[mythtv-users] cannot mkdir //.xmltv

Steve Daniels steve.p.daniels at googlemail.com
Mon May 29 06:38:40 UTC 2006


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Michael T. Dean
> Sent: 29 May 2006 07:22
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] cannot mkdir //.xmltv
> 
> On 05/28/2006 05:41 PM, Hansa wrote:
> >> On 05/27/2006 03:23 PM, Hansa wrote:
> >>
> >>> >From mythbackend.log:
> >>>
> >>> 2006-05-27 17:38:58.389 ----------------- Start of XMLTV
> >>> output -----------------
> >>> 2006-05-27 17:38:58.392 New DB connection, total: 3
> >>> 2006-05-27 17:38:58.394 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> >>> localhost
> >>> cannot mkdir //.xmltv: Permission denied at
> >>> /usr/share/perl5/XMLTV/Config_file.pm line 24.
> >>> 2006-05-27 17:39:00.499 ------------------ End of XMLTV
> >>> output ------------------
> >>> Error in 1:1: unexpected end of file
> >>>
> >>> The backend wants to make a directory for some reason but I'm not sure
> why in //.xmltv?
> >>> It looks like there should be something between the slashes like
> >>> /path_to/.xmltv
> >>>
> >>> Why does it want to create this dir? There is one in
> /home/mythtv/.xmltv
> >>>
> >> The backend is running in an environment without the HOME variable set.
> >> You can just put
> >>
> >> export HOME=/home/mythtv
> >>
> >> into the script that runs mythbackend (before starting mythbackend).
> >>
> > Shoudn't that happen automatically since the backend starts as user
> mythtv?
> > The HOME variable is set to /home/mythtv when I log in as user mythtv.
> 
> Only if the backend is started as user mythtv from a /login/ shell.
> Anyway, it's not happening, so either add the export or change the
> command that starts the backend as user mythtv to use a login shell or ...
> 
> Mike

I recall someone having this problem a while back. Hansa, where did you get
your install of myth from, and what distro are you running? There maybe
dodgy packages floating round somewhere?

Steve Daniels
 

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