[mythtv-users] How to enable frontend and backend logs for Arch?

[david brooke]

On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Frank Phillips <frankalso at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 3:24 PM, david brooke <david2012brooke at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 4:19 PM, Frank Phillips <frankalso at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 2:55 PM, david brooke <david2012brooke at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have just recently installed Manjaro on both a frontend and backend
>>>> but there are no logs for either. I have been a long time Ubuntu / Debian
>>>> user so the change is interesting since not only am i trying to learn a new
>>>> distro but also systemd. Any help would be appreciated.
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>> The backend logs are in /var/log/mythtv.
>>>
>>
>> I don't have anything in that directory. That was the first place I
>> checked.
>>
>>
> If you want help you will have to provide details about what you've done.
> Is mythbackend running, how was it started, where was it installed from?
> The Archlinux package installs the necessary files, but you will have to
> follow the wiki to get the database setup, run mythtv-setup and configure
> your tuners, etc and enable and start the daemon. If the log directory is
> empty it's because mythbackend has never run. See for yourself:
> https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/tree/trunk/mythbackend.service?h=packages/mythtv
>
> Once you have done the above, you can use systemctl
> status/stop/start/restart mythbackend.
>
> I have posted my record of what I did to install mythtv here:

https://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=12218.0

Currently Mythtv seems to be running OK except for the user issue that
documented in the above post. I use it daily on multiple frontends,
recording TV shows, viewing videos, etc.... Let me know if you need more
info.
Thanks
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