[mythtv-users] failed to bind to port 6543 on mythbackend startup?

[Jim Paris]

> I was running mythbackend fine, now im getting this error, im positive
> it has to do with my router (d-link di-604) I opened up this port for
> this address however that doesn't seem to have fixed it, any ideas,
> anyone else have any firewall issues?
> 	thanks

Try
  netstat -ltnp 6543
to see if there's already a process listening on that port.

-jim