your settings if your hostname suddenly changes. Nick _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
