[mythtv-users] Cannot run mythbackend with init.d script - runs fine at command prompt.
drbob
drbob at gmx.co.uk
Sat Sep 30 20:43:34 UTC 2006
Chad wrote:
> We used to have this problem on Gentoo as well. Can you post your
> init script? Off hand I cannot remember exactly the problem (or the
> fix) but it had to do with chaning the $HOME variable IIRC. (possibly
> /var/lib/mythtv or /etc/mythtv..?).
>
> -Chad
>
Here is the init script:
#! /bin/sh
#
# mythtv-server MythTV capture and encoding backend
#
# Based on:
#
# skeleton example file to build /etc/init.d/ scripts.
# This file should be used to construct scripts for
/etc/init.d.
#
# Written by Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels at cistron.nl>.
# Modified for Debian GNU/Linux
# by Ian Murdock <imurdock at gnu.ai.mit.edu>.
#
# Version: @(#)skeleton 1.9.1 08-Apr-2002 miquels at cistron.nl
#
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/bin/mythbackend
NAME="mythbackend"
DESC="MythTV server"
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
set -e
USER=mythtv
RUNDIR=/var/run/mythtv
ARGS="--daemon --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log --pidfile
$RUNDIR/$NAME.pid"
EXTRA_ARGS=""
NICE=0
if [ -f /etc/default/mythtv-backend ]; then
. /etc/default/mythtv-backend
fi
ARGS="$ARGS $EXTRA_ARGS"
mkdir -p $RUNDIR
chown -R $USER $RUNDIR
case "$1" in
start)
if test -e $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid ; then
echo "mythbackend already running, use restart instead."
else
echo -n "Starting $DESC: $NAME"
start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid \
--chuid $USER --nicelevel $NICE --exec $DAEMON
-- $ARGS
echo "."
fi
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping $DESC: $NAME "
start-stop-daemon --stop --oknodo --pidfile $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid \
--chuid $USER --exec $DAEMON -- $ARGS
test -e $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid && rm $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid
echo "."
;;
restart|force-reload)
echo -n "Restarting $DESC: $NAME"
start-stop-daemon --stop --oknodo --pidfile $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid \
--chuid $USER --exec $DAEMON -- $ARGS
echo "."
sleep 3
start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid \
--chuid $USER --nicelevel $NICE --exec $DAEMON -- $ARGS
echo "."
;;
*)
N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
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