[mythtv-users] mythbackend startup script for Debian

Peter Schachte schachte at csse.unimelb.edu.au
Mon Dec 12 05:29:51 EST 2005


On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 09:33:19AM +0100, Marius Schrecker wrote:
>  I'm having a hard time setting up a startup script on Debian unstable
> using svn from a few days ago.
> 
> The sample scripts in the contrib directory of the source don't use Debian
> controls, and as mythbackend has a builtin daemon mode I'm not sure I
> should use a script based on skeleton.

Here's the script I'm using.  Works for me on Debian sid, svn 80xx.
You'll want to (as root) move it to /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend and
then (also as root) do:

	update-rc.d mythtv-backend start 80 2 3 4 5 . stop 80 0 1 6 .	
	mkdir -p /var/log/mythtv
	chown mythtv:mythtv /var/log/mythtv
	chmod 700 /var/log/mythtv

You may have to edit the script to change the value for DAEMON,
depending on where you've installed the binary.

I'm also attaching mythtv-backend.default, which you should move to
/etc/default/mythtv-backend .  You can edit it to control the way the
backend is launched.

HTH.

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#! /bin/sh
#
# mythtv-server MythTV capture and encoding backend
#
# Based on:
#
# skeleton	example file to build /etc/init.d/ scripts.
#		This file should be used to construct scripts for /etc/init.d.
#
#		Written by Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels at cistron.nl>.
#		Modified for Debian GNU/Linux
#		by Ian Murdock <imurdock at gnu.ai.mit.edu>.
#
# Version:	@(#)skeleton  1.9.1  08-Apr-2002  miquels at cistron.nl
#

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/mythbackend
NAME="mythbackend"
DESC="MythTV server"

test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

set -e

USER=mythtv
RUNDIR=/var/run/mythtv
ARGS="--daemon --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log --pidfile $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid"
EXTRA_ARGS=""
NICE=0

# Added by PDS because backend wasn't starting correctly on boot
HOME=/root
export HOME

if [ -f /etc/default/mythtv-backend ]; then
  . /etc/default/mythtv-backend
fi

ARGS="$ARGS $EXTRA_ARGS"

mkdir -p $RUNDIR
chown -R $USER $RUNDIR



case "$1" in
  start)
	echo -n "Starting $DESC: $NAME"
	start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid \
		--chuid $USER --nicelevel $NICE --exec $DAEMON -- $ARGS
	echo "."
	;;
  stop)
	echo -n "Stopping $DESC: $NAME "
	start-stop-daemon --stop --oknodo --pidfile $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid \
		--chuid $USER --exec $DAEMON -- $ARGS
	echo "."
	;;
  restart|force-reload)
	echo -n "Restarting $DESC: $NAME"
	start-stop-daemon --stop --oknodo --pidfile $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid \
                --chuid $USER --exec $DAEMON -- $ARGS
	echo "."
	sleep 3
	start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid \
                --chuid $USER --nicelevel $NICE --exec $DAEMON -- $ARGS
	echo "."
	;;
  *)
	N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
	# echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}" >&2
	echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
	exit 1
	;;
esac

exit 0
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# User as which to run
#USER=mythtv

# Replace all arguments to mythtv-backend
#ARGS=""

# Append additional arguments
#EXTRA_ARGS="--verbose"

# Set priority
#NICE=-10


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