Further observation: doesn't seem to be a timing problem / race condition right after system init as this behaviour persists way beyond boot stage, ie. is reproducible all along the way.
What would be of great help to track this down is what exit code 127 from the backend exactly means. Esp. as the backend exits before ANY logging information is produced... Here's what initctl produced when setting the log level to debug: Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.013593] init: mythtv-backend goal changed from stop to start Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.013954] init: mythtv-backend state changed from waiting to starting Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.014288] init: event_new: Pending starting event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.014366] init: Handling starting event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.014588] init: event_finished: Finished starting event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.014634] init: mythtv-backend state changed from starting to pre-start Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.016178] init: mythtv-backend pre-start process (2959) Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.032549] init: mythtv-backend pre-start process (2959) exited normally Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.032769] init: mythtv-backend state changed from pre-start to spawned Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.034070] init: mythtv-backend main process (2965) Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.034206] init: mythtv-backend state changed from spawned to post-start Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.034439] init: mythtv-backend state changed from post-start to running Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.034581] init: event_new: Pending started event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.034692] init: Handling started event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.035086] init: event_finished: Finished started event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc Myth upstart: Tue Jan 3 08:10:58 CET 2012 Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.045415] init: mythtv-backend main process (2965) terminated with status 127 Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.045444] init: mythtv-backend main process ended, respawning Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.045513] init: mythtv-backend state changed from running to stopping Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.045596] init: event_new: Pending stopping event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.045650] init: Handling stopping event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.045719] init: event_finished: Finished stopping event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.045733] init: mythtv-backend state changed from stopping to killed Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.045771] init: mythtv-backend state changed from killed to post-stop Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.045804] init: mythtv-backend state changed from post-stop to starting Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.045840] init: event_new: Pending starting event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.045855] init: Handling starting event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.045908] init: event_finished: Finished starting event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.045921] init: mythtv-backend state changed from starting to pre-start Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.047490] init: mythtv-backend pre-start process (2969) Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.060452] init: mythtv-backend pre-start process (2969) exited normally Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.060551] init: mythtv-backend state changed from pre-start to spawned Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.061526] init: mythtv-backend main process (2975) Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.061713] init: mythtv-backend state changed from spawned to post-start Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.062085] init: mythtv-backend state changed from post-start to running Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.062351] init: event_new: Pending started event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.062427] init: Handling started event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.062797] init: event_finished: Finished started event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc Myth upstart: Tue Jan 3 08:10:58 CET 2012 Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.073113] init: mythtv-backend main process (2975) terminated with status 127 Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.073184] init: mythtv-backend main process ended, respawning Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.073372] init: mythtv-backend state changed from running to stopping Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.073590] init: event_new: Pending stopping event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.073652] init: Handling stopping event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.073835] init: event_finished: Finished stopping event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.073881] init: mythtv-backend state changed from stopping to killed Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.074016] init: mythtv-backend state changed from killed to post-stop Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.074134] init: mythtv-backend state changed from post-stop to starting Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.074259] init: event_new: Pending starting event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.074311] init: Handling starting event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.074495] init: event_finished: Finished starting event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.074540] init: mythtv-backend state changed from starting to pre-start Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.075501] init: mythtv-backend pre-start process (2979) Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.093153] init: mythtv-backend pre-start process (2979) exited normally Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.093353] init: mythtv-backend state changed from pre-start to spawned Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.095702] init: mythtv-backend main process (2985) Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.095868] init: mythtv-backend state changed from spawned to post-start Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.096120] init: mythtv-backend state changed from post-start to running Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.096331] init: event_new: Pending started event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.096414] init: Handling started event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.096782] init: event_finished: Finished started event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc Myth upstart: Tue Jan 3 08:10:58 CET 2012 Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.108234] init: mythtv-backend main process (2985) terminated with status 127 Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.108293] init: mythtv-backend respawning too fast, stopped Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.108624] init: mythtv-backend goal changed from start to stop Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.108741] init: mythtv-backend state changed from running to stopping Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.108874] init: event_new: Pending stopping event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.108938] init: Handling stopping event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.109122] init: event_finished: Finished stopping event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.109167] init: mythtv-backend state changed from stopping to killed Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.109280] init: mythtv-backend state changed from killed to post-stop Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.109391] init: mythtv-backend state changed from post-stop to waiting Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.109528] init: event_new: Pending stopped event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.109592] init: job_change_state: Destroyed inactive instance mythtv-backend Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.109753] init: Handling stopped event Jan 3 08:10:58 htpc kernel: [ 1443.109918] 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