[mythtv-users] Recurring MythSocket error

[Bob Cottingham]

On 5/7/07, Jeff Simpson <jeffsimpson at alum.wpi.edu> wrote:
> On 3/29/07, Bob Cottingham <bobnvic at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've been getting this error on my local and remote frontends daily
> > for the past few weeks and it's driving me nuts. I'm running a recent
> > mythtv-0.20-fixes on both the master and remote frontend/backends.
> > This instance occurred while on the Watch Recording screen showing a
> > video preview. I don't know about the others, but I will start
> > watching for the pattern. I have to kill mythfrontend and restart it
> > to recover.
> >
> > 2007-03-29 11:00:11.360 AFD: Opened codec 0x9e06ab0, id(MPEG2VIDEO) type(Video)
> > 2007-03-29 11:00:11.360 AFD: Opened codec 0x9e37330, id(MP2) type(Audio)
> > 2007-03-29 11:30:37.841 NVP: prebuffering pause
> > 2007-03-29 11:30:41.385 NVP: prebuffering pause
> > 2007-03-29 11:30:53.033 MythSocket(8397110:23): readStringList: Error, timeout.
> > 2007-03-29 11:30:54.161 Connection to backend server lost
> > 2007-03-29 11:30:55.704 Connecting to backend server:
> > 192.168.1.101:6543 (try 1 of 5)
> > 2007-03-29 11:30:56.694 Using protocol version 31
> > 2007-03-29 11:30:57.050 MythSocket(afbe9458:23): writeStringList:
> > Error, invalid string list.
> > 2007-03-29 11:30:57.467 NVP: prebuffering pause
> > 2007-03-29 11:31:11.182 NVP: prebuffering pause
> > 2007-03-29 11:31:27.050 MythSocket(afbe9458:23): readStringList: Error, timeout.
> > 2007-03-29 11:31:27.214 Reconnection to backend server failed
> >
> > Any ideas what the problem may be?
> >
>
> Probably doesn't help you any, but I get the exact same error at the
> same place on mine.
>
> 2006-11-29 11:11:02.078 MythSocket(832d1a0:10): readStringList: Error, timeout.
> 2006-11-29 11:11:02.094 Connection to backend server lost
> 2006-11-29 11:11:02.097 Connecting to backend server:
> 192.168.2.150:6543 (try 1 of 5)
> 2006-11-29 11:11:02.098 Using protocol version 31
> 2006-11-29 11:11:02.189 MythSocket(b1256c30:10): writeStringList:
> Error, invalid string list.
> 2006-11-29 11:11:32.196 MythSocket(b1256c30:10): readStringList: Error, timeout.
> 2006-11-29 11:11:32.197 Reconnection to backend server failed

Since I didn't get a response on the mailing list or IRC for a few
weeks, I updated to trunk svn and I no longer have the problem.  If
you are having this error as frequently as I was, you may want to
consider backing up your database and giving it a try.

Bob