[mythtv-users] Remote backend wackyness

[Michael T. Dean]

On 05/22/2009 04:39 PM, R. G. Newbury wrote:
> If you want to ensure that things are running at the end of the boot, 
> you can start (restart) them with a line in /etc/rc.d/rc.local  which 
> is always run last.
>
> I had a (now forgotten) problem some time ago, and put
> 'service mythbackend restart' into rc.local. That fixed the timing 
> issue. You might try that.
>
> Note that if something like networking REQUIRES that the window 
> manaqer (Gnome, KDE) be up and running, this step will not work. On my 
> laptop, NetworkManager requires that I enter the password for the 
> key-ring before starting up wireless. This of course would be fatal to 
> a mythbackend server which needs networking but does not need a GUI. 

Right.  And because a certain distro has a network startup that requires 
X be running, you should see 
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/370643#370643 (from 
later in the same thread I quoted).  It provides a link to a page that 
shows how to fix that broken network config.

Mike