Thanks.. but no cigar.. Tried that, rebooted and still has problems.
I created a symlink to /root/.mythtv in // and it still does the same thing. When I run 'service mythbackend status' it returns "mytbackend (pid 3647) is running...' and returns me to the command prompt. > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Discussion about mythtv > <mythtv-users@mythtv.org> > Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 19:27:59 -0700 > To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users@mythtv.org> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually > from a console > > I've had something similar happen. When you run it as a service, is > your mythbackend service still running? When I run 'service > mythbackend status', I usually get a 'pid file exists, but mythbackend > is dead' message. When that happens, I find out it's because > mythbackend is looking for its settings in //.mythtv/ instead of > /root/.mythtv. I created a symlink called /.mythtv/ that points to > /root/.mythtv and that seems to solve the problem for me. > > On 6/22/05, Michael Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm pretty new to this whole thing so be gentle with me ;) >> >> >> Just finished putting together a MythTV/Fedora3 box with Jarod Wilson's >> instructions. >> >> Everything works well except if I run mythbackend as a service watching live >> tv doesn't work. >> >> If I open a console window as root and run it manually: >> >> #mythbackend & >> >> everything works. If I run it as a service and start live tv, the live tv >> screen shows up runs for about 1-2 sec and then freezes, the system then >> waits about 60sec and then returns to the main menu by itself. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> I'm almost sure it's a permission thing.. but don't where. >> >> Thanks >> >> - Michael >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> mythtv-users mailing list >> mythtv-users@mythtv.org >> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users >> >> >> > > > -- > Kane Tse > http://tse.dyndns.org/~ktse > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users >
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