[mythtv-users] Suse Slave Startup issue

[Graham Smith]

On Fri, 8 Feb 2008, Jon wrote:
> Okay, just installed OpenSUSE 10.3, and installed myth 0.21.2 using
> YaST. I got it all configured as a slave, and everything seems to be
> working, but I can't seem to configure it to startup the backend at
> boot time.
>
> I can manually start the service by running:
>  >sudo /sbin/service mythbackend start
>
> and I've ran (as root)
>
> #chkconfig mythbackend 35

Incorrect - please use insserv
>
> which apparently is the syntax that SUSE likes (according to the man)
> When I do chconfig -l, it shows me that it should start on levels 3
> and 5. I've also tried 345 to no avail.
>
> mythslave1:~ # chkconfig -l mythbackend
> mythbackend               0:off  1:off  2:off  3:on   4:off  5:on
> 6:off
>
> It appears to me that this should startup at boot time, but it is
> not. What might I be missing?
>

You have basically 3 options to get mythbackend running at bootup.

a) use the command  'insserv mythbackend'
	See 'man insserv' for more details

b) use Yast --> System --> System Services 
	I normally use "Expert Mode" 

c) Use inittab instead - this ensures the backend restarts after it crashes

	edit /etc/inittab and add in the following lines at the end of the file

# Mythbackend
my:345:respawn:/usr/bin/mythbackend --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log

You need to use the command 'telinit q' to get init to re-examine 
the /etc/inittab file after modifying it.



-- 
Regards,

Graham Smith