[mythtv-users] How to start MythTV Backend?

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Thu Nov 21 05:08:46 UTC 2013


On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 5:52 PM, James Linder <jam at tigger.ws> wrote:
>
> On 20/11/2013, at 6:44 AM, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:
>
>>>
>>> Hi Paul,
>>>
>>> You're right, firmware was missing.
>>> In "Capture Card Setup", the field DVB device is now filled with "/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0",
>>> but in FrontendID, I still have an error:
>>> "Could not get card ... [] Subtype: Unknown error".
>>>
>>> -- Damian --
>>
>> Now I'm moving outside my area of expertise...  Looking at
>>
>> http://www.mythtvtalk.com/help-failing-get-mythtv-up-running-15031/
>>
>> (which is worth a read),  it *might* be a permissions problem on the /dev/dvb ... directories.   The solution in the case above was to add mythtv to the video group.
>
>> If anybody can give me words of wisdom here I'd appreciate it lots:
>
> I had hoped to get wise words. Someone must be fighting with systemd!
>
> From the wiki http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Systemd_mythbackend_Configuration
>
> Wants=dev-dvb-adapter200-frontend0.device
> After=dev-dvb-adapter200-frontend0.device
>
> Where on earth do the names come from?
> Why would the BACKEND want a FRONTEND device (there is none, the frontends are remote)?

That refers to the frontend part of the dvb device, not mythfrontend.



>
> ie
> /etc/udev/rules.d/99-mythbackend.rules
>
> #
> # Create systemd device units for capture devices
> #
> SUBSYSTEM=="dvb", TAG+="systemd"
>
> Thanks
> James
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