[mythtv-users] Brand new install - Mythbackend doesn't start

[John Pilkington]

On 03/08/17 11:20, Mike Perkins wrote:
> On 03/08/17 10:47, Roger Siddons wrote:
>>>
>>> Both had same IP - it didn't work.
>>> So I put 127.0.0.1 for the Local Backend, and 172.16.10.54as Master 
>>> backend  (still same machine)
>>>
>>
>> When properly configured as a master it aborts, as expected, because 
>> there's no tuner.
>>
>> When improperly configured as a slave, the slave gets further (seems 
>> there's no tuner requirement)
>> but gets itself tied up in knots when it tries to connect to the 
>> master (itself), causing all sorts
>> of weirdness. You're basically telling it that the backend is both a 
>> master & a slave.
>>
> Actually, I am beginning to think that the best course of action is not 
> to persist with attempting to get this system working at all.
> 
> Instead, do a clean install with a fresh database and set up a mythtv 
> user to run from - if it isn't already set up automatically. That will 
> ensure that (i) the information in the DB is consistent and stable and 
> (ii) the permissions and locations of all the necessary files are correct.
> 
> Make sure the line starting "bind-address" in 
> /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/50-server.cnf is commented out so that your 
> mysql/mariadb server can talk to the rest of the network.
> 
> Then, run mythtv-setup before doing anything else. That will ensure that 
> things get set up the way that they are supposed to be. Only once you 
> have done that, should you attempt to run the master backend.

I have a kubuntu/xenial/29pre520 laptop that wouldn't connect to its DB 
over several weeks of intermittent effort.  For years I have run 
mythbackend and mythfrontend from konsole tabs but mythtv-setup 
apparently kept moving the goal posts and I didn't know where they were. 
  Eventually I got it working with, iirc,  ~/.mythtv/config.xml linked 
to the version in /etc.  And I try to remember to use mythtv-setup.real, 
mythbackend and mythfrontend.real with, again iirc, no myth services 
running.

It's not as recommended, and I'm not offering support, but most of the 
time I feel I know what it's doing.

John P

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