[mythtv-users] Myth Database Fill not running
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Wed Jun 7 23:53:25 UTC 2006
On 06/07/2006 12:03 AM, Chris Henderson wrote:
> On 6/7/06, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > On 06/06/2006 05:39 PM, Nick wrote:
> >
> >> On 06/06/06, cossaboon.mythtv at mac.com <cossaboon.mythtv at mac.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> When I run mythfilldatabase from a console, it runs fine and
> >>> populates the database, but it is not running automatically?
> >>>
> >>> Any ideas where I would look to fix this?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> Have you enabled the "Run mythfilldatabase automatically" option
> >> in setup (Frontend setup -> General)?
> >>
> >
> > If so, make sure you also specify a log file for mythfilldatabase,
> > so you can see the error that's occuring...
>
> Also you might want to check the permissions. Are you running
> mythfilldatabase form a root shell (#) or a user shell ($)
> Mythfilldatabase will allways (well almost allways) work from a
> ROOT# prompt.
>
Oh, and the most common cause--which I didn't think to mention
yesterday--make sure you have the directory containing mythfilldatabase
in your PATH or put the full path to mythfilldatabase in the option:
mythfilldatabase Path
Path (including executable) of the mythfilldatabase program.
Mike
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