[mythtv-users] new 0.21 install: cannot record or watch TV

[Steven Adeff]

On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 7:07 PM, Greg Woods <greg at gregandeva.net> wrote:
> I have a brand-new Fedora 8 install of mythtv-suite 0.21 from ATrpms. I
>  dumped out the old database and re-sourced it into a completely
>  different MySQL server. Then to be safe I deleted all capture cards and
>  set them all up again. But I can't access the capture cards, either
>  through recording a program or watching live TV. Everything else I've
>  tried works fine: music, photos, watching existing recordings, guide
>  data looks good, etc. But I can't record. Here's the backend log from
>  starting up mythbackend, then trying to watch TV:
>
>  2008-03-16 16:55:07.103 Using runtime prefix = /usr, libdir = /usr/lib
>  2008-03-16 16:55:07.108 Using localhost value of confusion
>  2008-03-16 16:55:07.121 New DB connection, total: 1
>  2008-03-16 16:55:07.126 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
>  192.168.1.1
>  2
>  2008-03-16 16:55:07.128 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
>  2008-03-16 16:55:07.129 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
>  192.168.1.1
>  2
>  2008-03-16 16:55:07.131 New DB connection, total: 2
>  2008-03-16 16:55:07.133 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
>  192.168.1.1
>  2
>  2008-03-16 16:55:07.136 Current Schema Version: 1214
>  Running as a slave backend.
>  2008-03-16 16:55:07.149 HDHRChan(1010051a/0): device found at address
>  192.168.1.185
>  2008-03-16 16:55:07.151 New DB connection, total: 3
>  2008-03-16 16:55:07.152 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
>  192.168.1.12
>  2008-03-16 16:55:07.184 HDHRChan(1010051a/1): device found at address
>  192.168.1.185
>  2008-03-16 16:55:07.868 Main::Registering HttpStatus Extension
>  2008-03-16 16:55:07.869 mythbackend version: 0.21.20080304-1
>  www.mythtv.org
>  2008-03-16 16:55:07.869 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
>  2008-03-16 16:55:08.874 Connecting to master server: 192.168.1.12:6543
>  2008-03-16 16:55:08.875 Connected successfully
>  2008-03-16 16:55:38.879 MythSocket(b5307938:14): readStringList: Error,
>  timeout.
>  2008-03-16 16:55:38.881 Unknown socket closing
>  2008-03-16 16:55:38.881 adding: confusion as a slave backend server
>  2008-03-16 16:55:38.883 MythSocket(b5301d20:-1): writeStringList: Error,
>  socket went unconnected.
>  2008-03-16 16:55:38.884 MythSocket(b5303e98:-1): writeStringList: Error,
>  socket went unconnected.
>  2008-03-16 16:55:41.779 Unknown socket closing
>  2008-03-16 16:55:41.787 MythSocket(b5304450:-1): writeStringList: Error,
>  socket went unconnected.
>
>  I searched gossamer-threads and found several other reports of these
>  socket/stringlist errors, but nothing about how they were solved.
>
>  Anybody have any suggestions as to how I can debug this?
>

2008-03-16 16:55:38.881 adding: confusion as a slave backend server

looks like your backend settings are wrong and it thinks its a slave
backend and not the master.

-- 
Steve
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