[mythtv-users] Mythfrontend problem...

Sun Apr 5 06:40:19 UTC 2009

On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Questiony McAskerton From Queryville <
djm-list at maccormack.net> wrote:

>
> Hi.  I'm having trouble adding a new mythfrontend to an existing
> installation.  Here's my setup.  I have a backend (named mythserver) happily
> recording shows.  I've been using an Xbox running XBMC (with both native and
> the XBMCMythTV python script) as a frontend successfully for a while now.
>  This works fine.  Now I want to add a new frontend.  This frontend is a
> ``normal'' mythfrontend running under gentoo (also on an xbox but it's a
> native installation of Gentoox so it should act just like Linux on any other
> i386 box).  Since I already have a working
> frontend + backend setup this should be pretty easy, however, I get the
> following when running mythfronend:
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 2009-04-05 00:13:37.550 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2009-04-05 00:13:38.614 DPMS is active.
> 2009-04-05 00:13:38.687 Empty LocalHostName.
> 2009-04-05 00:13:38.687 Using localhost value of jen-xbox
> 2009-04-05 00:13:38.690 Testing network connectivity to mythserver
> 2009-04-05 00:13:39.179 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2009-04-05 00:13:39.330 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> mythserver
> 2009-04-05 00:13:39.361 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
> 2009-04-05 00:13:39.377 Primary screen 0.
> 2009-04-05 00:13:39.380 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> mythserver
> 2009-04-05 00:13:39.383 Using screen 0, 640x480 at 0,0
> 2009-04-05 00:13:39.574 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2009-04-05 00:13:39.577 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> mythserver
> 2009-04-05 00:13:39.586 mythfrontend version: 0.21.20080304-1
> www.mythtv.org
> 2009-04-05 00:13:39.586 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
> 2009-04-05 00:13:42.203 No theme dir: /home/djm/.mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T
> 2009-04-05 00:13:42.206 Primary screen 0.
> 2009-04-05 00:13:42.208 Using screen 0, 640x480 at 0,0
> 2009-04-05 00:13:42.210 No theme dir: /home/djm/.mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T
> 2009-04-05 00:13:42.212 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T)
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> 2009-04-05 00:13:42.414 Using the Qt painter
> 2009-04-05 00:13:42.422 JoystickMenuClient Error: Joystick disabled -
> Failed to read /home/djm/.mythtv/joystickmenurc
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> 2009-04-05 00:13:45.153 Loading from:
> /usr/share/mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T/base.xml
> 2009-04-05 00:13:45.336 Loading from:
> /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/base.xml
> 2009-04-05 00:13:45.640 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
> 2009-04-05 00:13:45.752 No theme dir: /home/djm/.mythtv/themes/G.A.N.T
> 2009-04-05 00:13:51.865 Connecting to backend server: mythserver:6543 (try
> 1 of 5)
> 2009-04-05 00:13:51.866 Connection timed out.
>                        You probably should modify the Master Server
>                        settings in the setup program and set the
>                        proper IP address.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The usual reason for the above error is because one has specified localhost
> or 127.0.0.1 in mythtv-setup's General Setup page on the backend, however, I
> have set this up correctly.  Also note that this is not an error connecting
> to the database.  The new mythfrontend prints a message saying that it
> connects to the database just fine and I can connect to it from the new
> frontend via ``mysql -umythtv -p -h mythserver'' with the same credentials.
>
> Also,
>    mysql> SELECT * FROM settings WHERE data='localhost';
>    Empty set (0.02 sec)
>
>    mysql> SELECT * FROM settings WHERE data='127.0.0.1';
>    Empty set (0.02 sec)
>
> So, this has nothing to do with trying to connect to localhost.
>
>    mysql> SELECT * FROM settings WHERE value='MasterServerIP';
>
>    +----------------+------------+----------+
>    | value          | data       | hostname |
>    +----------------+------------+----------+
>    | MasterServerIP | mythserver | NULL     |
>    +----------------+------------+----------+
>    1 row in set (0.00 sec)
>
> That's the value in question and it has the correct data.  This is not a
> DNS issue because I can ping mythserver from the new frontend just fine
> (and, as I said, it connects to the mysql server running on mythserver just
> fine).  It's not a firewall issue because I do not have one installed on
> mythserver (and because my current/working frontend uses the exact same
> settings, on the same lan, and works just fine).  It's not a protocol
> version problem because:
>
> mythserver> mythbackend --version
> MythTV Version   : export?(C)
> MythTV Branch    : branches/release-0-21-fixes
> Library API      : 0.21.20080304-1
> Network Protocol : 40
> Options compiled in:
>  linux profile using_oss using_alsa using_arts using_jack using_backend
> using_dbox2 using_dvb using_firewire using_frontend using_hdhomerun
> using_iptv using_ivtv using_joystick_menu using_libfftw3 using_lirc
> using_opengl_vsync using_v4l using_x11 using_xrandr using_xv using_xvmc
> using_xvmcw using_xvmc_vld using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python
> using_opengl using_ffmpeg_threads using_libavc_5_3 using_live
>
> new-frontend> mythfrontend --version
> MythTV Version   : 18314
> MythTV Branch    : branches/release-0-21-fixes
> Library API      : 0.21.20080304-1
> Network Protocol : 40
> Options compiled in:
>  linux profile using_oss using_alsa using_backend using_dbox2
> using_frontend using_hdhomerun using_iptv using_ivtv using_joystick_menu
> using_opengl_vsync using_v4l using_x11 using_xrandr using_xv
> using_glx_proc_addr_arb using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python
> using_opengl using_ffmpeg_threads using_live
>
> I seached the mailing list and the closest hit I found was:
>    http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/331580
>
> However, his problem was that his frontend was trying to connect to
> localhost; that isn't my problem.  The log message clearly shows that the
> new frontend is trying to connect to mythserver:6543 and failing.  On
> mythserver, ``netstat -l -p'' tells me that mythbackend is listening for tcp
> connections on 0.0.0.0:6543, 0.0.0.0:6544, and udp connections on
> 0.0.0.0:6549.
>
> Running netcat from the new frontend against mythserver:6543 via
> ``nc -q0 -v mythserver 6543 < /dev/null'' tells me that it can make
> connections just fine from the new frontend to mythserver on the port in
> question.
>
> So, I'm stumped.
>
> Any ideas?
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Are you using an IP, or a hostname?
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