When mythtv (Knoppmyth R5A22) runs mythfilldatabse it fails with error 512 but it runs fine when logged into the console as the user mythtv. Reading the log (see copy below) , it seems to be looking for the config file in //.mythtv/au.xmltv . I don't understand the double slash at the start, but could it be looking in the root, not in the user's home (where this file exists)?


2005-11-07 16:34:13.646 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2005-11-07 16:34:13.707 New DB connection, total: 1
2005-11-07 16:34:13.740 mythfilldatabase: Listings Download Started
2005-11-07 16:34:13.742 New DB connection, total: 2
2005-11-07 16:34:13.747 New DB connection, total: 3
tv_grab_au - (version 0.6 - release 2004-07-19)

config file //.mythtv/au.xmltv does not exist, run me with --configure
Error in 3:1: unexpected end of file
2005-11-07 16:34:15.202 New DB connection, total: 4
Failed to fetch some program info
2005-11-07 16:34:15.404 mythfilldatabase: Failed to fetch some program info

Hi,

I had the same problem with the french grabber. You have to set the Home environment variable in the startup script for mythtv. If you don't find out how to do it, I'll post more details as soon as I'm home tonight,

Would be great if that could be fixed for the next release.

greetins
jangli

Great. So the double slashes should have the missing environment variable between them.

Now, I found the script in /etc/rc5.d that starts and stops mythbackend. Is that the one? If so, do I just add a line like

Home=/home/mythtv

to it? Is it a capital 'H' on home?

Hi,

in
/etc/init.d/mythtv-backend

I added the following line
HOME=/home/mythtv

directly after
DESC="MythTV server"

Please tell me if this also works for you.

greetins
jangli

I have added the line, will let you know after it tries next. Thanks for the tip.

Yep, it works (after I remembered to restart the backend ) Thank you for the help.