[mythtv-users] MythFrontend only runs as root

[David Brieck Jr.]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Curtis Wood
> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 1:27 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] MythFrontend only runs as root
> 
> 
>    Thats your issue - mythbackend needs to fire up as root, 
> any user can read from the video devices, but only root will 
> be able to write to them (changing channels). Either fire up 
> the backend as root, or change the ownership of the devices 
> files to match the user that the backend is running as.

Thanks very much, that makes sense, I'll change the startup script to
reflect this. I have one more, semi-related question: 

Does mythbackend do a modprobe ivtv when it starts? If it doesn't, what
is the recommended way to do this, with another init script? Does
modprobe ivtv need to be done before mythbackend starts up? If it
doesn't, should I just put this in rc.local?