[mythtv-users] changing hostname from "localhost"

[Kevin Kuphal]

Ken Schutte wrote:

> I'm using a single machine for myth frontend and backend (FC 3), and I 
> always had it's hostname set to the default of localhost.localdomain.  
> I just tried changing it to something else, and now, I can't seem to 
> connect to the myth backend.
>
> I'm getting errors like:
>
> Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 5)
> Connection timed out.
> You probably should modify the Master Server settings
> in the setup program and set the proper IP address.
>
> Also, if I do '/sbin/service mythbackend status', I get:
> mythbackend dead put pid file exists
> This happens immediately even if I try to restart the backend.
>
> In mythtvsetup, it asks for "IP address for myhost: ", I can still put 
> 127.0.0.1, correct?   I don't see any other settings in mythtvsetup 
> related to the setting the hostname.  But, I assume this is the 
> problem because everything was fine until I changed from 'localhost' 
> (I did this by modifying in /etc/sysconfig/network).  Any suggestions?
>
http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-22.html#ss22.15