Nothing in the logs that I can find as a failure (or that looks like one) I looked in:
/var/log/messages /var/log/boot.log /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log > From: Mickey Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Discussion about mythtv > <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 20:42:05 -0500 (CDT) > To: Discussion about mythtv <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] TV won't play unless you run mythbackend manually > from a console > > <quote who="Michael Jones"> >> 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 hadn't thought about it with this difference, but it has been noted > before that sometimes you have to let a program record before you can > watch live tv. I wouldn't think that starting it either as a service or > from the console should make a difference there, but your description of > 1-2 sec viewing followed by freezing and a return to the menu sounds > awfully familiar. > > When you start it as a service, are you creating a log file that might > tell you what error is there? > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users >
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