[mythtv-users] killing MBE while in "Watch Recordings" get stuck in UI

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/20/2008 01:38 AM, Ian Forde wrote:
> (sending to -users because I have no patch attached...)
>
> I have my SBE (which is also my primary frontend) in the "Watch
> Recordings" section.  While noting that my MBE says that it's recording
> "Law & Order" on the HD-3000 (DVB) but actually isn't, I decide to
> reboot the box.  (Actually, I restarted the backend first, but that
> didn't fix the problem.  Thus, the reboot.  Anyhoo...)
>
> This frontend is now popping up a diaglog box stating "Could not connect
> to the master backend server -- is it running? Is the IP address set for
> it in the setup program correct?".  Perfectly understandable message.
> But clicking "OK" just brings the popup back again.  No way to exit the
> screen to anything else like say... watch a movie in MythVideo...

Is the database on the same host as the master backend?  If so, it's 
probably due to the frontend's not getting new connections to the 
database and the message just isn't completely precise.  At that point, 
your best bet is probably to just kill the frontend and restart it.

Mike