I spoke to early, the mythtv backend looked like it had started (it was visible in a ps -Af) but it wasn't usable. I also had to do a 'sudo chown mythtv /var/log/mythtv', after doing this log files are created but have minimal contents there was no logging and event after this there is minimal content that generally looks like
2015-10-27 19:22:46.652295 C [1563/1563] thread_unknown mythcommandlineparser.cpp:2595 (ConfigureLogging) - mythbackend version: fixes/0.27 [v0.27.5-35-ga4de67f] www.mythtv.org 2015-10-27 19:22:46.652314 C [1563/1563] thread_unknown mythcommandlineparser.cpp:2597 (ConfigureLogging) - Qt version: compile: 4.8.6, runtime: 4.8.6 2015-10-27 19:22:46.652319 N [1563/1563] thread_unknown mythcommandlineparser.cpp:2599 (ConfigureLogging) - Enabled verbose msgs: general 2015-10-27 19:22:46.693098 C [1563/1563] CoreContext main.cpp:129 (main) - Failed to init MythContext. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mythbuntu Bug Team, which is subscribed to mythtv in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1442773 Title: PPA for Ubuntu 15.04 missing systemd integration Status in Mythbuntu: New Status in mythtv package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: There are two issues: 1. The PPA package for ubuntu mythtv package for 15.04 does not appear to have the systemd integration that I guess was fixed in the non-ppa version: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mythtv/+bug/1408651 I see no mythtv-backend.service on my system. So, I had to manually create one. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+bug/1442773/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu-bugs Post to : mythbuntu-bugs@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
