[mythtv-users] Supplying arguments to backend command line

[Bill Meek]

On 08/27/2018 04:59 PM, George Bingham wrote:
> I am running Ubuntu 16.04 and MythTV fixes/0.28 (frontend says
> v0.28.2-5-gae037d0).
> 
> I see in the systemd backend launch file the following two lines:
> 
> EnvironmentFile=-/etc/mythtv/additional.args

You've got it. The leading - before the file name lets systemd continue
even if the file doesn't exist.

Create it. Owner & group don't matter, as long as user mythtv can read
it. Mine are mythtv:mythtv and 0644. Could probably be <yourself>:mythtv
and 0664, but I haven't tried it. Would save you typing sudo...

Here's a line from one:

ADDITIONAL_ARGS="-v system:debug,jobqueue"

Lines can be commented out with a leading # too.

-- 
Bill