Mailing List Archive: Is there a settings file, or must I use mythfrontend to change my settings?

On Friday 18 July 2003 23:01, John Klimek wrote:
> I'm using my x-box as a frontend and I don't have a keyboard (I know I
> could use xvkbd but it's a really big pain). I'm trying to change a
> setting in the frontend that requires me to type. Is there a file
> somewhere that I could just edit instead of having to use the frontend to
> type it in?
>
> (eg. I could just SSH to my x-box and edit the file, but I can't type the
> command with mythfrontend is up)
>
> The specific setting I need to change is:
>
> Under Settings --> General --> "Halt command"

All the settings are in a mysql database. If you can ssh in, try the
following:

% mysql
mysql> USE mythconverg ;
mysql> UPDATE settings SET data = '<your halt command>' WHERE value =
'HaltCommand' ;
mysql> quit

-JAC
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