Comment 8 for bug 1850746

Tickets for this should probably be forwarded upstream, hopefully with a
patch. As it stands now, there aren't much eyes on this package and I don't
have a way to test this anymore as I don't use MythTV nor Ubuntu.

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 4:55 PM Peter D. <email address hidden> wrote:

> 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.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1850746
>
> Title:
> mythtv-backend-setup fails to add user to group mythtv under XFCE
>
> Status in mythtv package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Running Mythtv-backend-setup from the XFCE menu looks like it is
> adding the user to the group "mythtv", but does not. The user has to
> add himself manually, either by editing /etc/groups or with adduser
> `whoami` mythtv.
>
> The meta package is mythtv.
> The package is mythtv-backend.
> The file is called /usr/bin/mythtv-setup.
> There is a call to check_groups, which is in
> /usr/share/mythtv/dialogue_functions.sh
> It has the line;
> $SU_TYPE adduser ...
> Su type seems to be "gksu" for XFCE and Gnome.
>
> psd@EE:/usr/share/mythtv$ sudo apt-get install gksu
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Package gksu is not available, but is referred to by another package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> is only available from another source
>
> E: Package 'gksu' has no installation candidate
>
> The bug also exists in older versions of Xubuntu; bionic, disco,
> probably more. I am not sure about other desktops.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
> Package: mythtv-backend 2:30.0+fixes.20190817.5cde0578d8-0ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-19.20-generic 5.3.1
> Uname: Linux 5.3.0-19-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.1
> Architecture: amd64
> CurrentDesktop: XFCE
> Date: Thu Oct 31 15:36:16 2019
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-10-21 (9 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
> Installed_mythtv_dbg: 2:30.0+fixes.20190817.5cde0578d8-0ubuntu1
> SourcePackage: mythtv
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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