I believe I am also experiencing this issue. I have observed the same behavior described by the previous posters. I would be happy to provide any information that might assist in troubleshooting this issue to determine the cause.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mythbuntu Bug Team, which is subscribed to mythtv in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/886321 Title: Upstart issue and mythbackend Status in mythtv package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Strange problem with the backend during upstart on Ubuntu oneiric: the syslog tells me that the backend respawns too quickly and thus gives up on trying to start it via upstart. Steps to reproduce: 1) Reboot system 2) Check with 'ps' and the syslog I changed the interface from lo to eth0 in the pre-conditions and also changed .5 to 60 in the script sections but to no avail... ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: mythtv 2:0.24.0+fixes.20110908.1de0431-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Nov 4 20:50:50 2011 Installed_mythtv_dbg: 0.0 PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: mythtv UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-15 (20 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mythtv/+bug/886321/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu-bugs Post to : mythbuntu-bugs@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp