[mythtv-users] Possible Errata/Bug Myth

[Michael T. Dean]

On 04/16/2006 09:02 PM, Chris Everest wrote:
> Today I realized the mythtv-setup program was using 
> /root/.mythtv/mysql.txt for backend configuration while the Fedora 
> service interface was using /.mythtv/mysql.txt.  Yes, that is right! 
> It was created in the root dorectory.  This caused the mysql.txt file 
> to be created (if not already present) with the default value of 
> localhost as the master backend hostname.
>
> Is this a bug/errata?

No.  MythTV programs (mythtv-setup, mythbackend, mythfrontend) will use 
$HOME/.mythtv for the configuration directory.  So, if you run 
mythtv-setup as the root user, it makes $HOME/.mythtv/mysql.txt ( 
/root/.mythtv/mysql.txt ).  Then, if you attempt to start the service, 
which runs mythbackend as mythtv (as it should), it looks for mysql.txt 
in $HOME/.mythtv/mysql.txt (which, for it, is 
/home/mythtv/.mythtv/mysql.txt).

> I tried the same exact installation on both i686 and x86_64 with the 
> same results.  The only difference on the slave and the master 
> installs is that I did not create a mythtv user before the 
> mythtv-suite was installed.  I suspect that the installation on the 
> slave without a user already created, built the mythtv user as a 'no 
> login and no rights' kind of user and it's profile and path were 
> junked. As soon as I edited the /.mythtv/mysql.text to the correct 
> master backend hostname the service and chkconfig interfaces worked 
> again.  Now this is not the correct place for the config to be 
> placed.  Can anyone tell how to move that config to 
> /var/lib/mythtv/mysql.txt so that the service interface uses it corectly?

Actually, Myth programs look in all of the following locations, in the 
order shown, for mysql.txt:

    - <install prefix>/share/mythtv
    - <install prefix>/etc/mythtv
    - The directory specified by the environment variable MYTHCONFDIR or 
$HOME/.mythtv (it won't check $HOME/.mythtv if MYTHCONFDIR is specified)
    - the current working directory

So if the service is trying to use /var/lib/mythtv/mysql.txt, you'll 
have to read the service start script to figure out what /it/ is doing.

Mike