[mythtv-users] Odd problem setting up Remote Frontend

[Chad]

On 1/28/06, Chad <masterclc at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/28/06, Amankhan <amankhan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > After successfully running MythTV on Fedora for almost a year now (thanks to
> > Jarod's guide!), I recently decided to setup a second PC for running a
> > remote frontend in my bedroom.
> >
> > Setup went fine & everything is working great on my new machine, but I have
> > encountered a very strange problem when setting up the communications
> > between the remote frontend & the backend machine.
> >
> > When I change the Host IP address & Master Server IP address in mythtvsetup
> > (as per Jarod's guide on this page:
> > http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/tips.php ), 2 things happen:
> >
> > 1.  In the frontends on both my main machine & the remote machine, I can no
> > longer watch Live TV.  The message I receive is the same one for when all
> > capture cards are currently recording.  I have both a PVR150 and PVR250 in
> > my machine, and at the time of this message neither card is recording.  Both
> > cards work fine when used to capture video via a command line prompt.  In
> > essence, the cards are not doing anything even though Myth says they are.
> >
> > 2.  In those same machines, I can no longer schedule any recordings nor do I
> > show any recordings as being previously scheduled.  I can attempt to
> > schedule a program to record, but it doesn't appear to "save" my request.
> > The backend shows no errors from these attempts.
> >
> > As soon as I change the Host IP & Master Server IP back to the loopback
> > address, everything is fine again.  I can watch Live TV, my scheduled
> > recordings have returned & I can queue shows to record.
> >
> > It has completely baffled me, and I have no idea what the problem might be.
> > Any help would be appreciated, and if anyone needs more information just let
> > me know.  Thank you!
> >
> >
> > The backend shows no errors for any of this, and
> >
> > _______________________________________________
>
>
> I don't think you necessarily have to change the host IP, so for
> testing, leave it at loopback.
>
> Make sure you have the correct internal IP for the backend:
> /sbin/ifconfig
>
> should give that to you.  Then, on the frontend, plug that value in
> under 'Master'.  So host should be 127.0.0.1 and Master should be
> something like 192.168.0.10
>
> Restart your frontend, and see what happens.
>
> Are you running a backend process on the frontend?  If so, you don't
> need to be..
>
> Chad
>

A quick last thought:

Are the backend and the frontend running the exact same version
(0.18.1, 0.18, SVN revision)?

They need to be.

Chad