[mythtv] Systemd expertise needed: systemctl fails to start mythbackend

[R. G. Newbury]

On 07/05/2012 07:00 PM, Bill Meek wrote:
> On 07/05/2012 05:43 PM, Gavin Hurlbut wrote:
> ...
>  > It sounds to me like the config.xml file is not being found.  I
>> *think* it needs to be in the homedir of the user running myth, *but*
>> can be overridden with the MYTHCONFDIR environment variable.  To be
>> safe, you probably want to symlink it so it's in both places.
>
> Also note that in 0.26-pre that config.xml's format has changed (and
> mysql.txt is no longer used.) So, your command line examples seem to
> be run as root and your service has MYTHCONFDIR set. I'd do a:
>
>    diff ~root/.mythtv/config.xml $MYTHCONFDIR/config.xml
>
> Hopefully, they're different and MYTHCONFDIR's can be fixed.

I got there deductively, but the diff would have found the problem 
explicitly. And right you are.
Thanks again.