Sorry if I got a bit excited. On a fresh install of Xubuntu, Mythtv backend setup does not work.
If it worked, then when it was first run it would add the user to the group "mythtv", something that requires root access. My guess is that long ago a pop up box would prompt the user for their password before continuing. The grep above revels multiple places where gksu is expected to exist. Because gksu has been removed from the distribution each of these lines is a bug that leaves a variable empty. I don't know what the correct fix is. It seems a bit to demanding to expect the end user edit /etc/group in a terminal. The man page for apt does not mention "source", is that documented anywhere? I got a "permission denied". kdebase-bin seems to be an alternative to gksu it does not have an installation candidate either. There is a way to do it, gpated has a pop up that prompts for a password. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1850746 Title: mythtv-backend-setup fails to add user to group mythtv under XFCE To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mythtv/+bug/1850746/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
