[mythtv] Cannot connect to the mythzmserver

[Paul Harrison]

On 21/12/14 14:40, Paul Harrison wrote:
> On 21/12/14 14:01, John Pilkington wrote:
>> On 21/12/14 10:10, Paul Harrison wrote:
>>> On 20/12/14 23:56, John Pilkington wrote:
>>>> On 20/12/14 22:18, Paul Harrison wrote:
>>>>> I think you are confusing the UI Theme from the Menu Theme they 
>>>>> are two
>>>>> different things. One defines the look and layout of the screens 
>>>>> and the
>>>>> other defines the layout of the main menus. By default Myth ships 
>>>>> with
>>>>> DVR, Classic, Default and Media Center Menu Theme menu themes. 
>>>>> Other UI
>>>>> themes can also add there own Menu theme if they want.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you look in the Appearance settings what is the 'Menu Theme' 
>>>>> set to?
>>>>>
>>>>> Paul H.
>>>>
>>>> You're probably right...  I'm confused.  Qt, Default, 1024, 576, 64,
>>>> 64, Use GUI size, Use border, Use fixed window size.
>>>>
>>>> 2442 now building on Santa's box.  A new build of 2441 had the same
>>>> popup.
>>>
>>> So you are using the Default menu theme.
>>>
>>> You will still have to clear the IP or set the port to -1 to suppress
>>> the popup.
>>>
>>> You should find the MZM  settings under Setup->Info Centre
>>> Settings->ZoneMinder Settings.
>>>
>>> If they are not there then you have got something screwed up somewhere.
>>> Check your version of info_settings.xml matches this one :-
>>> https://github.com/MythTV/mythtv/blob/master/mythtv/themes/defaultmenu/info_settings.xml 
>>>
>>>
>> Yes, OK
>>
>>> Assuming your install prefix is '/use/share' You will find it in
>>> /usr/share/mythtv/themes/defaultmenu/
>>>
>>> Also check the plugin exists and is named correctly in
>>> /usr/lib/mythtv/plugins/
>>> It should be called libmythzoneminder.so
>>>
>>
>> See below
>>
>>> Paul H.
>>
>> After a few problems in edit, build and install on the other box. I 
>> now have one installation from 8 Dec (2422) and one from today (2442)
>>
>> In the new one I get *two* warning popups with big red crosses when a 
>> menu screen is displayed; one is steady, one flashes. The FE log 
>> shows that it's repeatedly trying to connect, with no address defined 
>> for host: localhost.  Tries at 1 sec intervals continue indefinitely, 
>> although the popups are hidden during playback.
>>
>> I do, however, now have a ZM Settings entry.  Changing the IP 
>> (originally 127.0.0.1, I've tried localhost, 192.168.0.3 and ::1:) 
>> and/or port (originally 6548, tried -1) has no effect on the popups, 
>> and the log still shows 'Failure to connect to (::1:6548) Connection 
>> refused.'  This doesn't suggest to me that it hasn't found a missing ZM.
>>
>> The plugin (both boxes) is at
>>
>> /usr/lib64/mythtv/plugins/libmythzoneminder.so
>>
>> with all the other libXX.so plugins - and I know mytharchive gets 
>> found :-)
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John
>
> OK I can't reproduce it here both setting the ip to blank and setting 
> the port to -1 disable connecting to the server altogether but I'm 
> running a slightly modified version of MZM though so I must of missed 
> a change somewhere.
>
> Paul H.

Update again should be fixed now.

Paul H.