[mythtv-users] Failed to Connect

David Whyte david.whyte at gmail.com
Tue May 17 05:29:27 UTC 2005


I assume you have done the usual stuff like open the ports on any
firewall you have in the way?  Port 6543 is the right one of the top
of my head.

Also, is the backend actually running?

Also, shouldn't you be using the 'mythfrontend' command to start the frontend?

On 5/17/05, ed at designersfortheatre.com <ed at designersfortheatre.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello All-
> 
> Can anyone tell me why my frontend kills my backend...  I just can't connect.
> 
> [mythtv at smb ~]$ mythtv
> 2005-05-16 21:52:38.678 New DB connection, total: 1
> Total desktop width=1280, height=1024, numscreens=1
> 2005-05-16 21:52:38.717 Running in a window
> 2005-05-16 21:52:38.719 Using screen 0, 1280x1024 at 0,0
> 2005-05-16 21:52:38.826 Switching to square mode (blue)
> mythtv: could not connect to socket
> mythtv: Connection refused
> lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
> 2005-05-16 21:52:41.487 Joystick disabled.
> 2005-05-16 21:52:42.455 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2005-05-16 21:52:42.652 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.1.2:6543 (try 1 of 5)
> 2005-05-16 21:52:42.654 Trying to wake up the MasterBackend now.
> 2005-05-16 21:52:42.673 Waiting for 5 seconds until I try to reconnect again.
> 2005-05-16 21:52:47.676 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.1.2:6543 (try 2 of 5)
> 2005-05-16 21:52:47.676 Trying to wake up the MasterBackend now.
> 2005-05-16 21:52:47.698 Waiting for 5 seconds until I try to reconnect again.
> 2005-05-16 21:52:52.699 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.1.2:6543 (try 3 of 5)
> 2005-05-16 21:52:52.700 Trying to wake up the MasterBackend now.
> 2005-05-16 21:52:52.722 Waiting for 5 seconds until I try to reconnect again.
> 2005-05-16 21:52:57.723 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.1.2:6543 (try 4 of 5)
> 2005-05-16 21:52:57.724 Trying to wake up the MasterBackend now.
> 2005-05-16 21:52:57.742 Waiting for 5 seconds until I try to reconnect again.
> 2005-05-16 21:53:02.744 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.1.2:6543 (try 5 of 5)
> 2005-05-16 21:53:02.744 Trying to wake up the MasterBackend now.
> 2005-05-16 21:53:02.765 Waiting for 5 seconds until I try to reconnect again.
> 2005-05-16 21:53:07.767 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.1.2:6543 (try 6 of 5)
> 2005-05-16 21:53:07.768 Trying to wake up the MasterBackend now.
> 2005-05-16 21:53:07.789 Waiting for 5 seconds until I try to reconnect again.
> Segmentation fault
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