[mythtv-users] v30 built from source mythfrontend error

[James Abernathy]

On 2/8/19 1:40 PM, Bill Meek wrote:
> On 2/8/19 7:13 AM, Jim Abernathy wrote:
>>
>> On 2/8/19 1:29 AM, Bill Meek wrote:
>>> On 2/7/19 9:14 PM, Jim Abernathy wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 2/7/19 9:49 PM, Bill Meek wrote:
>>>>> On 2/7/19 5:11 PM, Jim Abernathy wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2/7/19 5:06 PM, Bill Meek wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2/7/19 12:45 PM, James Abernathy wrote:
>>>>>>>> mythfrontend with -v file:debug
>>>>>>>> yielded:
>>>>>>>> 2019-02-07 13:38:52.626013 I  RemoteFile::Exists(): looking for 
>>>>>>>> remote file: 
>>>>>>>> myth://Temp@jim-build/mythtv_video_test_HD_19000Kbps_H264.mkv
>>>>>>>> 2019-02-07 13:38:52.631526 E  downloadRemoteFile(): 
>>>>>>>> DOWNLOAD_FILE returned ERROR!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Temp storage group is built-in and its location is 
>>>>>>> calculated at
>>>>>>> run time. [That's the 'Temp' between the // and @ above.]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It is in your <configuration directory>/tmp (perhaps 
>>>>>>> $HOME/.mythtv/tmp.)
>>>>>>> That can be changed if $MYTHCONFDIR is set.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> See if that exists and can be read/written by anyone trying to 
>>>>>>> access it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> it exist and I changed it's permissions to 777
>>>>>>
>>>>>> jim at jim-build:~$ ls -l .mythtv
>>>>>>
>>>>>> drwxr-xr-x 2 jim jim 4096 Feb  6 10:42 3rdParty
>>>>>> drwxr-xr-x 7 jim jim 4096 Feb  7 18:08 cache
>>>>>> drwxr-xr-x 2 jim jim 4096 Feb  6 10:42 channels
>>>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 jim jim  627 Feb  7 09:17 config.xml
>>>>>> drwxr-xr-x 2 jim jim 4096 Feb  6 10:43 HardwareProfile
>>>>>> drwxr-xr-x 2 jim jim 4096 Feb  6 10:42 MythBrowser
>>>>>> drwxr-xr-x 3 jim jim 4096 Feb  7 09:35 themes
>>>>>> drwxrwxrwx 3 jim jim 4096 Feb  7 09:35 tmp
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But the problem still exist.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Actually tried it myself. The file is downloaded to the backend.
>>>>> ~mythtv/.mythtv/tmp/mythtv_video_test_HD_19000Kbps_H264.mkv is
>>>>> where mine went.
>>>>>
>>>>> The user is mythtv.
>>>>
>>>> I check my production backend and the videos were in 
>>>> /home/mythtv/.mythtv/tmp.
>>>>
>>>> on my test system built from source both /home/mythtv/.mythtv/tmp 
>>>> and /home/jim/.mythtv/tmp have a 777 permission. Even when I copy 
>>>> the test video files to the .mythtv/tmp/ directory the frontend 
>>>> test options still locks up
>>>
>>> Hmmm, these are the built-in storage groups. I'd expect other failures.
>>> A full log would be nice (in a pastebin, not here):
>>>
>>>     m_builtinGroups["ChannelIcons"] = GetConfDir() + "/channels";
>>>     m_builtinGroups["Themes"] = GetConfDir() + "/themes";
>>>     m_builtinGroups["Temp"] = GetConfDir() + "/tmp";
>>>     m_builtinGroups["Streaming"] = GetConfDir() + "/tmp/hls";
>>>     m_builtinGroups["3rdParty"] = GetConfDir() + "/3rdParty";
>>>
>>> Looking for a line with this in it:
>>>
>>>     SG() Error: Could not create builtin...
>>
>> I ran mythfrontend and tried the test video and captured the complete 
>> console log at:
>>
>> https://pastebin.com/Z0pjqgxh
>
> Good log, thanks. Do you have any storage groups built?
>
> Was expecting, at least, this:
>
>     SG(Temp): FindFile: Searching for 
> '/mythtv_video_test_HD_19000Kbps_H264.mkv'
>
>
>
Since this is a test system, I only defined the Default Group as 
"/home/jim/recordings".  It must work because I can schedule recordings 
and have them show up in that directory.

Jim A