hi, ok i am a newb, and trying to get mythtv working, i have found the following tutorial,
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/InstallMythOnUbuntu
i have just installed mythtv, and i get a bunch of errors
here is what i see:
adduser: The user `mythtv' already exists, and is not a system user.
dpkg: error processing mythtv-common (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mythtv-database:
mythtv-database depends on mythtv-common (= 0.18.1-5); however:
Package mythtv-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mythtv-database (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mythtv-frontend:
mythtv-frontend depends on mythtv-common (= 0.18.1-5); however:
Package mythtv-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mythtv-frontend (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mythtv-backend:
mythtv-backend depends on mythtv-common (= 0.18.1-5); however:
Package mythtv-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mythtv-backend (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mythtv:
mythtv depends on mythtv-database (= 0.18.1-5); however:
Package mythtv-database is not configured yet.
mythtv depends on mythtv-frontend (= 0.18.1-5); however:
Package mythtv-frontend is not configured yet.
mythtv depends on mythtv-backend (= 0.18.1-5); however:
Package mythtv-backend is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing mythtv (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
mythtv-common
mythtv-database
mythtv-frontend
mythtv-backend
mythtv
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
i type mythtv in the prompt and it seems to start, but it cannot find the database, and then after it says "failed to init myth context exiting". any help? also i have an older hauppague wintv go card, do i need ivtv, or what is ivtv?