[mythtv-users] SOLVED: Failed to open remote file

Jan Ceuleers jan.ceuleers at gmail.com
Fri Sep 20 07:13:05 UTC 2013


On 09/20/2013 08:47 AM, Jan Ceuleers wrote:
> Google isn't initially helpful if I ask it about the "Operation on
> socket is not supported" error.

But after persisting I found the comments in

http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/10633

to be germane. It seems that if http_proxy is set in the frontend's
environment it isn't able to connect properly to the backend.

So I added

	unset http_proxy

to the end of ~frontend/.profile (frontend is the username I run
mythfrontend as) and it works.

So please consider this as an "I am also affected by #10633, but this
problem affects not only the frontend's network control socket". Stuart,
I will gladly provide any further info you might need.

I have this problem on both of my frontends, although the behaviour is
slightly different. This is strange because they both run the same Myth
version as well as the same base OS version (Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS):

- my laptop behaves as reported: it produces the "Failed to open remote
file" error upon playback and that's it.

- my main frontend also does the above, but only when I actually get to
the playback menu and try and start playback. It might already fail to
connect to tbe backend prior to that, asking me whether the IP address
is correct (which it is).

Thanks, Jan


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