[mythtv-users] "Unable to find mythcommflag" in 0.17

[David George]

On 4/5/2005 12:00 PM, mythtv-users.mythtv.org at tgice.com wrote:

> Chris Pinkham wrote:
>
>> This error message means mythbackend can't find mythcommflag, so even
>> though mythcommflag is in _your_ PATH, it evidently isn't in the PATH
>> of the user running mythbackend or the script that is running
>> mythbackend.
>
>
> No, mythcommflag (in /usr/local/bin) is in root's PATH, and root is 
> running mythbackend.  I don't see anything in my init.d script for 
> mythbackend that would change the default root PATH available.

If you are running a RedHat/Fedora based system (and possibly others) 
the PATH is reset in /etc/init.d/functions.  Look for a line near the 
top that looks like this: 
PATH="/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin"

Add the following to /etc/sysconfig/mythbackend:

PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin

Of course there are several other solutions also.

>
>> Search for this error message on the mailing lists and you'll find
>> several solutions.
>
>
> Search where?  I plugged "ERROR: Unable to find mythcommflag" and "to 
> find mythcommflag" into Google, restricted to gossamer-threads.com and 
> also unrestricted and didn't find more than a single hit on the dev 
> list noting some CVS commit or something.  Am I misspelling 
> something?  Am I searching in the wrong area?


http://gossamer-threads.com/lists/engine?list=mythtv;do=search_results;search_forum=all;search_string=unable%20to%20find%20mythcommflag;search_type=AND&sb=post_time


-- 
David

HDTV capable frontend I am working on (now with a picture)
  http://mythhd.info