[mythtv-users] I broke my mythTV, help!

[Douglas Peale]

On 11/8/18 8:38 PM, Bill Meek wrote:
> On 11/7/18 10:18 PM, Douglas Peale wrote:
>> On 11/7/18 6:51 PM, Bill Meek wrote:
>>> On 11/7/18 4:26 PM, Bill Meek wrote:
>
> ...
>
>>> I just tested:
>>>
>>> sudo systemctl edit mythtv-backend.service
>>>
>>> and added the following two lines there:
>>>
>>> [Service]
>>> Environment="MYTHCONFDIR=/etc/mythtv"
>>>
>>> That causes the backend to start with /etc/mythtv as the configuration
>>> directory where it will find your config.xml (if it's still there.)
>>>
>>> You should see entries in the backend log showing
>>> that /etc/mythtv is being used:
>>>
>>> ... mythdirs.cpp:37 (InitializeMythDirs) - Read conf dir = /etc/mythtv (tells you MYTHCONFDIR is set)
>>> ... mythdirs.cpp:205 (InitializeMythDirs) - Using configuration directory = /etc/mythtv (shows it in use)
>>>
>> Now I am really confused.
>>
>> $ cat /etc/systemd/system/mythtv-backend.service.d/override.conf
>> [Service]
>> Environment="MYTHCONFDIR=/etc/mythtv"
>
> FYI, *systemctl cat mythtv-backend* (or other systemd files, e.g. anacron.timer)
> will print the service AND all overrides including their paths. It eliminates
> the need to figure out where files live and which are active.
>
> ...
>
>> $ ls -l /home/mythtv/.mythtv/config.xml
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 mythtv mythtv 22 Jun  7  2014 /home/mythtv/.mythtv/config.xml -> /etc/mythtv/config.xml
>>
>>
>> I don't understand it, but mythbackend is running again.
>
> Note that this wasn't so much a solution as a proof of concept. There's
> something getting in the way of systemd and/or mythbackend. My guess
> remains the link mentioned earlier to $HOME on the other disk. Setting
> User=mythtv in the .service normally works just fine and would cause
> ~mythtv/.mythtv/config.xml to be used (even if that file is a link
> somewhere else.)
>
> ...
>
MythTV is working, but not completely yet. While  mythbackend is running, and recording programs, it is not running the
checklogin.sh script, and therefore not shutting down when idle.


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