I am using mythtv 0.20. On my desktop with the tuner card mythbackend and mythfrontend work together great. On my notebook mythfrontend connects to mysql on the desktop fine but refuses to connect to mythbackend on the desktop.
<br><br>george@GeorgeNotebook ~ $ mythfrontend -w -geometry 720x480<br>2007-03-24 20:03:09.744 Using runtime prefix = /usr<br>2007-03-24 20:03:09.760 DPMS is active.<br>2007-03-24 20:03:09.799 New DB connection, total: 1
<br>2007-03-24 20:03:09.822 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: GeorgeDesktop<br>2007-03-24 20:03:09.837 Total desktop dim: 1440x900, with 1 screen[s].<br>2007-03-24 20:03:09.888 Using screen 0, 1440x900 at 0,0
<br>2007-03-24 20:03:09.900 Overriding GUI, width=720, height=480 at 0,0<br>2007-03-24 20:03:09.900 Setting 'RunFrontendInWindow' being forced to '1'<br>2007-03-24 20:03:09.903 Current Schema Version: 1160
<br>2007-03-24 20:03:09.903 mythfrontend version: 0.20.20060828-3 <a href="http://www.mythtv.org">www.mythtv.org</a><br>2007-03-24 20:03:09.903 Enabled verbose msgs: important general<br>2007-03-24 20:03:10.748 Switching to wide mode (MythCenter-wide)
<br>2007-03-24 20:03:11.071 Using the Qt painter<br>2007-03-24 20:03:11.383 Loading from: /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/base.xml<br>2007-03-24 20:03:11.804 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.<br>2007-03-24 20:03:
14.050 New DB connection, total: 2<br>2007-03-24 20:03:14.054 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: GeorgeDesktop<br>2007-03-24 20:03:14.137 Connecting to backend server: <a href="http://5.142.138.236:6543">
5.142.138.236:6543</a> (try 1 of 5)<br>2007-03-24 20:03:14.139 Using protocol version 31<br>2007-03-24 20:03:14.193 TV: Attempting to change from None to WatchingLiveTV<br>2007-03-24 20:03:14.194 RemoteEncoder::openControlSocket(): Connection timed out.
<br>2007-03-24 20:03:14.218 GetEntryAt(-1) failed.<br>2007-03-24 20:03:14.247 EntryToProgram(0@Wed Dec 31 18:00:00 1969) failed to get pginfo<br>2007-03-24 20:03:14.247 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started<br>2007-03-24 20:03:
14.248 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started<br>2007-03-24 20:03:14.261 TV: Deleting TV Chain in destructor<br>2007-03-24 20:03:14.269 DPMS Deactivated <br>2007-03-24 20:03:14.270 DPMS Reactivated.<br>2007-03-24 20:03:
21.005 XMLParse::LoadTheme using /usr/share/mythtv/themes/MythCenter-wide/ui.xml<br>2007-03-24 20:03:22.207 RemoteFile::openSocket(control socket): <br> Could not connect to server "GeorgeDesktop" @ port 6543
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