[mythtv-users] MythTV front ends can't connect to backend

[Jimbo]

stan wrote:
> 2006-12-30 11:38:51.935 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1
> of 5)
> 2006-12-30 11:38:51.940 Connection timed out.          
> 
> 
> As you can see, the basic problem is that the frontend is expecting the
> backend to be on localhost, which in this case it will not be.
> 
> Where is this configured?

I believe in mythtv-setup on the backend you need to give it the real IP 
of the machine, and not 'localhost' or '127.0.0.1'.