[mythtv-users] Intermittent MythTV failure
David Watkins
watkinshome at gmail.com
Wed Sep 12 13:25:28 UTC 2007
> The last time I looked at the backend log, I did it by quickly loading
> it into gedit as soon as I came out of Myth so that I could cut and
> paste the info. Is that the best way to do it?
for cutting and pasting that sounds fine.
and ...
tail -f /path/logfilename
is usefull for watching the log in real time
>
> Also, could I be cheeky and save myself a search by asking you for the
> best way to back up my database?
<sigh>
adapted from http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Backup_your_database
mysqldump -u mythtv -p --extended-insert --databases mythconverg > database.bak
Password: mythtv
that's assuming you're using the default database username and
password. Run it as your mythtv user.
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