[mythtv-users] mythfilldatgabase failure

Daryl McDonald darylangela at gmail.com
Fri Mar 17 15:56:03 UTC 2023


On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 11:32 AM Bill Meek <keemllib at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Friday 17 March 2023 10:06:05 AM (-05:00), Daryl McDonald wrote:
>
> ...
> snip
> ...
>
>  > >>>
>  > >>> and the mythfilldatabase still failed. do I need to continue in the
>  > >>> wiki, I assumed the rest would come with the database restore?
> Daryl
>  > >>>
>  > >>>
>  > >>> I'd rerun mythfilldatabase -v xmltv and see if there are any clues.
>  > >>>
>  > >>> The mythconverg DB may be OK (because of lines like: Found 37
> channels
>  > >>> for source 1 which use grabber),
>  > >>> but did you restore the SQLIte DB. The default would
>  > >>> be: ~mythtv/.xmltv/SchedulesDirect.DB.
>  > >>>
>  > >>> --
>  > >>> Bill
>  > >>> I used "mythconverg_restore.pl" so, no I didn't restore the SQLite
> DB.
>  > >>> Sorry, I'm not clear on what you mean by the default would
>  > >>> be: ~mythtv/.xmltv/SchedulesDirect.DB.
>  > >>
>  > >>
>  > I'm not sure where to go from here:
>  >
>  > Your Schedules Direct account has the following lineups configured:
>  > Lineup ID            Description
>  > ======================================================================
>  > CAN-OTA-N9A7C3       Local Over the Air Broadcast (Antenna N9A7C3)
>  > Specify a Schedules Direct account lineup management action
>  > 0: Exit lineup management
>  > 1: Add an additional lineup to your account
>  > 2: Delete an existing lineup from your account
>  > 3: Display your password hash
>  > 4: Delete any password hash stored in the database
>  > 5: Initialize/update the local database
>  > 6: Manage database lineup channel selection
>  > Select one: [0,1,2,3,4,5,6 (default=0)] 5
>  >
>  > Enter your database[/home/mythtv/.xmltv/SchedulesDirect.DB]:
>  > Initializing database /home/mythtv/.xmltv/SchedulesDirect.DB
>  > Unable to create settings table in database
>  > /home/mythtv/.xmltv/SchedulesDirect.DB: attempt to write a readonly
> database
>  > $
>  > And if I try to proceed:
>  >
>  >  $ tv_grab_zz_sdjson_sqlite --configure --config-file
>  > $HOME/.mythtv/antenna.xmltv
>  > Failed to write to /home/mythtv/.mythtv/antenna.xmltv.TMP at
>  > /usr/local/share/perl/5.34.0/XMLTV/Configure.pm line 187.
>  > $
>  >
>  > I'm open to suggestions.   TIA  Daryl
>
>
> It appears that you're running the above as  user mythtv - that's good.
>
> But the permissions on the files and/or directories are preventing it from
> working.
>
> I assumed you meant to copy the mythtv user files/directories from the old
> host to the new one.
>
That was my initial attempt, but when mythfilldatabase failed again I went
back to the wiki

> If mythfilldatabase and the grabber were working there, I don't believe
> there's a need to start
> configuring it from scratch like the above.
>
> Check permissions with this:
>
>      ls -ld ~mythtv/.mythtv/*.xmltv ~mythtv/.xmltv


 daryl at trieli:~$  ls -ld ~mythtv/.mythtv/*.xmltv ~mythtv/.xmltv
ls: cannot access '/home/mythtv/.mythtv/*.xmltv': No such file or directory
drwxrwxr-x 3 gdm lxd 4096 Mar 17 10:24  /home/mythtv/.xmltv
but :
daryl at trieli:~$ ls -al /home/mythtv
total 24
drwxr-x--- 5 mythtv mythtv 4096 Mar 17 10:25 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root   root   4096 Mar 17 10:48 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 gdm    lxd     143 Mar 17 10:22 antenna.xmltv
drwxr-xr-x 8 gdm    lxd    4096 Mar 17 10:25 .mythtv
drwx------ 2 gdm    lxd    4096 Mar 17 10:25 .smolt
drwxrwxr-x 3 gdm    lxd    4096 Mar 17 10:24 .xmltv
And:
daryl at trieli:~$ ls -ld /home/mythtv
drwxr-x--- 5 mythtv mythtv 4096 Mar 17 10:25 /home/mythtv
daryl at trieli:~$

>
> ~mythtv/.xmltv/SchedulesDirect.DB
> Everything should be owner:group mythtv:mythtv.
>
> --
> Bill
>

So it looks like I'm messed up here

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