[mythtv-users] New Slave Backend

John Drescher drescherjm at gmail.com
Thu Mar 5 19:27:50 UTC 2009


On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Josh White <jaw1959 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm converting a Mythbuntu 8.10 frontend into a secondary backend/frontend
> due the availability of PCI slots in my machines, and I'm running into a bit
> of a problem.  I've checked the box in mythbuntu-control-centre under system
> roles for "secondary backend" and it did its thing and added the
> mythtv-backend package, etc., I then did the setup where I set the ip
> address of the master backend, the local ip, and so on.  I setup the tuner
> card (a PVR-500), and added my existing schedules direct as a source for
> both tuners.  I'm sharing the same recordings directory between the two
> machines, which is phyically located in the master backend (also a Mythbuntu
> 8.10 machine), via NFS.
>
> The result is that now I cannot watch live tv on the slave backend/frontend,
> though everything else seems to work (recordings, videos, etc.).  Prior to
> installing the backend portion, I was able to watch live tv (which is
> something that I rarely do, except for news, but is a habit that I cannot
> brake my wife of).  Is there a special step to incorperate the tuner(s) in
> my slave backend that I'm missing?  I haven't been able to find a detailed
> how-to for this configuration, does anyone know of a good source?
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>

Run mythfrontend from the shell and look at the error messages.

John


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