[mythtv-users] MythNews: NewsEngine: Write failed

Paul Harrison mythtv at dsl.pipex.com
Fri Sep 7 17:33:41 UTC 2007


Ian Cruz wrote:
> hello, this is my first time using mythtv finally i
> was able to compile and install mythplugins, but when
> i try to open mythbrowser it open to an empty page and
> news feeds give me a masage (fail to retrieve news) 
> any help will be appreciated
>
>
>   
<snip>
> MythNews: NewsEngine: Write failed
> MythNews: NewsEngine: Write failed
> MythNews: NewsEngine: Write failed
> MythNews: NewsEngine: Write failed
>
>   

That error indicates that MythNews cannot save the downloaded news feed
files. The files are usually saved to ~/.mythtv/MythNews/ so check the
file permissions on that directory.

Paul H.



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