[mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase failure

[Kevin J. Cummings]

OK, maybe I missed discussion about this, but about 3 weeks ago 
(apparently), mythfilldatabase started failing, and new recordings 
stopped being recorded.  I'm just now cathing up with this.  Here is the 
  mythfilldatabase.log file I found:

> 2008-05-05 04:45:35.667 Using runtime prefix = /usr, libdir = /usr/lib
> 2008-05-05 04:45:35.668 Cannot locate your home directory. Please set the environment variable HOME or MYTHCONFDIR
> 2008-05-05 04:45:35.668 Failed to init MythContext, exiting.
> 2008-05-05 04:45:35.668 DataDirect: Deleting temporary files

Since mythfilldatabase is being run from /etc/cron.daily/mythtv.cron, 
and has been for a year or so now, what changed recently?

mythtv is installed from ATRPMs and is running on Fedora 8.  Is this a 
packaging error from ATRPMs?  If so, why haven't other complained?

BTW, if I su to root (sudo su -), I can run mythfilldatabase by hand 
without running into this problem.

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Kevin J. Cummings
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