[mythtv-users] FC2 and IvyTV Problems and Questions

jon e wishbone jonewishbone at gmail.com
Fri Sep 17 02:58:12 EDT 2004


On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 13:36:10 -0700, Jarod Wilson <jcw at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 16 September 2004 01:33, jon e wishbone wrote:
> 
> > > > Remote encoder not responding.
> > >
> > > That indicates it is trying to connect to a card on a different
> > > machine...
> > >
> > > > The last four lines repeat until I kill mythfrontend from the command
> > > > line. I can cat /dev/video0 > /tmp/test.mpg and then play the result
> > > > in mplayer.
> > >
> > > ...but it sounds like the card is local.
> >
> > Sorry, I forgot to mention that the front and backend are running on
> > the same machine.
> 
> Something is definitely goofy in your setup then...
> 
> > > I'm thinking you need to go into the setup util and set both your host
> > > and master server IP address settings to 127.0.0.1.
> >
> > I've checked that. In the settings table, I have this:
> >
> > mysql> select * from settings where value like '%Server%' ;
> > | BackendServerIP   | 127.0.0.1          | replay.cabuki.com |
> > | BackendServerPort | 6543               | replay.cabuki.com |
> > | MasterServerIP    | 127.0.0.1          | NULL              |
> > | MasterServerPort  | 6543               | NULL              |
> 
> I think that looks okay.
> 
> > I have the following line in /etc/hosts
> > 127.0.0.1               replay.cabuki.com replay
> 
> Do NOT under any circumstances, EVER remove the 127.0.0.1 localhost
> mappings... Removing those is a big no-no. Didn't you read the lines right
> above the 127.0.0.1 line?:
> 
> $ cat /etc/hosts
> # Do not remove the following line, or various programs
> # that require network functionality will fail.
> 127.0.0.1               localhost.localdomain localhost
> [snip]
> 
> Fix your hosts file and see if things don't start working again. That warning
> is there for a reason.
> 

I guess I should have been a little more clear, I added the above line
to /etc/hosts. I didn't remove the localhost line (I'm not a complete
noob ;). This is what I had/have:

    [root at replay root]# cat /etc/hosts
    # Do not remove the following line, or various programs
    # that require network functionality will fail.
    127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain localhost
    127.0.0.1       replay.cabuki.com replay

I added the replay line because I have a wildard entry on my DNS
server that points all subdomains at the same IP unless I explicitly
set up a CNAME or A record for it. The default address for cabuki.com
is in a different network (and a different country), so I added the
replay line so it would point to the correct place.

> > Should I set the host for the MasterServer* settings to
> > replay.cabuki.com ( or localhost ) or should I change the host for the
> > BackendServer* settings to NULL? I'm at the office now, so I'll have
> > to try these when I get home.
> 
> You shouldn't manually edit the database, unless you really know what you're
> doing.
> 

OK. I didn't touch the DB.

Jon


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