Comment 3 for bug 194085

ullix wrote:
> Mario, if this is a permission problem and mythbackend.log is telling me
> about it, it is pretty well disguised. I am attaching the log (with
> comments in the file).
>
> I can't see it, what does it say about permissions? Any advice where to
> look?
>
> If there are permission problems, isn't it strange that they are NOT a
> problem when I start mythbackend as a regular user (one who is in the
> mythtv group) but not when I start it as a demon, where - I would think
> - the program is started as the user mythtv?
>
> ** Attachment added: "mythbackend.log.with_comments"
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12156047/mythbackend.log.with_comments
>
Only difference I see is the EIT data scan when run as a user. Check that the
"mythtv" user is a member of whatever group that device is, and that the mythtv
user (not necessarily group) can write to your recordings location. I dont see
the tell tale signs in that log of a permissions problem, but the symptoms fit it.

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Mario Limonciello
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