[mythtv-users] Connecting to backend

[Nathan Smith]

On Oct 23, 2006, at 12:39 PM, jack snodgrass wrote:

> On 10/23/06, Nathan Smith <nsmith5 at cs.umbc.edu> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I'm trying to watch TV on my backend from my frontend (both running
>> 0.19-fixes) and I'm getting the following error:
>>
>> 2006-10-23 11:44:49.906 Connecting to backend server:
>> 192.168.1.11:6543 (try 1 of 5)
>> 2006-10-23 11:44:49.919 Using protocol version 26
>> 2006-10-23 11:44:49.987 TV: Attempting to change from None to
>> WatchingLiveTV
>> 2006-10-23 11:44:49.988 RemoteEncoder::openControlSocket():
>> Connection timed out.
>> 2006-10-23 11:44:50.003 GetEntryAt(-1) failed.
>> 2006-10-23 11:44:50.009 EntryToProgram(0 at Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969)
>> failed to get pginfo
>> 2006-10-23 11:44:50.009 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
>> 2006-10-23 11:44:50.009 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
>> 2006-10-23 11:44:50.021 TV: Deleting TV Chain in destructor
>>
>> Anyone know what would cause this? Seems like it isn't making a
>> connection to the server by the line
>>
>> 2006-10-23 11:44:49.988 RemoteEncoder::openControlSocket():
>> Connection timed out.
>>
>> but the first line indicates that it makes a connection.
>>
>> Any ideas? Thanks
>>
>> Nate
>>
>
> 1) make a manual, telnet connection... see what you get:
>
> telnet 192.168.1.11 6543
> you should get something like:
> Connected to 192.168.1.11.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> .... type ctrl-] and exit to exit telnet
> if you get a connection refused, then your backend is
> not running on that ip address / port. ( you may have started it  
> with 127.0.0.1
> as it's ip address )
>
> 2) try the mysql connection:
> mysql -hhost -uuserid -ppasswrd database
> where host, userid, passwrd and database come from your mysql.txt file
>
> if both 1 and 2 connect with not errors.... don't know what the  
> issue might
> be.

SSH and Mysql work fine .. although I changed the DefaultVxmlUrl  
setting in the settings table to use 192.168.1.11 instead of  
127.0.0.1, and somehow it started working. Seems like my problem is  
resolved. Thanks for the help everyone.

Nate