[mythtvnz] Backend fails to start

[Stephen Worthington]

On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:54:05 +1200, you wrote:

>On Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:27:01 +1200, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Paulgir <paulgir at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It should still log an entry stating why it failed to start, it makes
>>>> me think it's not even getting past the start of the upstart script.
>>>>
>>>> As a further kludgy suggestion, how about adding
>>>>
>>>>  service mythtv-backend start
>>>>
>>>> to the end of /etc/rc.local, which gets executed near the end of the
>>>> startup processes. Place it ABOVE the exit 0 line.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> This last suggestion has the BE starting on boot.
>>>
>>> Hopefully when 12.04 is released I can upgrade and it may sort itself.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Thanks for the assistance
>>
>>
>> No problems, glad it is (sort of) working :)
>>
>
>A suggestion on my forum thread has fixed the problem:
>
>In mythtv-backend.conf ,change IFACE!=lo to IFACE=lo
>
>i.e.
>
>start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up IFACE=lo and started  
>udev-finish)
>stop on runlevel [016]
>
>I changed this in my original mythtv-backend.conf the new  
>mythtv-backend.conf
>in the Upstart wiki were not required.
>
>Cheers
>
>Paul

That should mean that your MythTV box does not have a network
connection (no ethernet or WiFi) - is that correct?