[mythtv-users] Backend not starting after update

[R. G. Newbury]

On 07/30/2012 08:24 AM, John Drescher wrote:
>> Logs would be a good place to start.
>>
>> /var/log/syslog
>> /var/log/messages
>> /var/log/mythtv/
>>
> A second place to start is directly running mythbackend from the shell
> to see what if any error message displayed when it exits.

I have noticed that recent versions of myth *really* like to be started 
with the full pathname of the executable. So use 
/usr/local/bin/mythfronted --logpath etc. etc  and ensure that the full 
path is used for the backend too (in mythbackend.service if required).

Geoff