Here's the setup I've got. I have a master and a slave backend with the master containing a DVB card (Nexus) and the slave containing 2 pvr-250's. I'm running SVN 8925 on both machines and also running VDR on the master.<br>
<br>I wanted to test if the recorders were working on the slave so I fired up VDR on the master then fired up the backend on the master here's the log from that,<br><br><span style="font-style: italic;">[mythtv@myth ~]$ mythbackend
</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:09:47.545 Using runtime prefix = /usr/local</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">
2006-03-07 21:09:47.602 New DB connection, total: 1</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:09:47.608 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost</span><br style="font-style: italic;">
<span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:09:47.612 Current Schema Version: 1123.2</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Starting up as the master server.
</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:09:47.618 New DB connection, total: 2</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:09:47.619
Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:09:47.620 mythbackend: MythBackend started as master server</span><br style="font-style: italic;">
<span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:09:
47.625 DVB#0 ERROR - Opening DVB frontend device failed.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> (16) Device or resource busy</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">
2006-03-07 21:09:47.626 Failed to locate input DiSEqC Switch Input 1</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:09:47.626 DVB#0 ERROR - SetChannelByString(401): not open
</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:09:47.636 New DB scheduler connection</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:09:47.637
Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:09:47.687 mythbackend version: 0.19.20060121-2 </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.mythtv.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
www.mythtv.org</a><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:09:47.688 Enabled verbose msgs: important general</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">
2006-03-07 21:09:47.688 AutoExpire: Found 1 recorders w/max rate of 138 MiB/min</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:09:47.689 AutoExpire: Required Free Space:
3.0 GB w/freq: 10 min</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:09:48.325 adding: myth2.web.local as a slave backend server</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">
2006-03-07 21:09:49.693 Reschedule requested for id -1.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:09:50.755 Scheduled 0 items in 1.0 = 1.03 match +
0.00 place</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:09:50.758 scheduler: Scheduled items</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:09:
50.760 Seem to be woken up by USER</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:09:53.384 AutoExpire: Found 3 recorders w/max rate of 282 MiB/min</span><br style="font-style: italic;">
<span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:09:
53.385 AutoExpire: Required Free Space: 3.2 GB w/freq: 5 min</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:09:57.624 Running HouseKeeping</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">
2006-03-07 21:09:57.627 mythbackend: Running housekeeping thread</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:07.767 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:07.768 adding: myth.web.local as a client (events: 0)</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:
07.784 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:07.784 adding: myth.web.local as a client (events: 1)</span><br style="font-style: italic;">
<span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:
07.799 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:07.800 adding: myth.web.local as a client (events: 0)</span><br style="font-style: italic;">
<span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:07.810 TVRec(1): Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:07.811 DVB#0 ERROR - Opening DVB frontend device failed.
</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> (16) Device or resource busy</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:07.811 Failed to locate input DiSEqC Switch Input 1
</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:07.811 DVB#0 ERROR - SetChannelByString(401): not open</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:
07.811 TVRec(1) Error: Failed to set channel to 401.
</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:07.813 TVRec(1) Error: Channel: '' was not found in the database.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">
Most likely, your DefaultTVChannel setting is wrong.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> Could not start livetv.</span><br style="font-style: italic;">
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2006-03-07 21:10:07.813 TVRec(1) Error: CreateLiveTVRingBuffer() failed</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:07.813 TVRec(1) Error: Failed to create RingBuffer 1</span>
<br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:07.813 TVRec(1): Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">
2006-03-07 21:10:17.506 Slave backend: myth2.web.local no longer connected</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:17.506 Reschedule requested for id 0.</span><br style="font-style: italic;">
<span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:17.510 Scheduled 0 items in 0.0 = 0.00 match + 0.00 place</span><br><br>the messages posted are what I would expect a busy DVB device, which is fine I want to use the PVR 250's. I'm confused by the channel issue though since the PVR's don't use the same sourceID?
