[mythtv-users] mythbackend not starting on mythbuntu ubuntu 13.10

[Chris Lewis]

Actually never mind.I have replaced the entire file with the one in the
link above and it seems to be working now!

Chris


On 9 February 2014 11:40, Chris Lewis <chrislewis915 at gmail.com> wrote:

> OK i have added comments to the file /etc/init/mythtv-backend.conf as
> below.
>
> # MythTV Backend service
>
> description     "MythTV Backend"
> author          "Mario Limonciello <superm1 at ubuntu.com>"
>
> echo "job called" >> /home/chris/backend-startup.log
>
> start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up IFACE!=lo and started
> udev-finish)
> stop on runlevel [016]
>
> echo "start on working" >> /home/chris/backend-startup.log
>
> #expect fork
> kill timeout 10
> respawn
> respawn limit 2 3600
>
> echo "backend pre-start script begins" >> /home/chris/backend-startup.log
>
> pre-start script
>     [ -x /usr/sbin/mysqld ] || exit 0
>     for i in `seq 1 30` ; do
>        /usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf ping &&
> exit 0
>        sleep 5
>     done
> end script
>
> echo "script begins" >> /home/chris/backend-startup.log
>
> script
>         ulimit -c unlimited
>
>         test -f /etc/default/locale && . /etc/default/locale || true
>         ARGS="--syslog local7"
>         sleep 5
>         test -f /etc/default/mythtv-backend && .
> /etc/default/mythtv-backend || true
>         LANG=$LANG exec /usr/bin/mythbackend --user mythtv $ARGS
> $EXTRA_ARGS
> end script
>
>
> And it get nothing in the log file at all.
>
> Any more ideas?
>
> Chris
>
>
> On 8 February 2014 02:08, Mike Carron <jmcarron at starstream.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 2/7/2014 4:44 PM, Chris Lewis wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have had a problem for a while where the backend does not restart at
>>> reboot.
>>>
>>> If i run 'sudo service mythtv-backend start' in a terminal after boot
>>> then the backend starts fine.  The trouble is i recently rebooted the
>>> machine over ssh while on holiday and forgot to restart the BE causing a
>>> weeks lost recordings.  Obviously this didnt go down well with the Long
>>> Haired General.
>>>
>>> So can anyone offer any advice?  I'm at a loss as to what to do?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>> ***
>> I've had the same thing happen randomly and every time it has been due to
>> MythTV starting before the network is running. I've resolved my issue by
>> inserting a 5 second delay in starting MythTV. It's probably not the
>> 'right' way but it works.
>>
>> mike
>>
>>
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