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

[Chris Lewis]

Thanks for the pointer.

Next problem is to try and tackle 0 byte recordings but that's what whole
other thread for another day.

Chris

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On 9 Feb 2014 14:31, "Bill Meek" <keemllib at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 02/09/2014 05:54 AM, Chris Lewis wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>
>>
> Good to hear you got it working, but for the archive, the echo (or
> any other shell commands) must be *inside* of the scripts. The above
> will always fail.
>
> --
> Bill
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