[mythtv-users] Remotely monitor Backend is running

[Stephen Worthington]

On Tue, 12 Oct 2021 09:04:28 -0500, you wrote:

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>Hi Stephen!
>> Yes, I forgot to move the original import line down into the
>> conditional, so it was still there ahead of the intended code.  Fixed
>> in v1.2.
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>OK -- will download the update  and update you on the new download.  
>(Sorry: couldn't resist!)
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>> So I think I need to create a virtual PC running a similar setup to
>> the PC you want to run this on and try it out and see what happens. So
>> what is that PC running?  And your current backend box is running
>> MythTV v30, but what version of Ubuntu is it running?
>
>Ubuntu 18.04.6

I guessed right then, that is what I installed on a virtual machine to
test with.  V1.3 is now available, which does work with Python 2 on a
non-MythTV Ubuntu 18.04.6 VM talking to an Xubuntu 18.04.6 MythTV v30
backend on another VM.  You will need to install some Python 2
packages it will tell you about.  I was testing with the PPA v30+fixes
packages, so I recommend installing the Mythbuntu PPA v30 repository
on the non-MythTV box and installing (or updating to) the
libmyth-python package from there.  Use the -n option to tell it the
IP address or DNS name of the backend to talk to.  It works with IPv4
and IPv6.