[mythtv-users] mythtv-setup issues on 18.04

[David Hampton]

On Thu, 2018-11-01 at 15:55 +0000, Mike Bibbings wrote:
> On 01/11/2018 15:45, Jim Abernathy wrote:
> > Besides the issue of mythv install not adding $USER to group
> > 'mythtv' 
> > automatically, I'm finding that after you complete setup it will
> > not 
> > properly start mythbackend or do mythfilldatabase if chosen. I had
> > to 
> > exit mythtv-setup without starting the backend or
> > mythfilldatabase. 
> > Then reboot, then manually run mythfilldatabase prior to
> > mythfrontend 
> > working.
> > 
> > Not sure this issue, but my instructions will include this exit
> > and 
> > reboot.
> > 
> > Jim A
> > 
> > 
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> The issue of mythtv-backend not starting after using mythtv-setup
> for 
> the first time (or after continuous mythbackend failure) is that
> systemd 
> has marked mythtv-backend as "failed" (usually after trying to start
> it 
> a number of times).
> 
> In such cases a reboot should resolve, assuming mythtv-backend does 
> start properly.
> 
> Another way, no reboot required, is to do "sudo systemctl daemon-
> reload" 
> followed by "sudo systemctl start mythtv-backend"
> 

You should also be able to do:

    sudo systemctl reset-failed mythtv-backend
    sudo systemctl start mythtv-backend

David