[mythtv-users] Is anybody else getting 500 errors from DataDirect?

[Mark J. Small]

On November 19, 2005 02:14 am, Scott Alfter wrote:
> I thought I had some database corruption going on (the frontend was hanging
> when I asked it to delete some shows), so I figured I'd try rebuilding some
> of the data.
>
> I went into mythtv-setup and told it to wipe out the channel lineups.  When
> I went to retrieve them, though, I ended up getting nowhere:
>
> 2005-11-18 21:36:22.707 Fetching lineups from DataDirect service...
> --21:36:22--
> http://datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com/tvlistings/xtvdService => `-'
> Resolving datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com... 206.18.98.160
> Connecting to datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com[206.18.98.160]:80...
> connected. POST data file missing: /tmp/mythpostVdgDsX
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 401 Unauthorized
> Connecting to datadirect.webservices.zap2it.com[206.18.98.160]:80...
> connected. POST data file missing: /tmp/mythpostVdgDsX
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 500 Internal Server Error
> 21:36:23 ERROR 500: Internal Server Error.
>
> The 401 error is a normal byproduct of the authentication method DataDirect
> uses, but the 500 error is abnormal.  Is anyone else running into this
> problem? Without the ability to download channel lineups, my MythTV box is
> dead in the water (yeah, I should've backed up the database, but I didn't
> figure I'd run into this problem).
>

The only time I get 500 messages is when I let my subscription expire. (oops).  
When is yours up?

Mark