[mythtv-users] Mythtv 0.26-1 have to manual restart mythbackend in order to connect

[Thomas Mashos]

On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 10:02 AM, John <da_audiophile at yahoo.com> wrote:
> The recent v0.26 update has done something odd to my setup such that I have
> to manually restart mythbackend in order for my clients to connect.
>
> What I did after updating:
> 1) Added the timezone info to mysql per the release notes
> 2) Deleted ~/.mythtv/mysql.txt and replaced it with an updated config.xml
>
> The problem:
> Systemd loads both mysqld and mythbackend along with all my other daemons
> just fine.  Mythfrontend comes up after lxde loads as usual.  But I get an
> annoying:
>
> "Could not connect to the master backend server.  Is it running?  Is the IP
> address set for it in mythtv-set correct?"
>
> My solution is to restart the backend and then everything works as it
> should.
>
> Questions I cannot answer:
> Why do I have to restart mythbackend now in order to maintain normal
> functionality?
> Why does stopping mythbackend take 90 secs?  In the past it tooks 2-3 sec.
>
> Details and Log files:
> ~/.mythtv/config.xml --> http://pastebin.com/3hGdu5xn
>
> Output from updated mysql to include timezones -->
> http://pastebin.com/WgVLRjFX
> Output of the timezone test --> http://pastebin.com/WEbSq1un
> Output of updated the db --> http://pastebin.com/4HPUj80D
>
> Log (mythbackend) from freshly booted system -->
> http://pastebin.com/4YdJLYka
> Log (mythlogserver) from freshly booted system -->
> http://pastebin.com/cRf1jMuy
> Log (mythfrontend) from freshly booted system -->
> http://pastebin.com/xVi176HL
>
> NOW!  When I manually stop mythbackend (which takes 90 sec for some reason),
> and when I exit and reload the frontend, everything is fine.
>
> Log (mythfrontend) AFTER the manual restart --> http://pastebin.com/iTKtyqFQ
>
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Sounds like either the frontend is starting before the backend, or the
backend is starting before mysql is finished starting. What if you
just restart the frontend after a fresh boot?

Thanks,

Thomas Mashos