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[Joel Schopp <joel.schopp@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just took out the "and started mysql" part and left "and started udev-
finish" and it seems to run fine.

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myth-backend started before kernel driver it needs
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/556204
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Status in Mythbuntu, Ubuntu derivative focused upon MythTV: Triaged
Status in “mythtv” package in Ubuntu: Triaged

Bug description:
In Lucid there isn't a dependency for myth-backend on kernel modules being loaded.  The result is that it can run before the kernel module for the hardware is finished loading.  The error looks like this in /var/log/myth/mythbackend.log

2010-04-05 22:06:05.431 DVBChan(3:/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0) Warning: Opening DVB frontend device failed.
			eno: No such file or directory (2)
2010-04-05 22:06:05.482 DVBChan(3:/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0) Error: Failed to open DVB frontend device due to fatal error or too many attempts.
2010-04-05 22:06:05.525 New DB connection, total: 3
2010-04-05 22:06:05.550 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2010-04-05 22:06:05.566 mythbackend: Problem with capture cards: Card 3failed init
2010-04-05 22:06:05.633 DVBChan(4:/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0) Warning: Opening DVB frontend device failed.
			eno: No such file or directory (2)
2010-04-05 22:06:05.649 DVBChan(4:/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0) Error: Failed to open DVB frontend device due to fatal error or too many attempts.
2010-04-05 22:06:05.761 mythbackend: Problem with capture cards: Card 4failed init
2010-04-05 22:06:05.783 DVBChan(5:/dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0) Warning: Opening DVB frontend device failed.
			eno: No such file or directory (2)
2010-04-05 22:06:05.790 DVBChan(5:/dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0) Error: Failed to open DVB frontend device due to fatal error or too many attempts.
2010-04-05 22:06:05.800 mythbackend: Problem with capture cards: Card 5failed init
2010-04-05 22:06:05.807 MythBackend, Error: No valid capture cards are defined in the database.
			Perhaps you should re-read the installation instructions?
2010-04-05 22:06:05.817 mythbackend: No capture cards are defined: Please run the setup program.

My current hack, which fixes the problem but is totally the wrong thing to do, is to add the following line to /etc/init/mythtv-backend.conf

/bin/sleep 60

Instead a proper dependency needs to be added in there, I just don't know enough about upstart to know how to do it.