[mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase failure diagnosis
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Sun Jan 17 16:20:53 UTC 2016
On 01/17/2016 10:56 AM, Jerry Rubinow wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 7:40 AM, Michael T. Deanwrote:
>
> On 01/17/2016 12:07 AM, Jerry Rubinow wrote:
>
> When mythbackend runs mythfilldatabase, or when I run it as
> user 'mythtv', it seems like it's working, but no new guide
> data is inserted in the database. When I run it as a root
> user, it works fine. What is going on? Seems like it's a
> permissions thing, but I'm not sure where.
>
>
> sudo rm -rf /tmp/myth*
>
> and then never run it as root, again. The temp files shouldn't be
> a problem, but could be depending on which revision you have.
> That may not fix it, but it's a good first step.
>
>
> And a good last step. That was it, thanks!
>
> mfdb seems to have some shortcomings that could prevent this from
> happening in the first place and/or make it easier to diagnose. Are
> you saying that these are fixed in a more recent version?
Supposedly. Not sure which, or if it fixes all the cases where it tries
to use a hard-coded temp directory name.
>
> mythfilldatabase --version yields:
>
> MythTV Version : v0.27-193-g8ee257c
> MythTV Branch : fixes/0.27
> Network Protocol : 77
> Library API : 0.27.20140323-1
> QT Version : 4.8.6
>
> Also, is there a switch I need apart from --logfile in order for the
> logging to work? The output says it's using a logfile in the right
> place, but none is created.
Is --logfile back or is it still gone? Try --help and verify it's there
and does what you want. Else, you probably need --logpath or --syslog
arguments.
Mike
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