[mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase running at boot on V31

Jim Abernathy jfabernathy at gmail.com
Tue Feb 18 13:28:30 UTC 2020


On 2/17/20 11:40 PM, Bill Meek wrote:
> On 2/17/20 8:55 PM, Jim Abernathy wrote:
>>
>> On 2/17/20 1:23 PM, Bill Meek wrote:
>>> On 2/17/20 6:17 AM, Jim Abernathy wrote:
>>>> When I reboot, mythfilldatabase is running and updating the schedules.
>>>>
>>>> However, I have it to run in the window from 0300 and 0500 and 
>>>> running at the recommended time is not checked.
>>>>
>>>> Is there another setting they keeps mythfilldatabase from running 
>>>> at boot?
>>>>
>>>> This is on my V31 Ubuntu 18.04 development system.
>>>
>>> If it runs at boot, then I'd wonder if there's a (ana)cron job that 
>>> runs MFDB.
>>> Or a systemd .timer file that runs a .service file.
>>>
>>> All/either in addition to the MythTV settings that run in the 
>>> expected window.
>>>
>> If there is a ana/anacron job it was added as a part of V31. My 
>> install was new O/S and only app installed was Mythtv V31
>
> Does the same thing happen if the backend is simply stopped
> and restarted?
No.
>
> There have been instances of timestamps getting corrupted, these
> two please:
>
>   SELECT * FROM housekeeping WHERE tag='MythFillDB';
>   SELECT * FROM settings WHERE value LIKE '%mythfill%';
>
mysql> SELECT * FROM housekeeping WHERE tag='MythFillDB';
Empty set (0.00 sec)

mysql> SELECT * FROM settings WHERE value LIKE '%mythfill%';
+-------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+
| value                         | data | hostname |
+-------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+
| mythfilldatabaseLastRunEnd    | 2020-02-18T13:22:33Z | NULL     |
| MythFillEnabled               | 1 | NULL     |
| MythFillDatabasePath          | mythfilldatabase | NULL     |
| MythFillMinHour               | 3 | NULL     |
| MythFillMaxHour               | 5 | NULL     |
| MythFillGrabberSuggestsTime   | 0 | NULL     |
| MythFillDatabaseArgs          | --no-allatonce | NULL     |
| mythfilldatabaseLastRunStart  | 2020-02-18T13:22:32Z | NULL     |
| mythfilldatabaseLastRunStatus | mythfilldatabase ran, but did not 
insert any new data into the Guide for 1 of 1 sources. This can indicate 
a potential grabber failure. | NULL     |
| MythFillSuggestedRunTime      | 2020-02-19T13:22:32Z | NULL     |
+-------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+
10 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Jim A




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