[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu experiences?

scram69 scram69 at gmail.com
Sat Aug 30 22:27:21 UTC 2008


On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 11:34 AM, James Oltman <cnlibmyth at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm having issues with MythBuntu right now.  The MCC (MythTV Control Centre)
> is supposed to stop MythBackend before starting MCC.  It never does that
> correctly.  It seems to be trying to stop the service /usr/bin/mythbackend
> when the correct path is /etc/initd/mythtv-backend.  I'm also having
> difficulty with the storage directories.  I have the correct perms on the
> directories (cuz I can record things) but MythTV-Setup is saying that it
> can't write to those folders.  But, MythBuntu is awesome in that it
> recognized my PVR-x50 devices, and my HDHR without problems.  I had to setup
> a DHCP server on my secondary NIC, but that was trivial.  It was also very
> easy to setup a frontend with my MCE remote.  All in all, it's a good OS.
> Just needs a few more tweaks to make it perfect.
>
> Jim

Can I ask about your DHCP server?  Are you using dhcp3-server with the
HDHR on your second NIC?  If so, are you having problems on reboot,
with the HDHR not receiving an address by the time mythbackend starts?

Thanks-


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