In Mythtv-setup, the two cards in the system can't be opened unless I run the setup as root. All my reading leads me to believe that this is a permission problem.
I'm running a new install on Ubuntu 16.04 and mythtv .28
The user 'server' is the main login for the system.
The error I'm getting supposedly traces back to permissions on the dvb cards. I've tried changing the owners to get around this problem (root root owned the dvb cards initially). If I type
ls -l /dev/dvb/adapter?/* I get back
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crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 0 May 10 17:42 /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 1 May 10 17:42 /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0
crw-rw-rw-+ 1 root video 212, 3 May 10 17:42 /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 2 May 10 17:42 /dev/dvb/adapter0/net0
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 5 May 10 17:42 /dev/dvb/adapter1/demux0
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 6 May 10 17:42 /dev/dvb/adapter1/dvr0
crw-rw-rw-+ 1 root video 212, 4 May 10 17:42 /dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 7 May 10 17:42 /dev/dvb/adapter1/net0
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server@Server:~$ grep video /etc/group
video:x:44:mythtv,root,server
To some extent, I wouldn't mind elevating mythbackend to root status if it gets around this problem - I'm just not sure how to run it that way on startup.
As an addendum, can I add the ppa AFTER I've installed the mythtv's backend (ie now)? Perhaps this might fix my issues or help fix. I crashed right and left if I installed it first.
Any fixes to this problem?
Thanks all.