[mythtv-users] cannot mkdir //.xmltv

[Hansa]

> On 05/27/2006 03:23 PM, Hansa wrote:
> > >From mythbackend.log:
> >
> > 2006-05-27 17:38:58.389 ----------------- Start of XMLTV
> > output -----------------
> > 2006-05-27 17:38:58.392 New DB connection, total: 3
> > 2006-05-27 17:38:58.394 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> > localhost
> > cannot mkdir //.xmltv: Permission denied at
> > /usr/share/perl5/XMLTV/Config_file.pm line 24.
> > 2006-05-27 17:39:00.499 ------------------ End of XMLTV
> > output ------------------
> > Error in 1:1: unexpected end of file
> >
> > The backend wants to make a directory for some reason but I'm
> not sure why
> > in //.xmltv?
> > It looks like there should be something between the slashes like
> > /path_to/.xmltv
> >
> > Why does it want to create this dir? There is one in /home/mythtv/.xmltv
>
> The backend is running in an environment without the HOME variable set.
> You can just put
>
> export HOME=/home/mythtv
>
> into the script that runs mythbackend (before starting mythbackend).
>
> Mike

Shoudn't that happen automatically since the backend starts as user mythtv?
The HOME variable is set to /home/mythtv when I log in as user mythtv.

Hansa