[mythtv-users] MythTV start up problems (permissions)
Piers Kittel
mailing at biased.org
Mon Jan 21 14:22:19 UTC 2008
Marc,
Thanks again for your time!
> If you see the pid file do this
> /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend zap
> Not sure if zap is a proper option in debian but in gentoo this
> kills the
> pid file, which is what tells the script that the process is still
> running.
> One more thing, if you have a .mythtv folder in /var/run/mythtv
> check it for
> a mysql.txt file. Open said file and make sure the user/pass for
> your mysql
> connection are correct.
The mythtv-backend script doesn't have the zap parameter, but anyway,
if I do an /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend stop it deletes the PID file
anyway, but despite that, it still doesn't start up.
> The dirty fix for this error is to change the location of where the
> pid file
> is saved.
> You can do this by editing your startup script and changing the
> RUNDIR= line
> to a new location. This will allow you to create a mysql.txt file in
> the new
> location inside the .mythtv folder of the new location that will
> delete the
> file every time you startup the system. Negatives to this? None but
> the fact
> that the pid file is not in the /var/run folder like the rest of them.
> My location is /etc/conf.d/mythtv. You may need to create the folder
> before
> putting it in the RUNDIR line.
Put the mysql.txt in /etc/conf.d/mythtv/.mythtv and set RUNDIR= to
RUNDIR=/etc/conf.d/mythtv - the PID file gets created in that folder
fine. Still doesn't work, but looking in the logs, the problem has
been fixed, but there is a different issue now:
2008-01-21 14:18:12.899 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2008-01-21 14:18:13.006 New DB connection, total: 1
2008-01-21 14:18:13.026 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2008-01-21 14:18:13.040 Current Schema Version: 1160
Starting up as the master server.
2008-01-21 14:18:13.059 New DB connection, total: 2
2008-01-21 14:18:13.061 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2008-01-21 14:18:13.065 mythbackend: MythBackend started as master
server
2008-01-21 14:18:13.076 New DB connection, total: 3
2008-01-21 14:18:13.079 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2008-01-21 14:18:13.104 EITHelper: localtime offset 0:00:00
2008-01-21 14:18:13.217 EITHelper: localtime offset 0:00:00
2008-01-21 14:18:13.309 New DB scheduler connection
2008-01-21 14:18:13.311 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2008-01-21 14:18:14.718 Main::Registering HttpStatus Extension
2008-01-21 14:18:14.721 mythbackend version: 0.20.20070821-1 www.mythtv.org
2008-01-21 14:18:14.722 Enabled verbose msgs: important general
/video/nfslockfile.lock: Permission denied
Unable to open lockfile!
Be sure that '/video' exists and that both
the directory and that file are writeable by this user.
I note that the /video folder and everything in that folder is owned
by the user root - is it save to change owner and group of the folder
and contents to mythtv?
Thanks very much for your time again!
Regards - Piers
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