[mythtv-users] Network Control Socket

[Pieter De Wit]

Hi Geoff,

On the myth box, what does "netstat -lnvp | grep 6546" show ?

Cheers,

Pieter

On Sun, 18 Mar 2012, R. G. Newbury wrote:

> I'm missing something but can't figure out what.
> I'm trying to use the network control socket. The mythbox is setup in
> the general settings to use port 6546
>
> Using fedora ( so it's nc not netcat) I enter:
>
> nc 192.168.1.96 6546  on my laptop, to try to contact the myth box.
>
> Nothing.
> If I ssh into the mythbox and try 'nc -l 6546' on that end, it says 'nc:
> Address already in use'. So myth is doing its bit.
>
> I then tried any number of variants of 'nc IP port' with 'jump
> programguide' after, and with echo before, with | and >, with cat and
> anything else I could think of.
>
> Nothing. I am clueless. Can someone give me a clue?
>
> Geoff
>
>
>
>
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>              R. Geoffrey Newbury
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