[mythtv-users] Raid1 home prevents mythbackend from starting.

Anthony Giggins seven at seven.dorksville.net
Mon May 23 08:43:28 UTC 2011


On 23 May 2011 16:45, Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk> wrote:

> Douglas Peale wrote:
>
> >... so I had the raid mount at a different location than /home
> >(/media/raid1), created a home directory on it, and made a soft link
> >from /home to the home directory on my mirror (/media/raid1/home).
> >...
> >This seems to work fine, except mythbackend won't start anymore.
> >
> >This is an excerpt from the backend log:
> >2011-05-22 21:58:25.592 mythbackend version: fixes/0.24
> >[v0.24.1-1-g347cd24] www.mythtv.org
> >2011-05-22 21:58:25.594 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> >2011-05-22 21:58:25.595 Using configuration directory =
> /home/mythtv/.mythtv
> >2011-05-22 21:58:25.596 Unable to read configuration file mysql.txt
>
> My guess is that the Myth code isn't following symlinks properly.
> What happens if you change the home location in /etc/passwd to match
> where you have put stuff ?
>
> PS - I think your subject is misleading, I doubt this has anything to
> do with RAID, just a problem in finding a non-standard home directory
> location.
>
> --
> Simon Hobson
>
>
>
I'd be guessing its a permissions issue

paste the output from

ls -al /media/raid1

and

ls -al /media/raid1/home

Cheers,

Anthony
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