[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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