<br><br>This is from the slave,<br><br><span style="font-style: italic;">[root@myth2 mythtv]# mythbackend</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:08:12.862 Using runtime prefix = /usr/local
</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:08:12.910 New DB connection, total: 1</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:08:12.977 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
</span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://192.168.1.111" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">192.168.1.111</a><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">
2006-03-07 21:08:12.983 Current Schema Version: 1123</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Running as a slave backend.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">
2006-03-07 21:08:12.993 New DB connection, total: 2</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:08:13.014 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
</span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://192.168.1.111" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">192.168.1.111</a><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">
2006-03-07 21:08:13.015 mythbackend: MythBackend started as a slave backend</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:08:13.039 New DB connection, total: 3</span><br style="font-style: italic;">
<span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:08:13.058 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
</span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://192.168.1.111" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">192.168.1.111</a><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">
2006-03-07 21:08:13.461 mythbackend version: 0.19.20060121-2 </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.mythtv.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">www.mythtv.org</a><br style="font-style: italic;">
<span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:08:13.462 Enabled verbose msgs: important general
</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:08:13.462 AutoExpire: Found 2 recorders w/max rate of 144 MiB/min</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">
2006-03-07 21:08:13.464 AutoExpire: Required Free Space: 3.1 GB w/freq: 10 min</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:08:14.471 Connecting to master server:
</span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://192.168.1.111:6543" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">192.168.1.111:6543</a><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">
2006-03-07 21:08:14.481 Connected successfully</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:08:19.513 AutoExpire: Found 2 recorders w/max rate of 144 MiB/min</span><br style="font-style: italic;">
<span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:08:19.513 AutoExpire: Required Free Space:
3.1 GB w/freq: 10 min</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:08:23.021 Running HouseKeeping</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:08:
23.025 mythbackend: Running housekeeping thread</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:09:45.237 Connecting to master server: </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://192.168.1.111:6543" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
192.168.1.111:6543</a><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:09:45.257 Could not connect to master server.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">
2006-03-07 21:09:46.261 Connecting to master server: </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://192.168.1.111:6543" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">192.168.1.111:6543</a><br style="font-style: italic;">
<span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:09:
46.277 Could not connect to master server.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:09:47.281 Connecting to master server: </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://192.168.1.111:6543" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
192.168.1.111:6543</a><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:09:47.298 Could not connect to master server.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">
2006-03-07 21:09:48.301 Connecting to master server: </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://192.168.1.111:6543" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">192.168.1.111:6543</a><br style="font-style: italic;">
<span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:09:48.317 Connected successfully</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:09:53.337 AutoExpire: Found 2 recorders w/max rate of 144 MiB/min
</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:09:53.337 AutoExpire: Required Free Space: 3.1 GB w/freq: 10 min</span><br><br><br>and this is from the frontend when trying to watch TV on,
<br><br><span style="font-style: italic;">[mythtv@myth ~]$ mythfrontend</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:04.007 Using runtime prefix = /usr/local</span><br style="font-style: italic;">
<span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:04.097 New DB connection, total: 1</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:04.103 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:04.104 Total desktop dim: 800x600, with 1 screen[s].</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:
04.107 Using screen 0, 800x600 at 0,0</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:04.112 Current Schema Version: 1123.2</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">
2006-03-07 21:10:04.112 mythfrontend version: 0.19.20060121-2 <a href="http://www.mythtv.org">www.mythtv.org</a></span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:04.112 Enabled verbose msgs: important general
</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:04.352 lang0: aar</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:04.352 lang: aar</span><br style="font-style: italic;">
<span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:04.357 lang1: aar</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:04.357 lang: aar</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">
2006-03-07 21:10:04.431 Total desktop dim: 800x600, with 1 screen[s].</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:04.434 Using screen 0, 800x600 at 0,0</span><br style="font-style: italic;">
<span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:04.435 Switching to square mode (Titivillus)</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:04.585 Joystick disabled.</span><br style="font-style: italic;">
<span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:04.625 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:04.642 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media handler
</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:04.721 New DB connection, total: 2</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:04.722 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">SIP listening on IP Address <a href="http://192.168.1.111:5060">192.168.1.111:5060</a> NAT address <a href="http://192.168.1.111">192.168.1.111</a></span>
<br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">SIP: Cannot register; proxy, username or password not set</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:07.754 Connecting to backend server:
<a href="http://192.168.1.111:6543">192.168.1.111:6543</a> (try 1 of 5)</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:07.760 Using protocol version 26</span><br style="font-style: italic;">
<span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:07.779 TV: Attempting to change from None to WatchingLiveTV</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:07.793 Using protocol version 26
</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:07.815 GetEntryAt(-1) failed.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:07.816 EntryToProgram(
0@Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969) failed to get pginfo</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:07.816 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started</span><br style="font-style: italic;">
<span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:07.817 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:07.824 TV: Deleting TV Chain in destructor
</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:07.952 Disable DPMS</span><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2006-03-07 21:10:07.952 Enable DPMS</span>
<br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Destroying SipFsm object<br><br></span>Can anyone shed some light on how to fix this?<br><br>TIA<br><br>AJM,<br><span style="font-style: italic;"></span>