[mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend
manually from a console
Michael Jones
m_g_j at michaelandholly.com
Fri Jun 24 17:18:42 UTC 2005
Open Terminal
su
/etc/init.d/mythbackend stop
/etc/init.d/mythbackend start
which mythbackend
returns:
/usr/bin/mythbackend (same as in the script)
I've hunted through the logs and no errors are being generated.
> open a terminal type
> su -
>
> su terminals suck ;-p
>
> then try it again.
I figured they were identical...
>> Ok.. We may be getting somewhere?
>>
>> Rebooted so everything was fresh..
>>
>> At a su terminal window (gave me permission errors if I did it as a non su
>> user):
>>
>> /etc/init.d/mythbackend stop
>> /etc/init.d/mythbackend start
>>
>> Closed the terminal window
>>
>> Start the mythfrontend from the pulldown menu in KDE
>>
>> Watch tv..
>>
>> It works.
>>
>> whereis mythbackend returns the same path as listed in the
>> /etc/init.d/mythbackend script.
>>
>> So what does this mean?
>>
>>
> sorry barking up the wrong tree. try
>
> which mythbackend
>
> that will tell you the path that mythbackend resides in, it sould be
> something like /usr/local/bin/mythbackend
> I don't use the gui to start and stop services.
> the other thing is if mythbackend is generating an error you might
> have a log if you have not modified the
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