[mythtv-users] MythTV on SUSE Leap 15.0

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On Tue, 24 Jul 2018 16:11:16 +0100
Gordon McCrae <gordon.mccrae at gmail.com> wrote:

>I installed last night and had the same mythtv user issue.

I installed on Leap 15.0 from packman and the user was created.

>I've also noticed that rcmythbackend doesn't start the service from
>the command line, I get the error:
>
>rcmythbackend: no such service mythbackend.

I don't believe that will work on Leap 15.

mythbackend startup is now managed by systemd. You can use the YaST
services manager to try to start it. Or use systemd directly.

I have to say that at the moment mythbackend is not starting for me.
I'm seeing errors:

2018-07-24 12:35:24 <3> acer-suse(7430) [bash]
ShellCommand.cc(shellcommand):78 Failed to start mythbackend.service:
Unit mythbackend.service is not loaded properly: Exec format error.

and

Jul 20 15:38:33 acer-suse
systemd[1]: /usr/lib/systemd/system/mythbackend.service:11: Invalid
user/group name or numeric ID: Productivity/Multimedia/Video/Players

I don't understand what they mean but I'd be interested if you see
anything different.

>Did you copy an old rcmythbackend over from a previous version to get
>it to start, or are your starting mythbackend another way?
>
>Cheers
>Gordon
>
>On 16/07/18 11:22, Paul Gardiner wrote:
>> Tried it, and it seems to work fine. I did have to create the mythtv 
>> user by hand, so there may be a small packaging problem; equally
>> that could be something odd about my set up.
>>
>> Hopefully they'll release a ver 29 at some stage.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>     Paul.
>>
>> On 12/07/2018 19:24, Gordon McCrae wrote:  
>>> Aye, noticed that today myself.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately stuck on holiday for another couple of days, so I
>>> can't try it out for a week or so.
>>>
>>> Do let me know if you try it out in the next week.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Gordon
>>>
>>> On Thu, 12 Jul 2018, 19:52 Paul Gardiner, <lists at glidos.net 
>>> <mailto:lists at glidos.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     It's still only 0.28.2, but there's a version out for Leap 15.0
>>> now.
>>>
>>>     On 26/06/2018 03:58, Jeremy D. Eiden wrote:  
>>>      > I also use Opensuse for my backend, and have been since
>>>      > OpenSuse  
>>>     10.1 or  
>>>      > so - and I concur.  Eventually builds do come, but you have
>>>      > to  
>>>     wait for  
>>>      > them.  It works for me because up until they started the
>>>      > "Leap"  
>>>     series,  
>>>      > I found the new OpenSuse OS's unstable for the first 6-8
>>>      > months.
>>>      >
>>>      > However, the Leap series seems much more stable out of the
>>>      > box -  
>>>     and I'm  
>>>      > excited for an update too.
>>>      >
>>>      > My backend is still running Opensuse 42.3 with MythTV .28   
>>> fixes.     Which  
>>>      > is fine because my favorite TV I have running OpenElec, and
>>>      > their  
>>>     MythTV  
>>>      > plugin is only compatible with .28.
>>>      >
>>>      >
>>>      > On 06/25/2018 08:53 AM, Paul Gardiner wrote:  
>>>      >> On 16/06/2018 22:36, Gordon McCrae wrote:  
>>>      >>> Anyone aware of where I can find packages for recent
>>>      >>> MythTV  
>>>     versions  
>>>      >>> for SUSE Leap 15.0?
>>>      >>>
>>>      >>> I normally user Packman, but the latest version there is
>>>      >>> 0.28.2  
>>>     and  
>>>      >>> only goes up to Leap 42.3, no sign of 0.29, or Leap 15.0   
>>> support.  
>>>      >>
>>>      >> I use opensuse too. I have recollections of there on other  
>>>     occasions  
>>>      >> having been a lag between new OS versions and mythtv
>>>      >> packages   
>>> from  
>>>      >> packman. Hopefully, we'll see something in the next month
>>>      >> or so. Please post back here if you do find another
>>>      >> reliable source.
>>>      >>
>>>      >> Cheers,
>>>      >>     Paul.