[mythtv-users] Sometimes: Protocol version check failure. The response to MYTH_PROTO_VERSION was empty.

[Michael Watson]

On 16/09/2011 06:58, Robert Verspuy wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've been using mythtv for several years now and I'm a very happy user.
> I'm currently upgrading to my 4th mythtv hardware and this will be the
> first time where I'm going to separate the backend and the frontend.
>
> I've setup a new system with CentOS 6 (mythtv-backend 0.24.1-277.el6
> latest from atrpms repo)
>
> MythTV Version   : v0.24.1-80-g1de0431
> MythTV Branch    : fixes/0.24
> Network Protocol : 63
> Library API      : 0.24.20110505-1
> QT Version       : 4.7.2
> Options compiled in:
>    linux release using_alsa using_jack using_oss using_pulse
> using_pulseoutput using_backend using_bindings_perl
> using_bindings_python using_crystalhd using_dvb using_firewire
> using_frontend using_hdhomerun using_hdpvr using_iptv using_ivtv
> using_joystick_menu using_libfftw3 using_lirc using_mheg
> using_opengl_video using_opengl_vsync using_qtdbus using_qtwebkit
> using_v4l using_x11 using_xrandr using_xv using_xvmc using_xvmc_vld
> using_xvmcw using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python
> using_mythtranscode using_opengl using_vdpau using_ffmpeg_threads
> using_live using_mheg
>
> But when connecting to the server from a mythfrontend running on my
> notebook I sometimes get the following error message:
>
> 2011-09-15 22:39:22.749 MythCoreContext: Connecting to backend server:
> 10.84.100.60:6543 (try 1 of 1)
> 2011-09-15 22:39:29.755 MythSocket(7fc77c0126f0:49): readStringList:
> Error, timed out after 7000 ms.
> 2011-09-15 22:39:29.755 Protocol version check failure.
>               The response to MYTH_PROTO_VERSION was empty.
>               This happens when the backend is too busy to respond,
>               or has deadlocked in due to bugs or hardware failure.
>
> In mythtv (on the backend), I've setup the ip-address and master backend
> address to 10.84.100.60.
> On the frontend I'm also using the same ip-address (no hostnames
> anywhere in the config).
>
> When I run mythbackend normal (like a daemon through
> "/etc/init.d/mythbackend start"), I'm getting the "MYTH_PROTO_VERSION
> was empty" in the frontend and in mythweb at every attempt.
> When I run mythbackend inside gdb, then sometimes it works without any
> problems (I can see the program guide, recorded programs in mythfrontend
> and mythweb and I can watch a recording in the frontend).
>
> So maybe this is a timing / locking issue??
> Can someone point me into where to further debug this issue?
>
> The old backend/frontend is still running on the old hardware (although
> I've only got 5% diskspace left :) , so I can test / try anything with
> the new setup.
>
> Thnx!
>
> Robert Verspuy
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The FE's ip address should not be the same as the BE IP Address, (each 
network device needs a unique IP Address)
Change the IP Address of your FE to something like 10.84.100.61.  (Just 
a guess, as you haven't supplied the subnet mask you are using)

Michael