[mythtv-users] card#0 - Permission Denied!

[Brian Wood]

On Mar 16, 2006, at 8:28 AM, Warren wrote:

> mythtv at red2.braveturtle.com wrote:
>> Thank you to everyone who helped me with my "mythtv" user account
>> problem.  By removing the user and re-adding the "mythtv" user I  
>> am now
>> able to log in as user "mythtv".
>>
>> However, now I am faced with another problem.  When I run mythtv- 
>> setup
>> as user mythtv, when I try to add my air2pc HD-5000 card I get the
>> following:
>>
>> Frontend ID:  could not open card#0! Subtype: permission denied!
>>
>> When I run mythtv-setup as root and try to add the card, it properly
>> recognizes the card. But I know I am not supposed to runt it as root.
>>
>> So can anyone help me with this problem?  I would assume my "mythtv"
>> user account is still not set up properly, but I am not sure what  
>> to do.
>>
>> Thanks again for everyone's great help.
>>
>> -Sean
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> You have 2 choices - run mythtv-setup as root or change the  
> ownership on
> /dev/dvb* (chown -R user.group /dev/dvb*).  I ran into the same  
> problem,
> but since I am running mythbackend as root, which you would always  
> want
> to do to get your recordings done with realtime scheduling, I ran
> mythtv-setup as root as well.
>
Changing the permissions is really the better answer, but if you're  
running a udev system (as most of us are I presume) such changes will  
not survive across a reboot.

You will need to change the udev rules/permissions in order to have a  
permanent change.