[mythtv-users] Making sure HDHomeruns are available

[Mike Perkins]

On 15/03/2023 16:41, Ian Evans wrote:
> Just wanted to check if the instructions found in
> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Silicondust_HDHomeRun_setup#Failure_after_system_reboot
> are the right ones to be using. First time testing an install on 20.04 as
> my previous setup didn't have systemd
> 
> I created the mythbackendpre.sh mentioned in that wiki entry.
> 
> When I went to create the
> /etc/systemd/system/mythtv-backend.service.d/override.conf file, it
> mentioned that the mythtv-backend.service.d directory didn't exist. Just
> being purposefully thick here, I assume I just create that directory and
> proceed?
> 
Apparently systemd should do that for you. If you enter:

#systemctl edit mythtv-backend.service

then it does what is required. I think. Using systemd is one of the most obscure, confusing and 
irritating activities I have come across in 40+ years of programming/deveolping/<buzzword here>.

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Mike Perkins