Tvheadend not start

dtv2

hello, suddenly Tvheadend not start anymore.
systemctl status tvheadend.service show an error:
"tvheadend.service: Can´t open PID file /run/tvheadend.pid (yet?) after start: Operation not permitted"

how can i solve this error?

Jon M

First question would be - what's changed? What is different now to when it would start ok?

dtv2

I have temporarily disabled tvheadend whit stop.
now only start manualy in cmd line , even in rc.local dont start at boot.

Jonas Lang

To get an informed response to your issue you will need to provide a full set of debug logs otherwise it will be pure guesswork trying to solve this.

dtv2

here some logs:
`root@david-945GCMX-S2:/# systemctl start tvheadend.service
Job for tvheadend.service failed because the service did not take the steps required by its unit configuration.
See "systemctl status tvheadend.service" and "journalctl -xeu tvheadend.service" for details.
root@david-945GCMX-S2:/# systemctl status tvheadend.service
● tvheadend.service - Tvheadend - a TV streaming server and DVR
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/tvheadend.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: protocol) since Thu 2024-02-22 14:56:26 WET; 21s ago
Process: 2292 ExecStart=/usr/bin/tvheadend -f -p /run/tvheadend.pid $OPTIONS (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
CPU: 18ms

fev 22 14:56:26 david-945GCMX-S2 tvheadend[2292]: Testing options
fev 22 14:56:26 david-945GCMX-S2 tvheadend[2292]: --tsfile_tuners Number of tsfile tuners
fev 22 14:56:26 david-945GCMX-S2 tvheadend[2292]: --tsfile tsfile input (mux file)
fev 22 14:56:26 david-945GCMX-S2 tvheadend[2292]: --tprofile Gather timing statistics for the code
fev 22 14:56:26 david-945GCMX-S2 tvheadend[2292]: --thrdebug Thread debugging
fev 22 14:56:26 david-945GCMX-S2 tvheadend[2292]: For more information please visit the Tvheadend website:
fev 22 14:56:26 david-945GCMX-S2 tvheadend[2292]: https://tvheadend.org
fev 22 14:56:26 david-945GCMX-S2 systemd[1]: tvheadend.service: Can't open PID file /run/tvheadend.pid (yet?) after start: Operation not permitted>
fev 22 14:56:26 david-945GCMX-S2 systemd[1]: tvheadend.service: Failed with result 'protocol'.
fev 22 14:56:26 david-945GCMX-S2 systemd[1]: Failed to start Tvheadend - a TV streaming server and DVR.`

Jon M

dtv2 Can't open PID file /run/tvheadend.pid (yet?) after start: Operation not permitted>

Possible clue there.
Does this file already exist? What are its permissions?

dtv2

and journalctl log very the same:
root@david-945GCMX-S2:/# journalctl -xeu tvheadend.service fev 22 15:00:03 david-945GCMX-S2 tvheadend[2303]: --threadid Add the thread ID to debug fev 22 15:00:03 david-945GCMX-S2 tvheadend[2303]: --libav More verbose libav log fev 22 15:00:03 david-945GCMX-S2 tvheadend[2303]: --uidebug Enable web UI debug (non-minified JS) fev 22 15:00:03 david-945GCMX-S2 tvheadend[2303]: -A, --abort Immediately abort fev 22 15:00:03 david-945GCMX-S2 tvheadend[2303]: -D, --dump Enable coredumps for daemon fev 22 15:00:03 david-945GCMX-S2 tvheadend[2303]: --noacl Disable all access control checks fev 22 15:00:03 david-945GCMX-S2 tvheadend[2303]: --nobat Disable DVB bouquets fev 22 15:00:03 david-945GCMX-S2 tvheadend[2303]: -j, --join Subscribe to a service permanently fev 22 15:00:03 david-945GCMX-S2 tvheadend[2303]: Testing options fev 22 15:00:03 david-945GCMX-S2 tvheadend[2303]: --tsfile_tuners Number of tsfile tuners fev 22 15:00:03 david-945GCMX-S2 tvheadend[2303]: --tsfile tsfile input (mux file) fev 22 15:00:03 david-945GCMX-S2 tvheadend[2303]: --tprofile Gather timing statistics for the code fev 22 15:00:03 david-945GCMX-S2 tvheadend[2303]: --thrdebug Thread debugging fev 22 15:00:03 david-945GCMX-S2 tvheadend[2303]: For more information please visit the Tvheadend website: fev 22 15:00:03 david-945GCMX-S2 tvheadend[2303]: https://tvheadend.org fev 22 15:00:03 david-945GCMX-S2 systemd[1]: tvheadend.service: Can't open PID file /run/tvheadend.pid (yet?) after start: Operation not permitted fev 22 15:00:03 david-945GCMX-S2 systemd[1]: tvheadend.service: Failed with result 'protocol'. ░░ Subject: Unit failed ░░ Defined-By: systemd ░░ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support ░░ ░░ The unit tvheadend.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'protocol'. fev 22 15:00:03 david-945GCMX-S2 systemd[1]: Failed to start Tvheadend - a TV streaming server and DVR. ░░ Subject: A start job for unit tvheadend.service has failed ░░ Defined-By: systemd ░░ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support ░░ ░░ A start job for unit tvheadend.service has finished with a failure. ░░ ░░ The job identifier is 3034 and the job result is failed.

dtv2

the file not exist at /run/ either at /var/run/
and does not exist too when a start manualy tvheadend.

Flole

Then whatever user you are running Tvheadend as can't write to that directory.

Jonas Lang

Try searching for the file tvheadend.pid on your system and see exactly where it is located before proceeding any further.

dtv2

when starting tvheadend manualy the file tvheadend.pid is not find anywhere.

Jon M

dtv2 isn't that because it's systemd which creates the tvheadend.pid file, rather than tvheadend itself? So I think you would not expect to see that file if you start it manually.

Jon M

Actually, looking at the command which gets run from systemd on my system, it's like so:

/usr/bin/tvheadend -f -p /run/tvheadend.pid -u hts

Are you starting it (manually) with a command like this?

dtv2

I start manualy just whit this command: tvheadend
I think error was do an install of python3-certbot-apache in the system , i do a fresh install and tvheadend start auto again then afther the install of python3-certbot-apache the error happening.

Jonas Lang

What method did you use to install TVH. Did you compile it yourself or install from prebuilt packages. What hardware is TVH installed on.

dtv2

like i said , this only happen afther install python3-certbot-apache.

Jonas Lang

dtv2 any chance you could answer my questions above.

dtv2

i install the script (Official Sources) in the link above in downloads.
hardware is 2x digitaldevices.
anyway afther new instalation and this time stunnel install the error come back so any app who write in service for startup kill the tvheadend to auto boot.
i will try backwards. (first install apache then tvheadend)

Jonas Lang

You’ll probably need to adjust your TVH service file depending on which service you need to load first.