[mythtvnz] Mythbackend breaks after upgrade

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Graeme Woollett <g.woollett at irl.cri.nz> wrote:
> On 24/05/10 09:02, Solor Vox wrote:
>> I assume you've tried to verify that the user has a good $HOME set?
>> Running as that user, run "echo $HOME"
>>
>> If not, check that /etc/passwd has the correct directory and it's
>> permissions/ownership is valid for that user.
>>
>> sV
>>
> As mythtv - echo $HOME gives /home/mythtv
> logging in as mythtv and running mythbackend from the command prompt
> works fine, but starting it at boot up or using
> /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend fails.
>
> Thanks

this is dealt with in the mythtvusers mailing list, search recent
archives, sorry I can't remember the subject line of the thread or I
would give you a link...

Something to do with backend being started by root, and looking in
/.mythtv/ rather than /root/.mythtv