Thanks Malcolm It looks like I need to do a manual clean up and start again
So essentially I need to -create the super user file with a text editor -place that file in access controls of the user that I am running under -update the \etc\sysconfig\tvheadend accordingly -rescan because the channels will be under whatever username I used last time Best Regards Dave -------------------------------------------- On Sun, 2/7/16, Malcolm <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: Re: [packman] kaffeine vs tvheadend To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, February 7, 2016, 3:44 PM On Sun 07 Feb 2016 09:17:54 AM CST, Malcolm wrote: >On Sun 07 Feb 2016 12:33:33 PM CST, dave w wrote: > >>I have tried with TV headend and gave up because of problems getting >>the permissions and users set up. I can only get it to run with the >>--noacl option, even after going through the motions of setting up a >>new user, the settings are ignored when demonised. The whole system >>seems to be a complete mess when it comes to permissions and access >>control. >> >>What seems to the missing from the packman version is the ability to >>set up the superuser. >> >>In the original Debian package the instructions state that you should >>use dpkg-reconfigure and you will then be prompted to enter a super >>user name and password. I have never managed to work out the >>equivalent action on openSuse. My knowledge of the process is not good >>enough to figure out if this is done as part of ./configure and make >>or if it is done when the rpm is unpacked. If it is the first option >>then I am never going to see the user set up when installing from rpm. >> >>I also noticed that openSuse have ver 4.0.8 and one update seems to be >>a tvheadend-fix-daemon-user-group.patch >> >>Also seems to alter the etc/sysconfig settings >> >>-OPTIONS="-c /home/tvheadend/config -u tvheadend -g tvheadend -6 >>--http_port 9981 --htsp_port 9982" +OPTIONS="-c /home/tvheadend/config >>-u hts -g video -6 --http_port 9981 --htsp_port 9982" >> >>At the moment, tvheadend is more of a plaything for me, whereas >>kaffeine is a very useful application for the rest of the family to >>make the odd recording of tv shows and watch them later. I am not >>aware of any other application that will allow me to record from DVB-S >>and DVB-T at the same time , sometimes more than one program from the >>same transponder. >> >>I wish that the kde4 version gained some of the features of the kde3 >>version and perhaps a tabbed dialog box for the channels when you have >>more than one source. >> >>If I get time, I might try the tvheadend version from the open Suse >>repository but I know I'm probably in for more trouble if I switch >>vendor back to openSuse. >> >>Best Regards >>Dave. > >Hi >No issues here with tvheadend, yes it's a manual job for the superuser >file in /home/tvheadend/config. > Hi This thread on the forum will probably help as well.... https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/510505-tvheadend-with-Hauppage-HVR-1600?highlight=tvheadend -- Cheers Malcolm °¿° LFCS, SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1|GNOME 3.10.4|3.12.51-60.25-default up 2 days 23:27, 5 users, load average: 1.12, 0.68, 0.47 CPU AMD A4-5150M @ 2.70GHz | GPU Radeon HD 8350G _______________________________________________ Packman mailing list [email protected] http://lists.links2linux.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/packman _______________________________________________ Packman mailing list [email protected] http://lists.links2linux.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/packman
