[mythtv-users] mythtv frontend will not connect to backend

[Art Fore]

On Sun, 2006-02-05 at 13:37 -0800, Art Fore wrote:
> If I execute as user, mythbackend in a console window. Everything was
> find. I wanted to set it up to run automatically but yast run level
> editor complained and would not start it. I checked
> the /var/localmessages file and found it was looking for mythtv user. I
> added mythtv as a user and now have it started with yast, but I cannot
> start the frontend, probably because of user permissions. I don't want
> to have to login as mythtv to use the frontend. Is there any solution to
> this? /etc/init.d/mythbackend script mentions $MYTH_CONF but could not
> find this file.
> 
> Art
> 
Answering my own email, but it may be of use to others. After hours of
troubleshooting and web searching, found for Suse 10.0, Edit
the  /etc/logindevperm and change the permissions for the video devices
from 0600 to 0660. This allows anyone in the video group to
access /dev/video0 even though the ownership changes with the login.

Art