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jrockinl
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Mythbackend not running properly after nightly listings grab

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Using Ubuntu 20.4.

My system no longer schedules recording after performing the nightly schedule download. I think it is a permission problem most likely when it restarts the backend, I am not experienced enough to track these type of things down.

Each morning using MythWeb I examine:
Upcoming Recordings - empty list
Recording Schedules - non-empty
Listings - very colorful, not empty

Eventually I found entering a command terminal and executing "systemctl restart mythtv-backend" will lead to "Upcoming Recordings" being filled in properly. I have run that command with sudo previously and things work fine and that works fine too but I thought I would see if it works without sudo in case that is what made it work. When running the systemctl command without sudo it still worked but I was prompted:
==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.systemd1.manage-units ===
Authentication is required to restart 'mythtv-backend.service'.
Authenticating as: j-root,,, (j-root)
Password:

in case it helps
> groups j-root (my admin acct)
j-root : j-root adm cdrom sudo dip plugdev lpadmin lxd sambashare mythtv
> groups mythtv
mythtv : mythtv dialout cdrom audio video

Thanks in advance for any help and ideas!
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Re: Mythbackend not running properly after nightly listings grab

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There has been a similar issue in the past.
Please post the MythTV version you are using.
In a terminal, type

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mythbackend --version

If you have not updated to the latest v31 MythTV version, install the ppa, see
viewtopic.php?f=36&t=4453&start=60#p22115
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Re: Mythbackend not running properly after nightly listings grab

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Please attach all output as a file in bug reports.
MythTV Version : v31.0-v31.0
MythTV Branch : fixes/31
Network Protocol : 91
Library API : 31.20200101-1
QT Version : 5.12.5
Options compiled in:
linux profile use_hidesyms using_alsa using_oss using_pulse using_pulseoutput using_backend using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python using_bindings_php using_dvb using_firewire using_frontend using_hdhomerun using_vbox using_ceton using_hdpvr using_ivtv using_joystick_menu using_libcec using_libcrypto using_libdns_sd using_libfftw3 using_libxml2 using_lirc using_mheg using_opengl using_egl using_qtwebkit using_qtscript using_qtdbus using_taglib using_v4l2 using_x11 using_libbluray_external using_xrandr using_profiletype using_systemd_notify using_systemd_journal using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python using_bindings_php using_freetype2 using_mythtranscode using_opengl using_egl using_vaapi using_nvdec using_vdpau using_ffmpeg_threads using_mheg using_libass using_libxml2 using_libmp3lame
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Re: Mythbackend not running properly after nightly listings grab

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Any new thoughts here?
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Re: Mythbackend not running properly after nightly listings grab

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That does not appear to be the latest. I would add the Mythbuntu PPA. Recently, running mythbackend --version output:

mythbackend --version
Please attach all output as a file in bug reports.
MythTV Version : v31.0+fixes.202108081239.5da2523154~ubuntu20.04.1
MythTV Branch : fixes/31
Network Protocol : 91
Library API : 31.20200101-1
QT Version : 5.12.8
Options compiled in:
linux profile use_hidesyms using_alsa using_oss using_pulse using_pulseoutput using_backend using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python using_bindings_php using_dvb using_firewire using_frontend using_hdhomerun using_vbox using_ceton using_hdpvr using_ivtv using_joystick_menu using_libcec using_libcrypto using_gnutls using_libdns_sd using_libfftw3 using_libxml2 using_lirc using_mheg using_opengl using_egl using_qtwebkit using_qtscript using_qtdbus using_taglib using_v4l2 using_x11 using_libbluray_external using_xrandr using_profiletype using_systemd_notify using_systemd_journal using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python using_bindings_php using_freetype2 using_mythtranscode using_opengl using_egl using_vaapi using_nvdec using_vdpau using_ffmpeg_threads using_mheg using_libass using_libxml2 using_libmp3lame
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