[mythtv-users] mythtv (frontend) complains that backend not running

[Harry Devine]

wayne roberts wrote:
> thanks harry, i got it working, however can i ask you a question 
> regarding myth transcode?
>
> On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Harry Devine <lifter89 at comcast.net 
> <mailto:lifter89 at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>     wayne roberts wrote:
>     > hi all,
>     >
>     > can i have some pointer's to get this problem sorted installed
>     mythtv
>     > this morning, run mythtv-setup
>     > completed setup, and try'd to run mythtv frontend only to be
>     told that
>     > the backend is not running can somebody please help my system is
>     > opensuse 10.3 if that helps
>     >
>     > thanks in advance
>     > wayne
>     >
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>     I've never used OpenSuse but in Fedora, it has mythbackend as a
>     service.  I believe mythbackend gets set to start automatically at
>     startup, but its usually not running when you run mythtv-setup,
>     especially since it sounds like its your first run of it.  For me,
>     I run
>     "service mythbackend start" as root before running mythfrontend.
>      Also,
>     if this is the only box that is running Myth, the 127.0.0.1
>     <http://127.0.0.1> (localhost)
>     should be fine as the server IP in mythtv-setup.  If you are going to
>     have other PCs on your network accessing it for any reason, make sure
>     the backend IP is set correctly.
>
>     Hope this helps!
>     Harry
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Glad to hear you got it working!  However, I'm fairly new to Myth 
myself, and mythtranscode is definitely not my strong-suite.  You may 
want to start a new topic on the list about it, or check the archives 
first.  Sorry about that one.

Good luck!
Harry