[mythtv-users] My frontend thinks its a backend

[Mike Perkins]

Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 6:38 AM, Chris Isip <cmisipster at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Can somebocy help me figure this out?
>>
>> Mythfrontend logs:
>> 2008-04-09 07:26:32.902 RingBuffer::RingBuffer(): Failed to open remote
>> file (myth://127.0.0.1:6543/1002_20080409000908.nuv)
>> 2008-04-09 07:26:32.902 PlaybackBox Error: Could not open file for preview
>> video.
>>
>> mythfrontend is in 192.168.0.120
>>
>> the only backend is in 192.168.0.3
>>
>> I have the settings correct in mythtv-setup for 192.168.0.120 as far as IP
>> addressess.  However it is still trying to connect to 127.0.0.1.
>>
>> This is an install of mythtv 0.21 from atrpms. I upgraded from .20.  The
>> backend at 192.168.0.3 works (except live TV, but I have to investigate
>> that yet).
>>
>> In the past, I had to add a recordfileprefix entry for 192.168.0.120 so I
>> can use it to transcode stuff.  I was wondering If that needs to be deleted.
> 
> 
> Run mythtv-setup on your backend and set the IP address of your backend
> there so that it will properly identify itself to frontends.  You probably
> have 127.0.0.1 as the configured IP address of your backend in mythtv-setup
> so it tells mythfrontend to connect to that IP and you get this situation.
> I believe this is stated here (
> http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-9.html#ss9.3) although not quite so
> obviously.
> 
Don't forget also to check which userid mythbackend is running from. If it's a 
different one to that from which you ran mythtv-setup, then chances are it has a 
~/.mythtv directory with different (ie default) information in it.

Mike Perkins