[mythtv-users] 0.23-fixes, mythshutdown --status returncode 254
cvb at kruemel.org
cvb at kruemel.org
Sun Oct 31 07:39:34 UTC 2010
On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 09:51:59 -0400, "Michael T. Dean"
<mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>> When I start this script (as root/with sudo) from a terminal, it
>> still runs fine.
>> If the script is launched via a link in /etc/cron.daily,
>> mythshutdown --status
>> keeps returning 254, which is not listed in
>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythshutdown
>> and which appears to be unaffected by what mythtv is actually doing.
>> The error
>> message printed on the screen is "mythshutdown: Could not initialize
>> myth context. Exiting."
>>
>> I tried to adjust /etc/sudoers, as suggested here:
>>
>> http://www.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2008-February/211699.html
>> /etc/sudoers now contains (inter alia):
>>
>> Defaults env_reset
>> Defaults env_keep="HOME"
>>
>> But that didn't help. The error keeps popping up when started from
>> cron - even
>> when I set HOME specifically to "/root".
>>
>> So I suppose that HOME is not the only issue...?
>
> HOME must be set to a value that includes a valid $HOME/.mythtv
> configuration directory with a valid config.xml file.
As mentioned above: If I start the script manually - via sudo or as
root - it works. /root contains .mythtv, and in /root/.mythtv there is a
valid config.xml.
Christian
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