[mythtv-users] Two lingering issues with 0.20 and/or Ubuntu
Glyn Davies
agdavies at gmail.com
Thu Nov 9 19:37:37 UTC 2006
Probably a silly question, but have you got an appropriate soft link
in /etc/rc3.d and/or /etc/rc5.d?
Something like...
$ ls -l /etc/rc3.d/S99mythtv
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jul 2 2005 /etc/rc3.d/S99mythtv -> ../init.d/mythtv*
(I'm no Ubuntu user, so my apologies if these dirs don't apply on that distro.)
On 09/11/06, Mario Limonciello <mario.mailing at gmail.com> wrote:
> Michael,
>
> I think I mis-interpreted your first post. The backend will run from the
> init script if you run it by sudo like this right?:
>
> > sudo /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend start
> >
>
> If so, then we need to investigate why it won't run from startup init
> scripts by default. (You have a different startup problem then what i've
> noticed on the forums)
>
> For controlling /dev/ttyS0,
> add mythtv to the "dialout" group. I will notate this to be added to the
> guide under serial control. I'll also try to remember that feisty packages
> should do this by default.
>
> About ivtv control, myth is able to control the devices after these two
> commands, correct? If so, then try adding to /etc/default/mythtv-backend
> some verbosity switches (probably video related switches) and starting the
> backend to see if it tells you when it tries to set the channel and input.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Mario
>
>
> On 11/9/06, Michael Tiller <michael.tiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Mario,
> >
> > Thanks for the response. I did not use mythtv as my first user. In
> fact, I used your guide (which I think is quite good) which is how I knew
> not to do this. :-)
> >
> > Note that I have no trouble starting it manually (via sudo). I have
> added three lines which I've highlighted in red. When I get home I'll try
> taking them out and see if they make a difference but if the script is run
> as root I can't see why it would make a difference.
> >
> > I dont know what the lines:
> >
> > # Default-Start: 24
> > # Default-Stop: S
> > ...mean but I'm assuming they are fine as configured.
> >
> > Note that everything in red is a hack so I'm working on trying to
> eliminate the need for them. I know that somehow udev is responsible for
> the permissions on ttyS0 but I have yet to figure out how to specify a rule
> so it gets the permissions right. The other two things Myth should do for
> me but does not seem to?!?
> >
> > Thanks for any ideas.
> >
> > --
> > Mike
> >
> > #! /bin/sh
> > ### BEGIN INIT INFO
> > # Provides: mythtv-backend
> > # Required-Start: $local_fs
> > # Required-Stop: $local_fs
> > # Default-Start: 24
> > # Default-Stop: S
> > # Short-Description: Start/Stop the MythTV server.
> > ### END INIT INFO
> >
> >
> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
> > DAEMON=/usr/bin/mythbackend
> > NAME="mythbackend"
> > DESC="MythTV server"
> >
> > # Add this to make sure we can
> > # change channels
> > chmod a+rw /dev/ttyS0
> >
> > test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
> >
> > set -e
> >
> > USER=mythtv
> > RUNDIR=/var/run/mythtv
> > ARGS="--daemon --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log --pidfile
> $RUNDIR/$NAME
> > .pid"
> > EXTRA_ARGS=""
> > NICE=0
> >
> > if [ -f /etc/default/mythtv-backend ]; then
> > . /etc/default/mythtv-backend
> > fi
> >
> > ARGS="$ARGS $EXTRA_ARGS"
> >
> > mkdir -p $RUNDIR
> > chown -R $USER $RUNDIR
> >
> >
> > case "$1" in
> > start)
> > if test -e $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid ; then
> > echo "mythbackend already running, use restart instead."
> > else
> > echo -n "Starting $DESC: $NAME"
> > ivtvctl --set-input 0
> > ivtv-tune -c 3
> > start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $RUNDIR/$NAME.pid \
> > --chuid $USER --nicelevel $NICE --exec $DAEMON --
> $ARGS
> > echo "."
> > fi
> > ;;
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 11/9/06, Mario Limonciello < mario.mailing at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Mike,
> > >
> > > Recently, I have seen a few posts similar that people can't get the
> backend to launch from myth init scripts in Ubuntu. I'm trying to find
> something common between them but have yet to. I personally have 2 ubuntu
> backends, and haven't come up with any problems with either init script.
> > >
> > > By some weird chance, when you did your ubuntu install - your "first"
> user - did you use mythtv? Your not supposed to as this user is created
> when you install myth and is used for myth. If that is what you did, then
> I've got some ideas what we can do.
> > >
> > > If this isn't what you did, then we need to walk through the init script
> and find where the trouble is. What guide did you follow for installation?
> Did you follow a guide?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Mario
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 11/9/06, Michael Tiller <michael.tiller at gmail.com > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I've nearly got my new Ubuntu based MythTV 0.20 system into a robust
> state. I've just got two little things left that I'm having trouble with
> and hopefully somebody here can point me to a solution.
> > > >
> > > > The first issue is that when I reboot, it does not start the backend.
> There is a script in /etc/init.d called "mythtv-backend" that was installed
> when I installed MythTV from the repositories. However, it does not appear
> to get run?!? If I remove /var/log/mythbackend.log and then touch it and
> chown it to get it to a "0 size" state and then reboot it remains empty.
> Any idea what is going on there? Is there anything I have to do to (apart
> from putting the file in /etc/init.d) that I have to do to get the system to
> invoke it (I know how this is done in FC but I'm fairly new to Ubuntu,
> sorry).
> > > >
> > > > As a side note, is this script run as root? I assume so. I ask
> because I need to do a few things as root inside this script to get the
> system properly set up.
> > > >
> > > > Actually that leads to another question...I'm having to run ivtvctl
> and ivtv-tune in /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend. This is because even though I
> have specified to use the tuner input and what the tuner channel should be
> set to, the backend doesn't seem to apply these properly. Any ideas on what
> might be going on?
> > > >
> > > > The last issue is that, once I get the backend up and running, the
> first time I go to "WatchTV" it just comes back to the menu after showing a
> blank screen for a few seconds. The second time I go to watch TV, it works
> (and from then on). Any ideas? I suspect a similar thing might happen for
> the first attempted recording (if nobody has watched TV) which could cause
> me to miss recordings.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any pointers.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Mike
> > > >
> > > >
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