Well darn, I guess I just needed to re-rtfm. ;)
Here are the steps I took to get the mythbackend loading at startup (afer re-re-reading the dev docs at: http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/gordonr/devguide/html/x2105.htm
"Starting up programs automatically upon system boot"). Please sound any alarms if I'm doing something really bad.
1. Create the modprobe.conf file posted by slords (edited for the second tuner on my pvr-500):
[code]
{
foreach my $line
(
"alias char-major-81 videodev",
"alias char-major-81-0 ivtv",
"alias char-major-81-1 ivtv",
)
{
unless (exists $lines{$line})
{
push @lines, $line;
}
}
"";
}
2. Create the "run" file posted by slords:
# mkdir /var/service/mythbackend
# cd /var/service/mythbackend
# vi run
and paste in the content of that file and save it. Then:
# chmod +x run
3. Copy the "log" dir and "down" file from sshd into this dir (will edit later):
# cp -R /var/service/sshd/log /var/service/mythbackend/
# cp /var/service/sshd/down /var/service/mythbackend/
4. Edit "/var/service/mythbackend/log/run" to contain the lines below as per my prior post.
#!/bin/sh
exec \
/usr/local/bin/multilog t s5000000 \
/var/log/mythtv
5. Reread the above referenced dev docs. Create the link in rc7, props, db:
# ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/e-smith-service /etc/rc.d/rc7.d/S99mythbackend
# cd /etc/e-smith/db/configuration/defaults/
# mkdir mythbackend
# cd mythbackend/
# echo service >type
# echo enabled >status
# /etc/e-smith/events/actions/initialize-default-databases
When I rebooted (via "Reconfigure" from the server-manager pages), mythtv came up, but apparently the ivtv module didn't load. Any suggestions on how to get /var/services/mythbackend to run?
Dan
PS: I think I figured out why my "stock" kernel worked so nicely with ivtv: It ain't a stock kernel! -- There's apparently a yum conf bug in the 7.1.3 release which causes a non-sme repo to be enabled immediately after installation. Since I ran a yum update right after I installed, I think I ended up with a newer CentOS kernel. Later yum updates fix the yum conf (and the repo gets disabled...I think).[/code]
Aug - 26
PPS: I guess my good luck had to run out some time...SME and MythTV have been rock solid, but now, due to DataDirect/SchedulesDirect changes (the old source of listings is going dark Sept 1), I think I'm gonna have to muck with a perfectly fine installation to get the schedule data from the new source (SchedulesDirect). I guess the good news is hopefully, atrpms will have released binaries for this stuff soon, but in the mean time -- If anyone out there has some steps on how to update Myth/XMLTV/whatever else is needed, please respond. I haven't seen any howto's yet, so even if the response is s link to a CentOS/Myth howto, I'd appreciate it. Thanks again.