[mythtv-users] v30 built from source mythfrontend error

[Jim Abernathy]

On 2/8/19 1:29 AM, Bill Meek wrote:
> On 2/7/19 9:14 PM, Jim Abernathy wrote:
>>
>> On 2/7/19 9:49 PM, Bill Meek wrote:
>>> On 2/7/19 5:11 PM, Jim Abernathy wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 2/7/19 5:06 PM, Bill Meek wrote:
>>>>> On 2/7/19 12:45 PM, James Abernathy wrote:
>>>>>> mythfrontend with -v file:debug
>>>>>> yielded:
>>>>>> 2019-02-07 13:38:52.626013 I  RemoteFile::Exists(): looking for 
>>>>>> remote file: 
>>>>>> myth://Temp@jim-build/mythtv_video_test_HD_19000Kbps_H264.mkv
>>>>>> 2019-02-07 13:38:52.631526 E  downloadRemoteFile(): DOWNLOAD_FILE 
>>>>>> returned ERROR!
>>>>>
>>>>> The Temp storage group is built-in and its location is calculated at
>>>>> run time. [That's the 'Temp' between the // and @ above.]
>>>>>
>>>>> It is in your <configuration directory>/tmp (perhaps 
>>>>> $HOME/.mythtv/tmp.)
>>>>> That can be changed if $MYTHCONFDIR is set.
>>>>>
>>>>> See if that exists and can be read/written by anyone trying to 
>>>>> access it.
>>>>>
>>>> it exist and I changed it's permissions to 777
>>>>
>>>> jim at jim-build:~$ ls -l .mythtv
>>>>
>>>> drwxr-xr-x 2 jim jim 4096 Feb  6 10:42 3rdParty
>>>> drwxr-xr-x 7 jim jim 4096 Feb  7 18:08 cache
>>>> drwxr-xr-x 2 jim jim 4096 Feb  6 10:42 channels
>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 jim jim  627 Feb  7 09:17 config.xml
>>>> drwxr-xr-x 2 jim jim 4096 Feb  6 10:43 HardwareProfile
>>>> drwxr-xr-x 2 jim jim 4096 Feb  6 10:42 MythBrowser
>>>> drwxr-xr-x 3 jim jim 4096 Feb  7 09:35 themes
>>>> drwxrwxrwx 3 jim jim 4096 Feb  7 09:35 tmp
>>>>
>>>> But the problem still exist.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Actually tried it myself. The file is downloaded to the backend.
>>> ~mythtv/.mythtv/tmp/mythtv_video_test_HD_19000Kbps_H264.mkv is
>>> where mine went.
>>>
>>> The user is mythtv.
>>
>> I check my production backend and the videos were in 
>> /home/mythtv/.mythtv/tmp.
>>
>> on my test system built from source both /home/mythtv/.mythtv/tmp and 
>> /home/jim/.mythtv/tmp have a 777 permission. Even when I copy the 
>> test video files to the .mythtv/tmp/ directory the frontend test 
>> options still locks up
>
> Hmmm, these are the built-in storage groups. I'd expect other failures.
> A full log would be nice (in a pastebin, not here):
>
>     m_builtinGroups["ChannelIcons"] = GetConfDir() + "/channels";
>     m_builtinGroups["Themes"] = GetConfDir() + "/themes";
>     m_builtinGroups["Temp"] = GetConfDir() + "/tmp";
>     m_builtinGroups["Streaming"] = GetConfDir() + "/tmp/hls";
>     m_builtinGroups["3rdParty"] = GetConfDir() + "/3rdParty";
>
> Looking for a line with this in it:
>
>     SG() Error: Could not create builtin...

I ran mythfrontend and tried the test video and captured the complete 
console log at:

https://pastebin.com/Z0pjqgxh

Jim A