[mythtv-users] Could not connect to the master backend server

[Jos Hoekstra]

Paul van der Vlis schreef op 2-3-2009 21:21:
> Hello,
> 
> When I press "Watch TV" in mythfrontend it says:
> ---
> Could not connect to the master backend server -- is it running?
> Is the IP address set for it in the setup program correct?
> ---
> 
> Yes, it is running:
> recorder:~# ps ax | grep myth
>  2810 ?        Ssl    0:00 /usr/bin/mythbackend --daemon --logfile
> /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log --pidfile /var/run/mythtv/mythbackend.pid
> 
> Is there a way to test this server?  Telnet works fine:
> recorder:~# telnet localhost 6543
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 
> And yes, the IP address is set in the backend setup program, it is
> 127.0.0.1 because the frontend and the backend are on the same machine.
> I checked it in the database.

Weird, frontend and backend are looking at the same place, so not 
localhost and 127.0.0.1?

> 
> I will put the logs at the end of this message. The only error I see is:
> 2009-03-02 21:00:13.674 Channel(/dev/video0) Error:
> GetCurrentChannelNum(5): Failed to find Channel

Did you configure any channels? Are you using a grabber? Did you match 
frequencies to channelnames?

> 
> With regards,
> Paul van der Vlis.

Groet,

Jos