[mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase still runs after I have disabled it
Paul D. Cnudde
cnuddep at rogers.com
Sun Jan 4 14:01:07 UTC 2009
Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 01/03/2009 05:33 PM, Paul D. Cnudde wrote:
>
>> I have disabled the option to run mythfilldatabase automatically in
>> MythTV under Settings | General but it continues to run at 6:28 am every
>> morning. I have checked the settings table in mythconverg and the
>> MythFillEnabled value is '0'. I have also examined crontab for every
>> user on the system and there is no reference to it anywhere. Can
>> someone shed some light as to why it might be running?
>> Running Debian etch, combination FE/BE installed using the Marillat
>> packages.
>>
>
> If it's running at exactly 6:28 am, it's likely not MythTV that's
> running it.
>
> From your domain name, I'm guessing you're in an area that uses
> Schedules Direct. If so, enable:
>
> Run mythfilldatabase at time suggested by the grabber.
> This setting allows a DataDirect guide data provider to specify the next
> download time in order to distribute load on their servers. If this
> setting is enabled, mythfilldatabase Execution Start/End times are ignored.
>
> (or ensure it's already enabled), and if it continues to run at 6:28,
> it's not Myth that's doing it.
>
> If you're not in an area that uses Schedules Direct, it's definitely not
> MythTV that's running it (as there's code that adds a "random" amount of
> delay in the running of mfdb to prevent all users from running HTML
> scrapers at the top of the hour).
>
> I'd guess that even though it's not in a cron tab, some package put it
> in some script or put some script in cron.daily (or whatever) that runs it.
>
> Mike
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Thanks, there was a script under /etc/cron.daily which was running
mythfilldatabase.
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