[mythtv-users] MBE loses tuners in SBE until I enter & exit from Mythtv-Setup

[Glen Hawksworth]

On Wed, 2009-02-11 at 09:34 -0800, Robert McNamara wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 1:38 AM, Glen Hawksworth
> <glenhawk at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > On Sun, 2009-02-08 at 11:48 +0000, Nick Morrott wrote:
> >
> > On 08/02/2009, Glen Hawksworth <glenhawk at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> >
> >>  Maybe the Mythbuntu guys should look at inserting a startup method that
> >> allows for ubuntus apparent slow-off-the-mark network
> >> connection/authentication.
> >
> > Have you tried temporarily starting the mythbackend service from
> > /etc/rc.local?
> >
> > I would have expected to see a lot more mythbuntu users complaining
> > here if it was a universal issue :)
> >
> > Where in the init sequence do your network and mythbackend services
> > start? Have you tried altering the chkconfig data at the top of the
> > mythbackend initscript to make it start later in the init sequence? As
> > a data point my now-ageing MBE system has network starting at 10,
> > mysqld at 64, and mythbackend at 86 in runlevel 5.
> >
> > Nick
> >
> > Hi Nick,
> > I understand what you are saying and I am encouraged by it but I am not sure
> > how to achieve it. Your comments have (as a side effect) helped me to figure
> > out how to get the LCD screen on my server working every time the system
> > boots (sudo update-rc.d LCDd defaults). I now know how to get something to
> > start on boot but I don't know how to change the order of what is started.
> > If it is as simple as ensuring that the networking starts before mythbackend
> > then that would save a lot of headaches.
> > Could you please explain how to set the order.
> > Thanks,
> > Glen
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> 
> Not having read the whole thread, I don't know whether this has been
> discussed, so here it is.  As of Ubuntu (and by derivation Mythbuntu)
> 8.10 the network connections are handled by the Network Manager
> Applet.  This means that (by default) the network connections are not
> established until the Window Manager is up.  This is bad times for
> Mysql/Mythbackend/HDHomeruns/anything else that relies upon network
> connectivity when coming up as a service, and will often leave them in
> endless loops or broken without a service restart.
> 
> So, how to solve this problem?  Check out this, which is one of many
> resources on how to restore sane behavior.
> 
> http://en.kioskea.net/faq/sujet-979-having-a-static-ip-address-under-ubuntu-8-10
> 
> Robert "I hate the Network Manager"

Exactly what I needed to hear, thanks.
Glen "I too hate the network manager (in this instance)" 
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