[mythtv-users] Re: mythbackend on Gentoo

Pete Cable petercable at gmail.com
Tue Jul 19 21:07:24 EDT 2005


just comment out the line that reads:

HOME="/var/log/mythtv"

and it should start up via the rc script.

Pete

On 7/19/05, pschormeir at iiv.de <pschormeir at iiv.de> wrote:
> Hi !
> 
> I've also had similar problem with my gentoo - mythtv construction
> 
> try the following :
> Has the user in /etc/conf.d/mythbackend permissions on the logfile, is this
> user a member of the groups video and audio ?
> Reset the service with /etc/init.d/mythbackend zap before trying to restart
> it !
> Any left over pid files like /var/run/mythbackend.pid ?
> Does the mysql.txt file have the right settings for the database server ?
> Is there a nfslockfile.lock in the /mnt/store, delete it.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Fritz
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Von: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]Im Auftrag von Erich Beckmann
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 20. Juli 2005 02:32
> An: mythtv
> Betreff: [mythtv-users] mythbackend on Gentoo
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I just finished installing Myth on Gentoo and everything is working fine
> with one exception:
> The rc script that is supposed to start mythbackend in the default
> runlevel does not seem to function properly.
> If I start mythbackend manually form the command line everything works
> wonderfully.
> I can't seem to find any reason for this. Especially since the script in
> /etc/init.d says the backend is running fine but ps and mythfrontend
> tell a different story.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
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