[mythtv-users] gentoo baselayout 2 - restart ing mythbackend.. on internet restart

[Roy Thompson]

 On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:22:13 -0400, Andrew Stadt wrote:
> Sorry about the top post, I'm on my droid at the moment and it 
> doesn't
> give me a choice.
>
> IIRC, you can change a setting in /etc/rc.conf (rc_depend_strict I
> think) that determines how it handles dependancies for services, net
> in this case. You may also want to ensure that /etc/init.d/net.eth1 
> is
> in the default run level and you're not depending on the device
> manager to hotplug it for you.
>
> Sorry can't give more detail at the moment, but I'm about 1200 miles
> from my computer.
>
> BTW: when you upgraded from baselayout-1 to baselayout-2 did you run
> dispatch-conf? For some reason on my systems the ebuild did not do
> this automatically.
>
> HTH,
>
> Andrew.
>
> _Sent via MOTOBLUR(tm) on Verizon Wireless_
>
> -----Original message-----
>
>> FROM: Allan Klinbail
>> To: Discussion about mythtv
>> Sent: Tue, Jun 14, 2011 03:17:43 GMT+00:00
>> Subject: [mythtv-users] gentoo baselayout 2 - restart ing
>> mythbackend.. on internet restart
>>
>> Hi All
>>
>> I have a long running mythtv backend running on gentoo that is also
>> used
>> as my router/domain controller/firewall e.t.c.... A recent update
>> has
>> moved the system to baselayout 2 and a disturbing behaviour has
>> started
>> impacting mythtv seriously..
>>
>> I have a fairly dodgy ppp link due to old wiring in my building so I
>> have a ppp setting that resets the connection after failed LCP
>> requests...
>>
>> Until now that had no impact on any other service ..
>>
>> Now it restarts almost every network service running and that
>> includes
>> nfs, samba and mythbackend... .
>>
>> It would make sense if these reset on a restart of eth1 (my internal
>> network interface) but they seem to be linked to both internal and
>> external interfaces..
>>
>> Does anyone know how to stop this behaviour (I'm hoping someone else
>> running myth on gentoo has come across this recently)
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Allan
>>

 Hi Allan,

 I can confirm what Andrew said, setting rc_depend_strict="NO" in 
 /etc/rc.conf should change
 this behaviour for you.  I experienced the same thing after upgrading 
 to baselayout2.

 Roy