[mythtv-users] today's mythtv update for v31 failed

Mike Perkins mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk
Thu Feb 3 16:55:58 UTC 2022


On 03/02/2022 16:47, James Abernathy wrote:
> I think this failure is mine alone but it seems to fail because of an
> override.conf file I have in the mythtv-backend.service.  It worked until
> this update this morning.
> 
> I don't see this reason for the error:
> jim at kubuntu-closet:/etc/systemd/system/mythtv-backend.service.d$ sudo
> systemctl cat mythtv-backend.service
> # /lib/systemd/system/mythtv-backend.service
> [Unit]
> Description=MythTV Backend
> Documentation=https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythbackend
> After=mysql.service network.target
> 
> [Service]
> User=mythtv
> EnvironmentFile=-/etc/mythtv/additional.args
> ExecStart=/usr/bin/mythbackend --quiet --syslog local7 $ADDITIONAL_ARGS
> StartLimitBurst=10
> StartLimitInterval=10m
> Restart=on-failure
> RestartSec=1
> 
> [Install]
> WantedBy=multi-user.target
> 
> # /etc/systemd/system/mythtv-backend.service.d/override.conf
> [Service]
> ExecStartPre=/usr/local/bin/hdhomerun_check.py
> 
> I think the error with the upgrade is during the post processing. when it
> tried to restart mythtv-backend.service. Here's the output from the restart
> failure.
> 
> jim at kubuntu-closet:/etc/systemd/system/mythtv-backend.service.d$ sudo
> systemctl status mythtv-backend
> × mythtv-backend.service - MythTV Backend
>       Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mythtv-backend.service; enabled;
> vendor preset: enabled)
>      Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/mythtv-backend.service.d
>               └─override.conf
>       Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2022-02-03 11:39:01 EST;
> 14s ago
>         Docs: https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythbackend
>      Process: 3711 ExecStartPre=/usr/local/bin/hdhomerun_check.py
> (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
>          CPU: 86ms
> 
> Feb 03 11:39:01 kubuntu-closet systemd[1]: mythtv-backend.service:
> Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 10.
> Feb 03 11:39:01 kubuntu-closet systemd[1]: Stopped MythTV Backend.
> Feb 03 11:39:01 kubuntu-closet systemd[1]: mythtv-backend.service: Start
> request repeated too quickly.
> Feb 03 11:39:01 kubuntu-closet systemd[1]: mythtv-backend.service: Failed
> with result 'exit-code'.
> Feb 03 11:39:01 kubuntu-closet systemd[1]: Failed to start MythTV Backend.
> 
> I'll temporarily remove the override for now.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
It's the hdhomerun python code that is failing. Has the version changed?

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Mike Perkins



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