[mythtv-users] Seriously need help fixing new setup

[R. G. Newbury]

On 11/20/2011 11:03 PM, R. G. Newbury wrote:
> On 11/19/2011 03:07 PM, steve wrote:
>> On 11/19/2011 1:03 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>> On 11/19/2011 02:45 PM, steve wrote:
>>>> I named the host mythtv.mythtv, which is what I had named the old setup
>>>> (I think).
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> I can connect the mysql/mythconverg using the mysql command line
>>>> client.  I opened up the settings table and had a look.  Some relevant
>>>> entries are:
>>>>
>>>> BackendServerIP    127.0.0.1    mythtv
>>> Does the hostname program give you "mythtv" or "mythtv.mythtv"?  If the
>>> latter, that's (at least part of) your problem--it's a different host name.
>>
>> yes, hostname yields mythtv.mythtv
>>
>>>> MasterServerIP    127.0.0.1
>>> Also, FWIW, I recommend you never use 127.0.0.1 or localhost anywhere in
>>> the MythTV configuration.  If you use a real, routable IP address, it
>>> makes expansion much easier as your system grows.  Even on single-host
>>> MythTV systems, it makes sense to use a real IP address.
>>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion.  I will change that once I get the other
>> problems worked out so as not to get too many things changing at once.
>
> If the hostname is actually 'mythtv.mythtv' then myth does not agree.
> Your settings table has 'mythtv' ONLY. And the MasterServerIP has no
> host in the settings table.
> It would be easiest to fix your network settings: change the hostname to
> 'mythtv', correct the hosts file and add 'mythtv'as the host in the
> MasterServerIP setting row,
>
> And Mike IS correct. If you want to add any external storage, or tuners
> (HDHR etc), then you need a routeable address. Your router already gives
> your box one, so set up your router to always use the same static IP and
> use that internally as well. It also makes any ssh access or NFS shares
> from another box really easy. It's one entry in your laptop's host file
> and done.

Further to this: something I did not notice last night. The 
BackendServerIP hostname is 'mythtv' and the IP is 127.0.0.1.

If you are going to use 127.0.0.1 then the hostname in the settings 
table should be 'localhost'. You have that in your /etc/hosts file (at 
least you do now).
You will have to choose whether to continue with '127.0.0.1/localhost' 
or change to 'another-IP/mythtv'. Or whatever.

In mysql run 'select hostname from settings;' you should see ONLY 
'localhost' and 'NULL' in the resulting list. (But I suspect that you 
will not see only those two).

If you change your IP address, and use mythtv as the hostname then you 
need to run a 'update settings, set hostname = "mythtv" where hostname = 
"localhost";' to clean out the wrong hostname.

As a further consequence you will probably need to add your a 
'mythtv at mythtv' user to mysql, using the mc.sql script, since ATM, your 
user is mythtv at loc1alhost.

Geoff









Geoff