[mythtv-users] help..mythbackend.."failed to bind port"

[Michael J. Lynch]

Nada De nada wrote:
>  Hi
> 
>   I have bee follwing all the instructions by Jarod to
> install MythTV on FC4.. everything seemed to be going
> great until i got this problem. In the mythtv-setu I
> used the default infor for IP address and ports but I
> am getting this error when I try to run backend
>  i would appreciate any info about this problem
> 
>  Peter 
> 
> 
> [mythtv at localhost ~]$ mythbackend & [1] 23143
> [mythtv at localhost ~]$ 2005-09-21 10:53:56.258 New DB
> connection, total: 1
> Starting up as the master server.
> 2005-09-21 10:53:56.275 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2005-09-21 10:53:56.294 New DB scheduler connection
> 2005-09-21 10:53:56.300 New DB connection, total: 3
> 2005-09-21 10:53:56.306 mythbackend version:
> 0.18.1.20050523-1 www.mythtv.org
> 2005-09-21 10:53:56.306 Enabled verbose msgs :
> important general
> QServerSocket: failed to bind or listen to the socket
> Failed to bind port: 6543
> 

Bind errors are *almost* always because the port is already
being used.  Do "netstat -l -n | grep 6543" and see if it
shows up.  If so, some other software (or another copy of
mythbackend) is using it.



-- 
Michael J. Lynch

What if the hokey pokey IS what it's all about -- author unknown