On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Grant Edwards wrote:
> I've got a MythTv backend set up that's working great except
> for one thing: mythfilldatabase isn't getting run every day.
>
> If I run it manually, it works fine. The schedule database gets
> filled, and the system status page on MythWeb shows that it was
> run and that it's scheduled to run again the next day.
>
> But, unless I run it manually, it never runs.
>
> I've grepped through the backend log for "fill" and found
> nothing.
>
> I thought that the backend would run mythfilldatabase (I swear
> that's how it always worked on my KnoppMyth boxes), but it
> doesn't seem to be the case.
>
> Are you supposed to set up a cron job to run mythfilldatabase?
>
> --
> Grant
Unless something has changed you shouldn't *have* to set up a cron job
although I know on the myth lists people have discussed doing this.
mythfilldatabase has been hit and miss, mostly hit but at odd times
miss, for me also.
- Mark
