[mythtv-users] Fresh mythbuntu install, database backup, now its a slave backend?

Raymond Wagner raymond at wagnerrp.com
Mon Sep 27 17:09:41 UTC 2010


  On 9/27/2010 13:04, Steve wrote:
> On 09/27/2010 09:57 AM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
>>  On 9/27/2010 12:53, Steve wrote:
>>> Now it's a slave backend and I have lots of issues like I can't get 
>>> live tv to work. The watch recordings screen takes a long time to 
>>> come up as well.
>>>
>>> Why would I now be a slave backend? More importantly, how do I fix 
>>> this.
>>
>> In `mythtv-setup`, under the General tab, first page, there are two 
>> IP settings, the Local IP and Master IP.  The Local IP tells that 
>> backend what address it is to listen on, and other machines where 
>> they can access it at.  The Master IP determines which machine will 
>> function as master.  On startup, if a backend's local IP matches that 
>> of the master, it will run as the master.
>>
>
> Hey, so simple. That worked for the backend issue, but not for live tv.
>
> When i start live tv, i get this message in the terminal:
>
> 2010-09-27 10:03:48.640 TV: Attempting to change from None to 
> WatchingLiveTV
> 2010-09-27 10:03:48.640 MythContext: Connecting to backend server: 
> 192.168.1.3:6543 (try 1 of 1)
> 2010-09-27 10:03:48.641 Using protocol version 56
> 2010-09-27 10:03:48.655 Spawning LiveTV Recorder -- begin
> 2010-09-27 10:03:48.889 Spawning LiveTV Recorder -- end
> 2010-09-27 10:03:48.890 GetEntryAt(-1) failed.
> 2010-09-27 10:03:48.891 EntryToProgram(0 at Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969) 
> failed to get pginfo
> 2010-09-27 10:03:48.891 TV Error: HandleStateChange(): LiveTV not 
> successfully started
> 2010-09-27 10:03:48.891 We have a RingBuffer
> 2010-09-27 10:03:48.954 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
>
>
> -Any ideas?
> -Thanks
> -Steve

Frontend logs rarely help with recording issues, we need to see the 
backend logs.  Also, do not 'top post' on this mailing list.


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