[mythtv-users] how to get slaves to automatically reconnect to the master backend

[Peter Abplanalp]

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 7:37 AM, Tom Lichti<redpepperracing at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Peter
> Abplanalp<pta-myth at psaconsultants.com> wrote:
>> i am having an issue with my master backend rebooting for no apparent
>> reason.  i also have 3 slave backends with tuners.  the problem i have
>> is that when the master phantom reboots, all the slaves get knocked
>> off and i end up with a system that has only 1 tuner.  this leads to
>> recordings not being made due to lack of tuners.  i am trying to
>> figure out why the master phantom reboots but until i do, is there a
>> way to get the slaves to reconnect to the master automatically?
>>
>
> My single slave auto-reconnects when the master becomes available. If
> the slave mythbackend process crashes at the same time as the master,
> then you will have problems. Is that what is happening in your case?

no, i'm not.  the slave logs show nothing untoward and the slave
processes are alive and well.  i'm glad to hear that this just works
for you.  did you configure anything on the master or slave to get
this to work?

thanks,

-peter