[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).
> > >>
> > > 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.
> >
> > Only if the backend is started as user mythtv from a /login/ shell.
> > Anyway, it's not happening, so either add the export or change the
> > command that starts the backend as user mythtv to use a login
> shell or ...
> >
> > Mike
>
> I recall someone having this problem a while back. Hansa, where
> did you get
> your install of myth from, and what distro are you running? There maybe
> dodgy packages floating round somewhere?
>
> Steve Daniels

I use KnoppMyth-R5B7. I believe its using Myth 0.19

Hansa