This gets even stranger. After instrumentation, the .conf file looks like this (just to be on the safe side...):
# MythTV Backend service description "MythTV Backend" author "Mario Limonciello <[email protected]>" start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up IFACE!=lo and started udev-finish) stop on runlevel [016] #expect fork respawn respawn limit 2 3600 pre-start script logger -t "Myth upstart: before mysqld" [ -x /usr/sbin/mysqld ] || exit 0 logger -t "Myth upstart: after mysqld" for i in `seq 1 30` ; do logger -t "Myth upstart: i=$i" /usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf ping && exit 0 sleep .5 done end script script test -f /etc/default/locale && . /etc/default/locale || true logger -t "Myth upstart" `date` LANG=$LANG /usr/bin/mythbackend --logfile /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log --user mythtv end script The only output in the syslog is like this after a reboot: Dec 25 13:22:25 htpc Myth upstart: Sun Dec 25 13:22:25 CET 2011 Dec 25 13:22:29 htpc Myth upstart: Sun Dec 25 13:22:29 CET 2011 Dec 25 13:22:29 htpc Myth upstart: Sun Dec 25 13:22:29 CET 2011 upstart respawns the job as defined in the stanza, but the pre-start script apparently is never executed and the backend just exits without logging anything. Could this be an upstart bug?!? -- 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: Incomplete 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 : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
