[mythtv-users] Can connect to frontend via telnet, but do not get any response

[bjg at gobgk.com]

I just upgraded to 0.19 using apt-get and have everything working except
control of the frontend over telnet.  I enabled it in the Setup menu, and
stopped and restarted the frontend.  I can telnet to port 6546 and get the
CLI interface, but whenever I enter a command, I get an "OK" return, but
nothing happens on the frontend.

For example:
# jump mythnews
OK
# key down
OK
# jump playbackbox
OK

During all this, the frontend just stays where it's at (currently at the
main menu).

I've got a combined frontend/backend server, and am only running one
frontend on it.  I tried exiting that frontend and then telnetting to 6546
- I get a "Connection Refused".

I did notice that when I do a ps, mythfrontend shows up twice - not sure
if this is expected or not:

[root at dvrb1 bin]# ps -alef | grep mythfrontend
0 S mythtv    5733     1 16  76   0 - 50123 stext  20:16 ?        00:00:03
mythfrontend
0 S mythtv    5735     1 16  76   0 - 50164 stext  20:16 ?        00:00:04
mythfrontend
0 R root      5761  5261  0  77   0 -   933 -      20:17 pts/2    00:00:00
grep mythfrontend

Anyway, since this functionality seems to work for others, I was wondering
if anyone had run into this before, or had any ideas on how I should
proceed.

Thanks!
Bryan