[mythtv-users] One step forward, two steps back - Frontends not woring properly

Damian myth at surr.co.uk
Sun May 1 22:46:09 UTC 2016


On 30/04/2016 20:09, Jerry wrote:
> Damian,
>
> You could try adding the Network Manager wait-online service.  I used 
> it before with some success when systemd was loading services too 
> quickly.  The name is descriptive.  It is supposed to make systemd 
> pause until network devices are ready.  It does not always work but 
> you can try it with:
>
> sudo systemctl enable NetworkManager-wait-online.service
>
> And reboot.  That might do the trick.  It's worth a shot, anyway.  You 
> can disable it if you want with:
>
> sudo systemctl disable NetworkManager-wait-online.service
>
> The service file name may be different in Ubuntu (capitalization?).  
> I'm running Fedora.  Try auto-completing the service file name with 
> the <TAB> key.  It should be included with NetworkManager.
>
> What Stephen said about assigning a static IP is good advice. You 
> should pick an IP for your backend and stick with it. There's no need 
> to make the situation more complicated with DHCP if you're not going 
> to change the IP of your machine anyway.
>
> My two cents. :)
Hi Jerry,

Thanks for your advice.

I have just tried manually stopping and then restarting the backend 
after the machine has been booted up for a while.

The problems still remained.

Am I right in thinking that this means that the wait-online service wont 
help?


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