[mythtv-users] mythfilldatabase still runs after I have disabled it

[Michael T. Dean]

On 01/03/2009 05:33 PM, Paul D. Cnudde wrote:
> I have disabled the option to run mythfilldatabase automatically in 
> MythTV under Settings | General but it continues to run at 6:28 am every 
> morning.  I have checked the settings table in mythconverg and the 
> MythFillEnabled value is '0'.  I have also examined crontab for every 
> user on the system and there is no reference to it anywhere.  Can 
> someone shed some light as to why it might be running?
> Running Debian etch, combination FE/BE installed using the  Marillat 
> packages.

If it's running at exactly 6:28 am, it's likely not MythTV that's 
running it.

 From your domain name, I'm guessing you're in an area that uses 
Schedules Direct.  If so, enable:

Run mythfilldatabase at time suggested by the grabber.
This setting allows a DataDirect guide data provider to specify the next 
download time in order to distribute load on their servers. If this 
setting is enabled, mythfilldatabase Execution Start/End times are ignored.

(or ensure it's already enabled), and if it continues to run at 6:28, 
it's not Myth that's doing it.

If you're not in an area that uses Schedules Direct, it's definitely not 
MythTV that's running it (as there's code that adds a "random" amount of 
delay in the running of mfdb to prevent all users from running HTML 
scrapers at the top of the hour).

I'd guess that even though it's not in a cron tab, some package put it 
in some script or put some script in cron.daily (or whatever) that runs it.

Mike