[mythtvnz] Mythbackend breaks after upgrade

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>

sorry that's not even quite right, as backend doesn't start as root,
but as user mythtv.

avoiding the upstart script seemed to be a remedy i remember seeing somewhere...