[mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase failure diagnosis

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Sun Jan 17 12:40:38 UTC 2016


On 01/17/2016 12:07 AM, Jerry Rubinow wrote:
> When mythbackend runs mythfilldatabase, or when I run it as user 
> 'mythtv', it seems like it's working, but no new guide data is 
> inserted in the database.  When I run it as a root user, it works 
> fine.  What is going on?  Seems like it's a permissions thing, but I'm 
> not sure where.

sudo rm -rf /tmp/myth*

and then never run it as root, again.  The temp files shouldn't be a 
problem, but could be depending on which revision you have.  That may 
not fix it, but it's a good first step.

Mike


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