Bug#877032: vdr: Can't start vdr

[Michael Jarosch]

Package: vdr
Version: 2.3.8-1
Severity: normal

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Dear maintainer,

after I upgraded to vdr version 2.3.8-1 my system wasn't able to start
it up, again.

systemctl says:
# systemctl status vdr.service 
● vdr.service - Video Disk Recorder
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/vdr.service; enabled; vendor
preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: protocol) since Wed 2017-09-27 23:26:31
CEST; 19s ago
  Process: 9509 ExecStart=/usr/bin/vdr (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
  Process: 9499 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh /usr/lib/vdr/merge-commands.sh
reccmds (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 9489 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh /usr/lib/vdr/merge-commands.sh
commands (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 9509 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Sep 27 23:26:31 dog systemd[1]: Failed to start Video Disk Recorder.
Sep 27 23:26:31 dog systemd[1]: vdr.service: Unit entered failed state.
Sep 27 23:26:31 dog systemd[1]: vdr.service: Failed with result
'protocol'.
Sep 27 23:26:31 dog systemd[1]: vdr.service: Service hold-off time
over, scheduling restart.
Sep 27 23:26:31 dog systemd[1]: Stopped Video Disk Recorder.
Sep 27 23:26:31 dog systemd[1]: vdr.service: Start request repeated too
quickly.
Sep 27 23:26:31 dog systemd[1]: Failed to start Video Disk Recorder.
Sep 27 23:26:31 dog systemd[1]: vdr.service: Unit entered failed state.
Sep 27 23:26:31 dog systemd[1]: vdr.service: Failed with result
'protocol'.

# systemctl restart vdr.service 
Job for vdr.service failed because the service did not take the steps
required by its unit configuration.


journalctl prints out (shortened for saving space):
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog systemd[1]: Starting Video Disk Recorder...
-- Subject: Unit vdr.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
-- 
-- Unit vdr.service has begun starting up.
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog vdr[9683]: [9683] VDR version 2.3.8 started
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog vdr[9683]: [9683] switched to user 'vdr'
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog vdr[9683]: [9683] codeset is 'UTF-8' - known
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog vdr[9683]: [9683] found 28 locales in
/usr/share/locale
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog vdr[9683]: [9683] loading plugin:
/usr/lib/vdr/plugins/libvdr-conflictcheckonly.so.2.3.8
[…]
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog vdr[9683]: [9683] loading plugin:
/usr/lib/vdr/plugins/libvdr-live.so.2.3.8
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog vdr[9683]: [9683] [live] INFO: validating server ip
'0.0.0.0'
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog vdr[9683]: INFO: validating live server ip
'0.0.0.0'
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog vdr[9683]: [9683] loading plugin:
/usr/lib/vdr/plugins/libvdr-osddemo.so.2.3.8
[…]
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog vdr[9683]: [9683] probing
/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog vdr[9683]: [9683] creating cDvbDevice
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog vdr[9683]: [9683] new device number 1
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog vdr[9683]: [9684] video directory scanner thread
started (pid=9683, tid=9684, prio=low)
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog vdr[9683]: [9684] video directory scanner thread
ended (pid=9683, tid=9684)
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog vdr[9683]: [9683] DVB API version is 0x050A (VDR
was built with 0x050A)
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog vdr[9683]: [9683] frontend 0/0 provides DVB-T,DVB-
T2,DVB-C with QPSK,QAM16,QAM32,QAM64,QAM128,QAM256 ("Silicon Labs
Si2168")
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog vdr[9683]: [9683] cTimeMs: using monotonic clock
(resolution is 1 ns)
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog vdr[9683]: Error opening terminal: unknown.
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog vdr[9683]: [9683] found 1 DVB device
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog vdr[9683]: [9688] device 1 section handler thread
started (pid=9683, tid=9688, prio=low)
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog vdr[9683]: [9687] frontend 0/0 tuner thread started
(pid=9683, tid=9687, prio=high)
[…]
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog systemd[1]: vdr.service: Main process exited,
code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog systemd[1]: Failed to start Video Disk Recorder.
-- Subject: Unit vdr.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
-- 
-- Unit vdr.service has failed.
-- 
-- The result is failed.
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog systemd[1]: vdr.service: Unit entered failed state.
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog systemd[1]: vdr.service: Failed with result 'exit-
code'.
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog systemd[1]: vdr.service: Service hold-off time
over, scheduling restart.
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog systemd[1]: Stopped Video Disk Recorder.
-- Subject: Unit vdr.service has finished shutting down
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
-- 
-- Unit vdr.service has finished shutting down.
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog systemd[1]: vdr.service: Start request repeated too
quickly.
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog systemd[1]: Failed to start Video Disk Recorder.
-- Subject: Unit vdr.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
-- 
-- Unit vdr.service has failed.
-- 
-- The result is failed.
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog systemd[1]: vdr.service: Unit entered failed state.
Sep 27 23:28:02 dog systemd[1]: vdr.service: Failed with result 'exit-
code'.



I'm using the debian package without any patches and the original
configuration. Just changed the channels.conf, because the original one
doesn't hold any DVB-T2 HD data and doesn't have any data that works
for my area (Stuttgart/Germany). The adaptor does work with VLC, by the
way. AND: I've used it, already, with mythtv and kodi.



--- System information. ---
Architecture: 
Kernel:       Linux 4.12.0-2-amd64

Debian Release: buster/sid
  500 testing         ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de 

--- Package information. ---
Depends                   (Version) | Installed
===================================-+-============
libc6                     (>= 2.16) | 
libcap2                 (>= 1:2.10) | 
libfontconfig1            (>= 2.12) | 
libfreetype6             (>= 2.2.1) | 
libgcc1                  (>= 1:3.0) | 
libjpeg62-turbo          (>= 1.3.1) | 
libstdc++6                   (>= 5) | 
libsystemd0                         | 
debconf                   (>= 0.5)  | 
 OR debconf-2.0                     | 
init-system-helpers      (>= 1.18~) | 
adduser                             | 
lsb-base                 (>= 3.0-6) | 


Recommends              (Version) | Installed
=================================-+-===========
lirc                              | 0.10.0-2
ttf-bitstream-vera                | 1.10-8
 OR fonts-freefont-ttf            | 20120503-6


Suggests                    (Version) | Installed
=====================================-+-===========
vdr-plugin-dvbsddevice                |