[mythtv-users] Could not connect to the master backend server

[Paul Clark]

Does this help at all?

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=867569

2009/3/2 Paul van der Vlis <paul at vandervlis.nl>

> Hello,
>
> When I press "Watch TV" in mythfrontend it says:
> ---
> Could not connect to the master backend server -- is it running?
> Is the IP address set for it in the setup program correct?
> ---
>
> Yes, it is running:
> recorder:~# ps ax | grep myth
>  2810 ?        Ssl    0:00 /usr/bin/mythbackend --daemon --logfile
> /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log --pidfile /var/run/mythtv/mythbackend.pid
>
> Is there a way to test this server?  Telnet works fine:
> recorder:~# telnet localhost 6543
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
>
> And yes, the IP address is set in the backend setup program, it is
> 127.0.0.1 because the frontend and the backend are on the same machine.
> I checked it in the database.
>
> I will put the logs at the end of this message. The only error I see is:
> 2009-03-02 21:00:13.674 Channel(/dev/video0) Error:
> GetCurrentChannelNum(5): Failed to find Channel
>
> I am using Debian Lenny with Debian packages, mythtv 0.21.
> I am running the frontend logged in as user "mythtv".
>
> With regards,
> Paul van der Vlis.
>
> logs:
> -------------------
> 2009-03-02 21:00:12.613 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2009-03-02 21:00:12.835 Empty LocalHostName.
> 2009-03-02 21:00:12.973 Using localhost value of recorder
> 2009-03-02 21:00:13.105 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2009-03-02 21:00:13.175 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> localhost
> 2009-03-02 21:00:13.219 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
> 2009-03-02 21:00:13.233 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> localhost
> 2009-03-02 21:00:13.244 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2009-03-02 21:00:13.246 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> localhost
> 2009-03-02 21:00:13.283 Current Schema Version: 1214
> Starting up as the master server.
> 2009-03-02 21:00:13.418 New DB connection, total: 3
> 2009-03-02 21:00:13.455 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> localhost
> 2009-03-02 21:00:13.674 Channel(/dev/video0) Error:
> GetCurrentChannelNum(5): Failed to find Channel
> 2009-03-02 21:00:13.677 Channel(/dev/video0)::TuneTo(5): Error, failed
> to find channel.
> 2009-03-02 21:00:13.703 New DB scheduler connection
> 2009-03-02 21:00:13.717 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> localhost
> 2009-03-02 21:00:13.840 MediaServer:: Loopback address specified -
> 127.0.0.1. Disabling UPnP
> 2009-03-02 21:00:13.841 Main::Registering HttpStatus Extension
> 2009-03-02 21:00:13.843 mythbackend version: 0.21.20080304-1
> www.mythtv.org
> 2009-03-02 21:00:13.844 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
> 2009-03-02 21:00:13.886 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free
> Space: 1.0 GB w/freq: 15 min
> 2009-03-02 21:00:16.761 Reschedule requested for id -1.
> 2009-03-02 21:00:16.913 Scheduled 0 items in 0.2 = 0.06 match + 0.09 place
> 2009-03-02 21:00:17.153 Seem to be woken up by USER
> 2009-03-02 21:01:33.738 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free
> Space: 1.0 GB w/freq: 15 min
>
>
>
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