Installation On Linux Mint 17 (Qiana) MATE

Channels DVR Server
#1

It almost kinda sorta worked :stuck_out_tongue:

/etc/init/channels-dvr.conf had a couple of serious snafus:

chdir /opt/channels/channels-dvr
/opt/channels/channels-dvr/data

should have been

chdir /opt/channels/channels-dvr/data

and

script
   exec /opt/channels/channels-dvr
/opt/channels/channels-dvr/latest/channels-dvr >>/opt/channels/channels-dvr
/opt/channels/channels-dvr/data/channels-dvr.log 2>&1
end script

should have been

exec /opt/channels/channels-dvr/latest/channels-dvr >>/opt/channels/channels-dvr/data/channels-dvr.log 2>&1

But, once I straightened those out, it appears to be running. I moved “data” into a more appropriate directory (/opt is in root and my root fs isn’t very big), made the necessary changes, and this is what I’m getting in the logfile:

2018/07/28 17:50:24 [SYS] Starting Channels DVR v2018.07.01.1750 (linux-x86_64) in /home/channels/channels-dvr/data
2018/07/28 17:50:24 [HDR] Found 1 devices
2018/07/28 17:50:24 [ERR] Failed to refresh auth: missing oauth client
2018/07/28 17:50:24 [SYS] Started HTTP Server
2018/07/28 17:50:24 [SYS] Bonjour service running for dvr-jimsun.local. [172.16.104.35 192.168.5.9]

I presume that once I sign up for the service that “auth” message will go away and it’ll be running?

ETA: What an… interesting login mechanism…

#2

Huh that’s strange. Can you re-run the installer as:

curl … | sh -x

And send me the output, along with the output of:

sh --version

#3

Emailed to support@

Now, as to my last question? I assume that, since it’s running (and I can bring up the
web page), it’s ready for me to sign up?

Thanks!

#4

Yea if it’s running that’s all there is to it. Once you login it will let you select the recordings folder and setup your tuners with guide data.

#5

I assumed the “data” sub-directory was where recordings were expected to go?

#6

The data directory is only for internal metadata and the guide database. It should only require 1-2GB max.

#7

Ah! Got it. Thanks.

The directory where the recordings go should be the same owner:group as that under which the record engine runs, I assume?

#8

Yes

#9

Just to bring closure to this:

  1. The installation issues were likely due to my rather unusual command line environment.

  2. Everything was running properly. Signed-up this morning and everything just took off and ran :slight_smile:

#10

The linux installer has been updated to work around the issue seen here.

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